Feeding Apple Cores - National Rabbit Week website

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louandjoe

Alpha Buck

• Jan 9, 2008

• #1

"Stick to healthy treats such as fresh greens, chunks of carrot, broccoli or apple cores but feed them in moderation", taken from http://www.nationalrabbitweek.co.uk/index.php?page=feeding&section=feeding

I thought it wasn't advisable to eat the core/pips of an apple?

 

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Sooz

Wise Old Thumper

• Jan 9, 2008

• #2

Apple cores should only be fed if de-pipped. Is there an email address?

 

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smokiemistyozzy

Mama Doe

• Jan 9, 2008

• #3

yes I thought the same they are poisonous

 

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louandjoe

Alpha Buck

• Jan 9, 2008

• #4

No email but there is a Contact form. I'll send a message and ask for it to be amended.

Thanks x

 

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Sooz

Wise Old Thumper

• Jan 10, 2008

• #5

Have sent an email requesting the information be ammended and explaining why.

 

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maxxev

Mama Doe

• Jan 10, 2008

• #6

the pips do contain cyanide but only a tiny tiny amout. the outside of the pip is extremely difficilt to digest which further reduces the amount consumed (the seeds of most fruit are designed to pass through the body rather than be digested.)

you would need to eat kilos of the pips for the cyanide to have any effect. in moderation they are safe.

 

*lily*

Wise Old Thumper

• Jan 10, 2008

• #7

I've always given Sooty apple cores, didn't realise they shouldn't be given.

 

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Sooz

Wise Old Thumper

• Jan 10, 2008

• #8

maxxev said:

the pips do contain cyanide but only a tiny tiny amout. the outside of the pip is extremely difficilt to digest which further reduces the amount consumed (the seeds of most fruit are designed to pass through the body rather than be digested.)

you would need to eat kilos of the pips for the cyanide to have any effect. in moderation they are safe.

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I am more concerned abotu the prospect of a blockage in the GI tract as they ARE hard to break down inside the gut This was the main focus of my email, I meerly mentioned the cyanide in passing, so to speak.

 

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Kipper

Mama Doe

• Jan 10, 2008

• #9

The pips of an apple contain cyanide, so shouldnt be eaten by a rabbit

 

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IzzyTwig

Alpha Buck

• Jan 10, 2008

• #10

Whoops, I've always given my rabbits my apple cores, and my dogs. They never seemed to have done any harm. The cyanide in the pips is far too small an amount to affect any animal or human.
As far as I'm concerned, apples are native to countries where rabbits are native so they'll have been eating apple cores for centuries.

 

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Sooz

Wise Old Thumper

• Jan 11, 2008

• #11

IzzyTwig said:

Whoops, I've always given my rabbits my apple cores, and my dogs. They never seemed to have done any harm. The cyanide in the pips is far too small an amount to affect any animal or human.
As far as I'm concerned, apples are native to countries where rabbits are native so they'll have been eating apple cores for centuries.

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Its not the cyanide thats the real issue. Dont believe that rabbits instinctively avoid dangerous foods or that domestic rabbits exhibit the same behavioural patterns as wild rabbits.

Also if a wild rabbit developed GI stasis from ingesting a pip, whose to know?

 

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IzzyTwig

Alpha Buck

• Jan 11, 2008

• #12

Well I just to make sure I'll de-pip any apple cores I give them in future. I hadn't even thought of it as an issue.

 

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ailz

Alpha Buck

• Jan 11, 2008

• #13

This autumn I fed mine windfalls from my dad's trees. I didn't de-pip them as I thought it was something they would get in the wild. Mine eat everything - including the stalk - and have been fine (touch wood - I always do that when I think mine are healthy on something :lol