Following on from sort of from Elves topic's:lol: :lol: I was going to post this anyway but will probably mingle with some of the items that Elve has mention in her topic's but, how do we really know what is safe and un-safe for rabbits:? Who is it that actually found/has the evidence to say that certain plants are poisonous to rabbits
Even on the safe and un-safe lists in the rabbit reference section, there is stuff on there that my rabbits eat to no ill effect. Take for instance wisteria, I confess, my buns love it and have eaten it for the past two years, the only thing I dont allow them to have are the pods. My previous bunny used to eat it too along with the lobelia but he certainly didn't die from them as both were not in season when he died so had not been munching on them for 6 months:?
Yoghurt drops - dairy not good for rabbits and yet we have yoghurt drops on the market:lol:
corn on the cob - I used to feed these to my previous bun, again they did not come out whole in his poo and many do feed it. We also have the baked corn on the cob treats in the pet shops:? if they are a no-no how do they get away with selling them:?
The naturals range - contain egg but no reported deaths from the natural ranges:lol: :lol: :lol:
How many of us can confess to our buns eating wall paper, painted wall paper, settee's, shoes etc that probably contain more chemicals in them that should theoretically have killed our rabbits:lol:
In this months rabbiting on magazine, there is an article about beetroot, now one of my books say it can be fed but within moderation and yet the article is saying beetroot is very beneficial for rabbits:? On the same article a memeber has written that she feeds leeks, now I was told leeks are a no-no as they are part of the onion family which is a big no-no for rabbits and yet this persons rabbit is alive despite feeding leeks:lol: :lol: :lol:
I bet if we all held our hands up, there are plenty of plants that the buns have had a good old munch on to no ill effect soooooooooo - not saying that we shouldn't check first that the plant is safe or un-safe but how do we know that rabbits dont already have the instinct to know for themselves what is safe or not:?
what is truely un-safe for rabbits and what evidence was produced to prove that they really are poisonous to rabbits?
Anther funny thing that baffles me is, heather is on the safe list on some listings and yet our park is full of the stuff, would of thought this would of been the first thing that the wild bunnies would of eaten but it seems they ignore it:lol: :lol:
Even on the safe and un-safe lists in the rabbit reference section, there is stuff on there that my rabbits eat to no ill effect. Take for instance wisteria, I confess, my buns love it and have eaten it for the past two years, the only thing I dont allow them to have are the pods. My previous bunny used to eat it too along with the lobelia but he certainly didn't die from them as both were not in season when he died so had not been munching on them for 6 months:?
Yoghurt drops - dairy not good for rabbits and yet we have yoghurt drops on the market:lol:
corn on the cob - I used to feed these to my previous bun, again they did not come out whole in his poo and many do feed it. We also have the baked corn on the cob treats in the pet shops:? if they are a no-no how do they get away with selling them:?
The naturals range - contain egg but no reported deaths from the natural ranges:lol: :lol: :lol:
How many of us can confess to our buns eating wall paper, painted wall paper, settee's, shoes etc that probably contain more chemicals in them that should theoretically have killed our rabbits:lol:
In this months rabbiting on magazine, there is an article about beetroot, now one of my books say it can be fed but within moderation and yet the article is saying beetroot is very beneficial for rabbits:? On the same article a memeber has written that she feeds leeks, now I was told leeks are a no-no as they are part of the onion family which is a big no-no for rabbits and yet this persons rabbit is alive despite feeding leeks:lol: :lol: :lol:
I bet if we all held our hands up, there are plenty of plants that the buns have had a good old munch on to no ill effect soooooooooo - not saying that we shouldn't check first that the plant is safe or un-safe but how do we know that rabbits dont already have the instinct to know for themselves what is safe or not:?
what is truely un-safe for rabbits and what evidence was produced to prove that they really are poisonous to rabbits?
Anther funny thing that baffles me is, heather is on the safe list on some listings and yet our park is full of the stuff, would of thought this would of been the first thing that the wild bunnies would of eaten but it seems they ignore it:lol: :lol: