eating paper!!

Question
please could you help. my dutch rabbit is 9 months old and from an early age she tended to eat paper also light cardboard toilet rolls. she also loved carpets but as grown out of eating them.
My son says eating paper will damage her and I wondered if you could suggest something I could give her to chew on.

annie  

Answer
Dear Annie,

As long as the paper and cardboard have no print containing heavy metals (as many colored inks do), there is no harm in your bunny eating it.  Paper is made of cellulose, which is digestible to rabbits.

But to be sure she's getting a healthy diet, please read:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/diet.html

Hope that helps.

Dana