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- 06/23/2014 at 9:36 PM
  mocha200
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  I just picked up 2 bales of hay. 1 looks really green and grassy. He said it was a Timothy/orchard grass mix. The downside is that it has clover in it… Not a ton, but it’s in there. I know clover is fattening and has a lot of calcium in it so I was wondering if it’s ok to feed them this? The other bale I got I am not happy about. He sorta just loaded it into the car and I was to dumb to interfere. That one had a ton of clover. He thought if like it because when he was a kid his rabbits liked the leafy stuff. Grr. I need to learn to speak up. Anyways. Is the one bale ok to feed?
- 06/23/2014 at 10:12 PM
  LBJ10
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  Clover is high in calcium, but I would think a little bit wouldn’t hurt. Some people give alfalfa as a treat/topper and that is high in calcium. I don’t think clover would be any different.
- 06/23/2014 at 10:42 PM
  Mocha
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  I agree with LBJ10. As long as the bale doesn’t have a lot of clover, it would be fine to feed.
- 06/23/2014 at 10:46 PM
  Monkeybun
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  It’s fine. As long as your buns don’t already have calcium issues, it’s totally fine to feed them clover
- 06/24/2014 at 3:52 AM
  Bam
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  I pick some clover for my bunnies this time of year. It’s like a treat. It’s the same family as alfalfa. I pick some alfalfa too for them. If there’s a lot of clover you can cut back a little on the pellets. I don’t feed much pellets this time of year because I have the chance to provide my boyz with such a variety of forage. But I think you can regard the clover in the hay as a topper. (Unless as Monkeybun points out they already have calcium issues and need a special diet.) I’ve a meadow hay with lots of leaves in it and it really makes the boys eat more of the grassy parts too, so “toppers” can be a very good thing.
- 06/24/2014 at 5:36 AM
  Sarita
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  I wouldn’t worry about clover.
- 06/24/2014 at 1:18 PM
  mocha200
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  That’s the thing. One of my bunnies can’t even have a little bit of pellets with out getting a bladder infection. My vet told me to take her off pellets because of the access calcium. I can shake out some of the clover I think before giving it to her but I don’t know if that’s enough.
- 06/24/2014 at 3:27 PM
  mocha200
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  I just tried shaking it out…. There is no way I’m getting all the clover out… Ugh! I should have just told the guy I didn’t want his hay as I knew clover would be an issue. We drove almost 2 hours to get that hay.
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