Mayo the bunny lives in Kamloops and helps fertilize the family garden with his poop.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Kelly Vayette
March 20, 2024 - 6:00 AM
A family of gardeners in Kamloops didn’t know just how helpful their adopted bunny Mayo would turn out to be.
“Our compost and garden was overflowing with bunny poop,” resident Kelly Vayette said. “We were just putting it into the green bin when someone mentioned gardeners would come and get it off us.”
Bunny poop makes rich compost, improves soil drainage and increases soil nutrients like nitrogen. The nuggets are odourless and as they break down they fertilize the soil, according to the Home and Roost website.
Vayette made up a couple of free packs of the bunny droppings and the lineup for the poop grew faster than the bunny could produce it. The family considered selling the bunny berries and their four-year-old daughter said part of the proceeds should go to a good cause.
“It was my daughter’s idea because our cat recently passed away and we’ve been having conversations about adopting another cat and where the cats are coming from,” she said. “It really upset her that animals get surrendered to shelters and she wanted to help them all.”
Vayette said they will likely donate to the BC SPCA, where their adopted their cat from. They're considering adopting another bunny that is waiting at the organization for a home.
A family in Kamloops is selling bunny poop for gardens with part proceeds going to charity.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Kelly Vayette
The Poop Packs, as they're called, are packaged and frozen, and cost $5 for 100 grams, but there's a wait list.
Mayo the bunny is fed Timothy hay, orchard grass, botanicals, organic fruit and vegetables, and herbs and grasses.
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Vayette said her little girl has always been gentle and compassionate and this has been a valuable life experience for her, which includes learning about reusing, reducing and recycling.
If you're interested in buying some Poop Packs, you can contact Vayette via here Facebook page here, or for those in Kamloops they're available at the Westsyde Save-On-Foods.
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