Can rabbits eat...

Sunflowers? The plants/leaves/flowers? Also can they eat the stems of ribwort plantain or just the leaves?

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Yes to sunflowers though the seeds are bad I think, too high in fat. Also when i gave mine some they only ate the petals. Dunno about plantain sorry!

elmoandfern said:

Yes to sunflowers though the seeds are bad I think, too high in fat. Also when i gave mine some they only ate the petals. Dunno about plantain sorry!

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Ok thanks I just thought I might attempt to grow some sun flowers so anything that is bunny safe and provides treats for the bunnies is a good choice!

Plantain is a very good plant to feed. Very high in fibre :wave:

rabbitnutrition said:

Plantain is a very good plant to feed. Very high in fibre :wave:

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Is the whole plant safe though? I feed the leaves but I always leave the stems with the seedy bit on top. Similarly I always left dandelion flowers for some reason but have started picking them a few flowers recently aswell as the leaves

Mostly i hear black sunflower seed are good for rabbits in low quantity. Rabbits should have these seeds regularly. I usually give mine seeds at least a couple times per week. They are rich in vitamins.
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It's fine to feed the stems of ribwort plantain - excellent serious fibre. The thing not to feed is the seeds at the top. They have a lot of mucilage which can swell up when it comes into contact with the digestive juices.
(It's used to make fibregel which is contraindicated in rabbits for the same reason)

Personally I never feed my buns seeds for several reasons. If you're worried about vitamins a few dandelion leaves does the trick & is much safer.