What vegetables are okay for rabbits

NellieNooNoo

Warren Scout

• Apr 23, 2008

• #1

I've given my rabbits broccoli before but is purple sprouting broccoli okay? Also, can they eat flat leaf parsley?

Thanks

 

NellieNooNoo

Warren Scout

• Apr 23, 2008

• #2

Yep, they can - answering myself as no-one around and my poor buns getting hungry :?

 

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billysmom

Mama Doe

• Apr 23, 2008

• #3

:wave:hi, someones here:lol::lol::lol: mine love flat leaf parsley and mint.as for brocolli i give them the stem, but never tried the purple version.

 

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bramblewillow

Warren Scout

• Apr 23, 2008

• #4

carrots, apple, brocolli, califlower leaves, cucumber

dried banana, dried pineapple


no no lettuce

 

NellieNooNoo

Warren Scout

• Apr 23, 2008

• #5

Thank you for that, I don't usually give them much else apart from their nuggets and hay, but it's nice to give them a little treat now and again.

The parsley went down well, try the broccoli tomorrow - thank you for replying

 

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siddles

Young Bun

• Apr 24, 2008

• #6

mine seem to just like whatever flowers i plant in my garden!!!!! :lol: :lol:

 

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She-Ra

Warren Scout

• Apr 24, 2008

• #7

mine loves baby spinach. I was told to stay away from veggies with high water content as not much fibre and might give em a runny tum

 

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Emm-Jane76

Mama Doe

• Apr 24, 2008

• #8

Mine absolutely love the green bits from carrots. I actually ask the local grocer to keep aside her green bits and I'll go and pick them up. They'll only go to waste!

 

lilminxlou

Mama Doe

• Apr 24, 2008

• #9

Are you sure about the apples? as i heard that they ferment in the bellys cos of their digestive system and they get "drunk" or ill :?

 

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capel

Warren Veteran

• Apr 24, 2008

• #10

Apples and other fruits should be given in small amounts and only as a treat because of the high sugar content, and they should never be given apple cores with pips are these are toxic to rabbits. It's best to give a wide variety of green veg as too much of some veg ie high calcium ones such as carrot tops(greens), dandelions, kale can cause bladder problems. If you give a good serving each day of a mixture then the low calcium ones will balance the high calcium ones.

 

lilminxlou

Mama Doe

• Apr 24, 2008

• #11

cool, i fed Gumpy a dandelion the other day and he had the runs and was a bit ill, do you think i should try him again but maybe cut it up and slowly introduce them to his diet or just avoid them totally i.e weed the garden

 

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Emm-Jane76

Mama Doe

• Apr 24, 2008

• #12

capel said:

Apples and other fruits should be given in small amounts and only as a treat because of the high sugar content, and they should never be given apple cores with pips are these are toxic to rabbits. It's best to give a wide variety of green veg as too much of some veg ie high calcium ones such as carrot tops(greens), dandelions, kale can cause bladder problems. If you give a good serving each day of a mixture then the low calcium ones will balance the high calcium ones.

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Didn't know that - thanks for the info
Em x