vikkia1234
Warren Scout
I have just read on website that you should never feed green vegetables to rabbits younger than 6 months? Is this true?
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Does anybody know about this?
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I wean all our babies onto greens.
When you aquire a young rabbit it is important to find out if it has already been weaned onto greens or not. If not you need to introduce one green, a little bit at a time over a few days.
This helps them build up a tolerance and helps you identify any that cause GI upsets so you can avoid feeding them in future.
When you aquire a young rabbit it is important to find out if it has already been weaned onto greens or not. If not you need to introduce one green, a little bit at a time over a few days.
This helps them build up a tolerance and helps you identify any that cause GI upsets so you can avoid feeding them in future.
vikkia1234
Warren Scout
Something else i have just read :-
Never feed your rabbits lettuce or cole family vegetables such as cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, or broccoli . They can cause enteritis and possibly causing your rabbit to die.
I always feed guinness cabbage and sprouts! I found this on Yahoo down as the best answer, surely thats not right either is it?
Never feed your rabbits lettuce or cole family vegetables such as cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, or broccoli . They can cause enteritis and possibly causing your rabbit to die.
I always feed guinness cabbage and sprouts! I found this on Yahoo down as the best answer, surely thats not right either is it?
I think if a bunny has a sensitive tum these things should be given a wide birth as they cause gas and I guess could cause bloat. I feed broccoli frequently and kale occasionally [although you shouldn't give that to *anything* daily as it's high in oxalates] with no problems.. Personally I don't feed cabbage. Never heard of anyone giving a bun cauliflower [apart from the leaves]
vikkia1234
Warren Scout
I give savoy cabbage to Guinness daily because i get a really good deal on them, perhaps i should cut down if it can cause bloat. I dont even know what enteritis is?
Thats the problem with these half answers :roll: They can CONTRIBUTE to enteritis but if weaned properly they are unlikely to be the sole cause.
Enteritis is most likely to occur in weanling kits and young rabbits because there tummies are going through PH readjustment. Feeding foods they are not used to suddenly inconjunction with this will cause disturbances of the GI tract, namely, Mucoid Enteritis of Entertoxemia.
Enteritis is most likely to occur in weanling kits and young rabbits because there tummies are going through PH readjustment. Feeding foods they are not used to suddenly inconjunction with this will cause disturbances of the GI tract, namely, Mucoid Enteritis of Entertoxemia.
vikkia1234
Warren Scout
When you see on the net- your rabbit can possibly die if you feed it this it just makes you worry uneccesarily, Yahoo do have some funny answers on there!
