Extends to bunnies as well, it seems. In the US, bunnies are expected to eat pellets made from timothy hay, and an unlimited quantity of hay. You are expected to limit their fresh veg (and especially fruit, since that's dessert). Lettuce is reputed to be problematic for their digestion.
Here in Italy, bunnies are expected to eat 400g of fresh veg (mostly lettuce, celery, and other green stuff, but limited chicory and green beans), unlimited timothy hay, and pellets only once a week. Albert likes fennel, in case you're wondering. He was wondering about it himself today, but the flavor grew on him. It was hilarious to see him dragging around the (small) bulb just like a chew toy.
As Michael points out, there's a huge debate out there about human nutrition...and he suspects that lagomorph nutrition is likely less studied.
Love,
Alexandra
A friend of mine was living in Rome this past year with her husband and two little boys. She recently became pregnant with her 3rd and was posting all sorts of interesting things on her blog about the difference between being pregnant in Italy versus America. Things that are considered "bad" in America when you are pregnant are fine in Italy, but there are an equal amount of things that are "banned" by the doctors in Italy that are fine in America. For instance, she was told by the Italian doctor not to eat any fresh berries or produce because of the danger of bacteria. But it was okay to drink wine. Go figure.
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