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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!
Rabbits are herbivores
And hopefully here you will find some basic but usefull feeding infomation?
Hay Timothy or other grass hay should be available at all times for your pet. The fiber in the hay promotes normal digestion. also fed alongside a good quality rabbit mix i prefer pelleted form as this way less waste and rabbits are then unable to pick through the bits they like best. i also find a good balanced diet is the best way to combat gut problems and dietry teeth disorders.
I am a great beliver in veggies for rabbits and think the main diet should be made up from this not all shop brought veggies as i scale fields and allotments too looking for that little extr for my crits!  next is a list of veggies i would use on my rabbits and do use! some may not agree but i have been feeding my rabbits for 20 years on this sort of diet and i have very healthy rabbits,
If your pet has not been getting fresh foods, start out gradually with the green leafy veggies and add a new food item every 3-5 days. If the addition of any item leads to diarrhea or unformed stools that persists for more than 48 hours, then remove it from the diet.
MY VEGGIE LIST
Apples
Artichokes (Jerusalem)
Broccoli (including leaves)
Banana
Brussel Sprouts
beetroot tops
Cabbage
cucumbers
Carrots and carrot tops
Cauliflower leaves
Celery
Chicory
Escarole
endive
Green peppers
Horse Radish
kale
Kohl-Rabi
lambs lettuce
Melon
mange tout
Pea pods
Parsnip
raddichio
Pears
pak choy
Pineapple
Peach
Radish tops
Romaine Lettuce
red chard
Sweetcorn
Spring greens
Savoys
Swede
Spinach
swiss chard
Strawberries
Turnip
Watercress
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WARNING
Do not feed lighter greens such as lettuce, bagged salad greens as they lack nutrients. Lettuce can cause diarrhoea! Try and include three different dark green vegetables every day in your rabbit's diet |
NON SAFE FOOD'S
poisonous foods for rabbits! All plants grown from bulbs
Lettuce
Arum
Anemone
Bluebell
Buttercup
Daffodil
Dock
Deadly nightshade
Delphinium
Foxglove
Fools parsley
Ground ivy
Gypsophilia
Hemlock
Honeysuckle
Iris
Jasmin
Laburnum
Lobelia
Lily of the valley
Oak branches
Poppies
Potato tops
Plum branches
Rhubarb leaves
Red clover
Snow drop
Tomato leaves
Tulip
Yew WHY NOT GET A GOOD BOOK ON THIS?
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TREE'S
tree that are safe for a nibbling rabbit. Hawthorn, whitethorn, apple, pear and other fruit trees except flowering cherry and plum are all useful. |
SAFE WILD PLANT'S
Avens
Asters
Argrimony
Bramble
Borage
Bindweed
Bishop's Weed
Burnet
Blackberry
Basil
Butterbur
Cow Parsnip
Coriander
Coltsfoot
Chicory
Clovers
Calendula
Centaurea
Crosewort
Coriander
Convolvulus
Cow parsley
Chickweed
Dandelion
Daisies
Dock (before seeding)
Dead nettle
Ground Elder
Goosegrass
Geranium
Groundsel
Geum
Galega
Grass
Goutweed
Hawkweed
Hollyhock Helenium
Heather Honesty
Hedgeparsley
Hogweed
Knapweed
Knotgrass
Lucerne
Lupins (not seeds)
Mint
Marigolds
Marguerites
Michaelmas Daisies
Mustard
Nipplewort
Nasturtium
Plantain
Parsley
Rose
Raspberry Canes
Sea Spinach
Shepards Purse
Sour Dock
Sow thistle
Strawberry leaves
stocks
sunflower
Sorrel
Thistles
Trefoil
Tares
Vetches
Winter Ivy
Watercress
Wallflowers
Yarrow
Practically all Deciduous trees
NOTE: BEFORE FEEDING YOUR RABBITS WITH ANY WILD PLANTS MAKE SURE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH PESTICIDES, OTHER CHEMICALS OR FOULING BY DOGS.
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WATER
Dont forget freash drinking water at all time's either in bottle or bowl! |
WHAT NOT TO FEED!!
THIS IS A LIST OF NON SAFE FOOD'S
Anything grown from bulb
Arum
Acacia
Anemone
Antirrhinum
Aconite
Black Nightshade
Box Elder
Beech Mast
Bluebells
Buttercup
Bryony
Colchicums
Columbine
Corn Cockle
Celandine
Deadly Nightshade
Docks (in seed)
Daffodil
Dahlia
Daisies
Delphinium
Dog Mercurry
Figwort
Foxglove
Feverfew
Iris
Fools Parsley
Ground Ivy
Gyposphilla
Gorse Seeds
Hemlock
Helleborus
Hyacinth
Henbane
Ivy, (Except in Winter when no berries or flowers)
Lettuce
Lilly of the Valley
Linarias
Laburnam
Lobelia
Love-in-a-mist
Larkspur
Mangold Tops
Most Evergreen trees
Monkswood
Mayweed
Oak
Poppies
Plum
Potato Tops
Privet
Ragwort
Rhubarb
Scarlet Pimpernal
Snowdrop
Toadflax
Tomato Leaves
Tulips
Travellers Joy
Yew
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