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ing pans should also be kept very clean; and 
these ought to be of pottery or iron, as wooden 
ones are ruined by nibbling. The hutch should 
be cleaned regularly; in fact, it is a good thing 
to. make a practice of raking out the refuse 
every morning and giving the rabbits a bed of 
fresh straw. 
Rabbits should be fed regularly twice a day. 
Almost anything in the way of fresh vegetables 
is good for them—green grass, lettuce, cab- 
bage-leaves, roots, such as carrots, sweet apples, 
and vegetable parings from the kitchen. A 
regular daily ration, however, should be a 
small quantity of grain, half oats and half 
bran, or something similar, and in the winter 
good hay. Many recommend in winter, warm 
tea-leaves and dandelion as an occasional treat, 
good for their health, and boiled potato-parings 
given warm. One experienced man warns us 
against giving cabbage-leaves to the young; 
and also warns us that all green stuff offered 
must be quite dry or it is likely to ‘‘pad’’ the 
animals—give them cholera morbus. They do 
not need much water when fed on juicy food, 
but drink a good deal when living on hay and 
