What fruits and vegetables are good for rabbits?

Answer 1

Vegetable - Bok Choy, dark leafed lettuce, choy sum, chickory, spinach, celery, raddish and turnip tops, rocket, endive, brussel sprouts and broccoli leaves.

Herbs- parsley, dill, fennel (bulb and tops), sage, rosemary, mint, basil, coriander, thyme and oregano.

Fruit - Apple, watermelon, peach, banana, pear, cantelope and grapes. Keep fruit as a treat though as it's very sweet.

For more on what's safe or not for bunnies have a look at these links.

http://www.adoptarabbit.com/articles/packet/abcvegi.html

http://www.carrotcafe.com/

http://www.rabbit.org/care/veggies.html

http://www.rabbit.org/care/fruits.html

http://www.adoptarabbit.com/articles/toxic.html

Answer 2

I would personally avoid feeding your rabbits fruits and vegetables. Rabbits do like to snack on certain fruits and vegetables but those fruits and vegetables can make them sick either by causing diahrrea or by causing a build up of of toxins over time in their system.

If you do give your rabbits fruits or vegetables, at least do it in moderation. They should never comprise over a fourth or at the very most a third of the weight of the rabbits daily diet.

For instance, a full grown New Zealand should get fed about 6 ounces of rabbit pellets a day if it is fed just rabbit pellets. If you are going to give it vegetables that means you shouldn't really give it more than about 1.5 to 2 ounces of vegetables a day to avoid giving it diahrrea. That will also probably reduce the amount of rabbit pellets it will eat by about that same weight. So you would notice that it will only eat about 4 to 4.5 ounces of pellets that day. Approximately 1 cup of rabbit pellets equals 6 ounces.

Normally the best thing to add in addition to rabbit pellets is a small handful of timothy hay or orchard grass hay, since both of these are stemmy hays. A half slice of bread per day can also be good to give them, but no more than a half slice. It will help make their coat shinier and help give them B vitamins.

Alfalfa and Clover are wide-leafed hays and contain more protein but can they can cause diahrrea if given too much. An increase in protein can also cause your rabbit to start molting

Answer 3

Rabbits usually like a wide variety of vegetables and they have a sweet tooth, so it is good to limit the amount of fruit they get. Ours get less than 1 tsp/day of fruit or treats and treats include carrots. Most important is access to unlimited grass hay every day if your bunny is over 1 year old (if under bunny should also get alfalfa hay).

Here is a link to a very comprehensive list of what to feed your bunny. When introducing anything new, do it slowly and only try one new thing per day so you can tell if it upsets your bunny:
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/Food/feeding_en.pdf
and another good site with diet/feeding advice:
http://www.carrotcafe.com/

Answer 4

Well, your rabbit's best food on top of their pelleted rabbit food is timothy or alfalfa hay. It's highly nutritious and very good for their digestive tract. You can buy it at any good pet shop or if you don't have one of those handy, try a feed store. They usually carry either fresh bales (way cheap!) or pressed cubes (also way cheap and way easy to store) I found this list of healthy veggies:

http://www.rabbit.org/chapters/san-diego/diet/foods.html

Answer 5

besides pelets and hay my rabbit eats all kinds of stuff lettuce, carrots,cabbage, apples, bananas, mango, tangerines are some of the fruits and vegi i give her , but as a treat i give her honey nut cheerios, oatmeal, and other stuff. I dont give her those things to often though cause they are probably not to good for her. she loves cheerios! and goes crazy for oatmeal. good luck!!

Answer 6

well as you probably know rabbits crave carrots and lettuce. one thing that i have noticed (from owning a bunny) is that they also love watermelon! but dont give it to them too often because they make a mess. they will also eat apples, corn, celleri, broccoli, strawberries and cherries (make sure to take out the pits) My rabbit did not eat grapes, pears and raseberries.