Hi
Can I use pet rabbit and gennie pig droppings and bedding on the compost heap? Would it be worth asking my friend to bag it all up for me?
P.
Quote from: pakaba on November 13, 2006, 20:46:30
Hi
Can I use pet rabbit and gennie pig droppings and bedding on the compost heap? Would it be worth asking my friend to bag it all up for me?
P.
rabbit droppings are supposed to be very good for the garden. i believe it's one of the best manures. but i doubt you're gonna get much of it.
but yeah....i think you should definately put it on your heap.
Yes :)
thanks.....
thought i had better ask the experts first.....
i know it won't be in huge amounts but every little helps, and i do have a couple of friends with rabbits so that should bump it up a little.
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Yes..go for it!
I have had pet bunnies for 15 yrs+ and used it on the lottie.
If you use paper as a base in their toilet area then this breaks down quicker than shavings.
Oh yes free manure perfect, either in compost bin or dug into the soil now will break down over winter. Paper will break down quicker than shavings but I have found shavings hold the moisture in the soil which is a bonus. No mains water on site we have pumped from a spring so water is like gold dust.
:) Next door has rabbits they use straw and shredded paper may ask them to bag it for me every little helps ::)
May the corn be with you.
Great advice, can be a bit too rich for straight applications next year...
8)
my daughters have a rabbit and a Guinea pig, I use the droppings on my compost, but this autumn i put the droppings in the runner bean bed ready for next year and loads of grass started to grow i think it must be some of the seeds in the crap that haven't been digested properly and the grass keeps coming back with like barley attached to the bottom of it, its a piggin newsense.
My 2 house rabbits provide me with lots of lovely compost . I use shredded newspaper and wood pellets in their litter trays.They eat super rabbit light , hay and fresh fruit and veg from the plot so they do half the composting for me. This is a pic of them when they were babbies 18 months ago
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rabbit droppings are supposed to be very good for the garden. i believe it's one of the best manures. but i doubt you're gonna get much of it.
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You must be kidding! I have two guinea pigs and my god they dont have make alot of compost... also the pee helps the wood shavings break down quicker! Mine also PEE alot too - dirty little beggers. I just bag mine up every week and put it on my compost heap.
Someone has offerd me their pigeon droppings for my compost heap. It don't half hum. Hope it breaks down ok. The rabbit stuff does. Think I'm gonna add some straw to it to soak up the aroma.lol
we get it as well but were told it's a bit strong and to let it rot down for a while before we add it to anything, it's o.k. in a bucket of water for feed :)
Mix it up with compost, or, in the growing season, add a little to a bucket of water for liquid manure.