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- 05/14/2008 at 9:43 AM
  Belladonna
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  Can you really feed a rabbit lilacs. I have a huge bush of it outside my building and yesterday i cut an armload and put in my kitchen for the sweet smell and pretty colors. My buns have been eyeing it ever since. Can they have a taste. It just seems like a flower that would be poisonous to me.
- 05/14/2008 at 10:33 AM
  Beka27
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  no idea at all.
  
  edited: well the BB list says it’s okay… i am curious if anyone else has given lilac. i have about a dozen trees in my yard… and i know for a fact they are not sprayed with anything.
- 05/14/2008 at 11:21 AM
  Belladonna
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  i saw it on the list but i am cautious about giving it to my bunnies. i have never heard of anyone ever feeding it to rabbits. smelly purple flowers somehow doesn’t seem like a proper rabbit food
- 05/14/2008 at 1:10 PM
  Beka27
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  IF it was okay… i’m not saying it 100% is b/c i don’t know for sure ————> ANYONE?
  
  but IF, i would think it would only be in very small amounts as an occasional treat. i am assuming it would not be used as a large portion of the diet.
- 05/14/2008 at 1:11 PM
  Beka27
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  there’s also a 50/50 chance your buns would turn their noses at it too…
- 05/14/2008 at 6:08 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  Wow, first tulips, now lilacs and cherry huh? I am seeing a virtual flower shop here. Hee, hee must be a sure sign of spring. Anyway, I will make a separate discussion on plants in general but these are links provided by Binky Bunny:
  
  Toxic Plants:
  Lilac is not listed, HOWEVER I have never given them to my two and have never heard of it being done or if it is safe or not. Now just because I have not heard about it it simply means that very little is known about it and its affect on rabbits is not known. So, that being said, I think it is better to be safe than sorry experimenting with unknowns. I do know however, that the wood is O.K. for birds (an entirely different species though).
- 05/14/2008 at 7:38 PM
  Beka27
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  so the short answer is no… just b/c there is not enough evidence showing it is safe. i agree… better safe than sorry. (i do love how they smell tho!)
- 05/15/2008 at 1:15 PM
  Kit
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  This website has them on the safe list
  
  http://petcaretips.net/safe-veggies-fruits-pet-rabbit.html
  
  I’ve actually found it on MULTIPLE safe lists so I don’t see why you couldn’t give it to them as a treat. Now I would only use it as a treat though since I have no clue as to the actual nutritional value.
- 05/15/2008 at 1:22 PM
  Kit
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  Here’s another list…
  
  http://www.adoptarabbit.com/articles/packet/abcvegi.html
- 05/15/2008 at 1:53 PM
  osprey
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  Another good list from medi rabbit http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/Food/feeding_en.pdf
  
  This one does not list lilac as bunny safe.
- 05/15/2008 at 3:56 PM
  Floppy
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  wow Osprey, I love that link…it comes with photos!
- 05/15/2008 at 8:22 PM
  JodiM
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  Hey that’s an awesome website!!
- 05/10/2018 at 12:28 AM
  Ohiolisa
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  I have my baby a few individual lilac flowers tonight then stopped to think omg are they poisonous??????. Well he loved them, and that was about 3 hours ago and he’s feeling fine.. thank God.. if anything ever happened to him I’d just die.. he’s 11 years old have had him since he was 6 weeks.. the love of my life.. so nope lilacs aren’t poison and they Love them?
- 05/10/2018 at 3:35 AM
  Bam
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  Lilacs are sometimes said to be toxic to pets, but they probably aren’t. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/lilac-bushes-poisonous-animals-81413.html The better-safe-than-sorry-principle is of course always the wisest approach. Humans can eat lilac flowers and you can make lilac cordial from them.
  
  I’m locking this thread because it’s so old. Contrary to many other forums, we ask our members to rather start new threads on topics that have been up before. Foraging for buns is a topic that’s always interesting, so don’t hesitate to start a new thread about edible flowers etc.
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