Monday, November 16, 2009

What garden plants are safe for my rabbits?

I want to make my garden safe for my 2 rabbits and would like to put in plants that my rabbits can safely eat

What garden plants are safe for my rabbits?
There are some VERY poisonous flowering plants, and be certain - bunnies will eat them, they don't know how to tell the good from the bad.





For a start, ALL flowers that grow from bulbs are HIGHLY poisonous - daffodils, tulips, ALL Spring bulbs can kill a rabbit, and kill a human too if you eat them, believe it or not! So best to avoid bulbs.





Some safe plants that are fine to have around bunnies, and around human babies incidentally too, are nasturtiums, pansies, roses (mind the thorns though!). As you can see, most human-baby-safe edible plants are also safe for bunnies.





I've reproduced a list of bunny-safe plants and flowers, and poisonous plants and flowers, on my site at


http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunn...


for lists of safe and dangerous foods and plants, from the excellent "Rabbitlopaedia" by Meg Brown and Virginia Richardson.





Have a read of these great detailed rabbit sites too -


http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/rabbits/a...


http://www.tagyerit.com/hopline/cold.htm


http://www.rabbit.org/


http://www.muridae.com/rabbits/rabbittal...


http://www.houserabbit.co.uk/


http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunn... - http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunn... - my own site - please have a browse and enjoy!
Reply:You're very welcome :-) Report It

Reply:they can eat loads e.g.:


Shepard's purse


chickweed


clover


dandelion


plantain


cabbage


lettuce


Be sure to get rid of any which are poisonous
Reply:carrots, lettuce
Reply:Carrots!
Reply:Carrots Lettuce Grass Dandilions Leaves Clover Raddish Apples
Reply:Add to the list:





leaf lettuce (not iceberg), chard, alfalfa, wheat, plantain (wild), beets, peas, spinach, oats, timothy, quinoa, nasturtium, kale
Reply:They don't eat what's poisonous for them, I think it's the smell or instincts or something. But trust me, the little sods have been eating my vegetable garden for years!
Reply:carrots, lettuce, grass, dandilion leaves, clover
Reply:wild plants,weeds. stuff they would eat in the wild.ours love dockleaves.
Reply:these are all safe for your rabbits








Apples + tree bark and leaves


Blackberry


Bramble


Chickweed


Clover


Common Comfrey


Common Plantain


Dandelion


Field Bindweed


Grass


Groundsell


Hazel tree bark and leaves


Nettle


Pears + tree bark and leaves


Shepherds Purse


Sow Thistle


Willow tree bark and leaves


Yarrow
Reply:carrots, lettuce, raddish


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