What to feed them?
By 911Ricki
@911Ricki (13588)
Canada
May 27, 2012 2:32pm CST
I swear my friend need to learn what to feed her rabbits. I looked it up online and have research before getting a rabbit.
It says celery, romaine lettuce. carrots, pellets, and treats say evne strawberries as treats.
I looked this up online and all the sites say this. She says they only eat iceburg lettuce, no carrots, and definetly not celery.
I dont think I want to follow what my friend is saying as sounds like she has no clue.
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5 responses
@sheen13 (567)
• India
28 May 12
He He...! For sure, your friend doesn't know much about feeding rabbits and should definitely get to know about it! As you said, you have searched online about what to feed rabbits, so obviously what information you have got about it will be accurate! As far as I know, rabbits should be fed on few certain vegetables and fruits. And chocolate, bread, pasta or such other human treats should be completely AVOIDED because these items can act as a poison.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 May 12
Please don't listen to your friend. Iceberg lettuce is not good for rabbits, there is not enough nutrition in it and it can lead to diarrhea. I know that there are people give to their rabbits iceberg lettuce without problems, and it won't kill the rabbit, but it is not the best choice. Other kinds of lettuce is much better.
I don't give my own rabbits celery, but my friend uses celery, and I think it is fine to give them celery. My rabbits like cucumber and I give them cucumber sometimes, but I only give them small pieces of cucumber. Too much cucumber can also lead to diarrhea and there isn't a lot of nutrition in cucumbers so I usually prefer carrots. Broccoli is also fine as long as you don't give them too much.
The things that I mentioned are for rabbits which are more than 4 months old. If your rabbits are younger than that you shouldn't give them any kinds of vegetables in the beginning.
@aritahime (221)
• Indonesia
28 May 12
I heard that it's better to feed pellets to rabbits, because pellets will not make their pee smells not good, there's less smell than when you feed them with carrots.