When we had rabbits as children we used to give them a mixture of potato peelings and bran (can't remember if it was cooked or not) and they would go mad over it. One time, though, it got left out in the hot sun and they ate it after it started fermenting and they got a bit drunk oops! :? Anyway, I thought I remembered reading somewhere that you shouldn't give them potato peelings ( I know they can't be green at all) but I wasn't sure. . ?
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Potato peelings
- Thread starter Spacegirl
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
As far as I know they are a NO NO for bunnies!!
Best stick with dark leafy greens/carrot tops/dandelion leaves etc.
To be honest I always thought uncooked tatties (including skin) were toxic to buns :? :?
Janex
Best stick with dark leafy greens/carrot tops/dandelion leaves etc.
To be honest I always thought uncooked tatties (including skin) were toxic to buns :? :?
Janex
tinkerbell
Mama Doe
elve said:
I spoke to my vet about this, and have been researching it, apparantly in small doses its absoloutly fine for bunnies to have potato peelings, its just like they shouldnt have too much greens, my buns have peelings once a week, and they love them, i think its kinda an old wives tail to be honest....my mum had rabbits since she was 18 and she said she fed bunnies potato peelings all the time, and none of her bunnies passed away before the age of 6/7 so thats good?
Bramblespack
Warren Scout
The only part of the potato that it toxic to humans or animals is any green parts, as long as the potato peelings are not green they are edible, however they are very high in starch so it is now not recommended to give much to rabbits.
Do you have any evidence of this or know where this information came from. I'm not questioning it, I'm trying to collect together information about what can and can't be fed to rabbits and this reason for iceberg I haven't come across before
Claire
Bramblespack said:
Well I doubt in a Nazi POW camp, they were exactly careful not to eat green bit when they were dying of starvation!!!
The lettuce thing I've read twice before - once on here a few months back, & once in one of my 2 bunny books. Will check tonight & put which one tomorrow!
tinkerbell
Mama Doe
yeah i know but this is going back like 25 years or more when mum kept them, so 6 was a hell of a good age then!
