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- 11/08/2008 at 3:39 PM
  jerseygirl
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  Anyone regularly feed this to their rabbit(s)? Any concerns to watch for?
  
  I don’t know why I haven’t been buying this. Large, leafy, dark green leaves, high in vit A, cheap to buy or easy to grow and it’s on the BB veggie list! I haven’t tried this yet so haven’t gained tastebud approval from the bun. Only thing I’ve read that may be a concern is it is high in sodium. This is not a bad thing for rabbits is it?
- 11/08/2008 at 4:15 PM
  Danmers
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  I used to feed it to my rabbits but they totally rejected it =( Not sure about the sodium sorry
- 11/08/2008 at 5:33 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  Hey Jerseygirl! My two don’t care for swiss chard either, they’re nuts about kale instead. From what I could find for you is that it is lower in calcium than most veggies, which is good and it is on my local HRS bunny-safe veggies list here: http://www.coloradohrs.com/articles/diet_veggies_generic.asp. I am not sure why it is not on the list Binky Bunny provided so I’ll send her an e-mail and see if there is something about it that I am not aware of just to be sure.
- 11/08/2008 at 5:46 PM
  jerseygirl
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  Oh no! It’s on the list, Swiss Chard and Kale! Are you refering to silverbeet? That’s what swiss chard is known as in Australia.
- 11/08/2008 at 5:48 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  Cool.
- 11/08/2008 at 8:43 PM
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  Boston totally turned her nose up to swiss chard!
- 11/08/2008 at 9:34 PM
  Hedi
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  None of my 4 buns would eat Chard either
- 11/09/2008 at 3:08 PM
  BinkyBunny
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  Swiss Chard is on the BB list, I promise! https://binkybunny.com/Default.aspx?tabid=144 I went to double check it because I couldn’t remember if chard was on there or not. The list was developed by the HRS health director, and I don’t make any changes to it without her sayso, so I was prepared to ask her about this when I saw Swiss Chard was already on there. I actually haven’t even had my bunnies try Swiss Chard - might be worth checking out. They get alot of variety now, but it never hurts to try.
- 11/09/2008 at 3:19 PM
  Colin
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  My buns don’t seem to eat it if I give that too them alone, but they’ll eat most of it if it’s mixed in with other veggies. They always leave the stalks though.
- 11/09/2008 at 4:19 PM
  jerseygirl
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  Good to know beecg! I have a little fuss pot but I try give it consistantly, she may come round. I imagine it’s bitter. She manages baby spinach but guess there’s a big difference. She’s only just now starting to enjoy parsley and coriander (cilantro). She would leave it before than come have a nibble bit later n. Now she picks them out during the main Devourment time!
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