One of Derek's friends from work, Alison, often donates apples
for our bunnies. Little does she know the fun that is had with a simple
piece of fruit.
Pipsie is the first to get her little
hands on the fruit. She is a big fan of apples, happily chomping and
peeling the skin away. She is a messy little rodent leaving lots of
bits of apple peel for us to clean up! Apples are definitely a favourite
treat of After Pipsie it's the gerbils turn with the apple. They enjoy nibbling at the exposed bit Pipsie has made. Although Millie seems to be missing the point, after having a good nibble of the stalk she did eat some fruit.
Finally the apple goes to the
bunnies. Jupiter likes to have his share of the apple cut up and hand fed to
him, he only likes fresh apple and he definitely doesn't like it covered in
bedding.
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Here is the
tale of one of those apples.
Pipsie's.
Barley
has no problem tucking into her share of the apple, happily munching at the
pre-peeled bit, courtesy of Pipsie. Over the half hour they were out
playing
the three little gerbils munched their way through quite a bit of apple.
Occasionally
Mars has a bite though this time he was happy with his Curly Kale. Hand feeding our little bunnies is a wonderful
experience
and something we enjoy every night, apple
chunks being a
special treat.