Gee, I have never heard of feeding a weed (?) to a bunny – but for all your research, and as good as it may sound (being from the mint family?), I dunno? Wikipedia? I’m sure I was told not to trust it’s info? Not always truthful/reliable? Anyhow – I’m the worst person to make such statements (a fellow BBer researched on my behalf (I couldn’t for the life of me find) whether it was ok to feed bunnies a ‘mulberry’ leaf), I tend to trust ‘word of mouth’ from actual experience. And until I got the facts, I was very hesitant. I think the problem is (as I learnt) bunnies have such sensitive digestive systems, you can’t just ‘try’ anything. Something they may over indulge in now, can be fatal later on. As silly as this will sound, I had to ‘make’ my hubby cut down on Henry’s treats – I found out all the fruit (high sugar content) will probably cause him major problems later on.
I know it’s hard when your short of money, and I know my suggestion is gonna cost a little bit to get started – but it’s ‘just’ a suggestion. If you have a few dollars free and a bit of time – try planting some bunny/human food. I keep saying I am going too….. (it’s so hot here at the moment) but I’m gonna give it a try….. I’ll start off with Henry’s food (if it’s a bit shoddy – I’m sure he won’t notice, lol!), and move on to my favourite garden food. Wish me luck, ha ha ha hah!

Hmmm…Does your city/county have a weed control program? What I’m thinking is….where i live there are some invasive weeds that if you have them you can be ordered/fined to get rid of them. What I’m thinking is if your area has a program like that you could take a sample in and they would likely identify it for you for free (you know, under the guise of saying your not sure if the weed is invasive or not) That would be your conclusive identification. Just a thought.

Now that said, the wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stachys) does list some medicinal properties, so if edible for rabbits, it may need to be limited…I would call your vet, or any vet really (as it’s a phone call there should be no charge, so I don’t see any harm in phoning other vets in the area to get other opinions if that works better for you) to get a definitive yes or no, or ‘yes but’ answer.

Now as a PS, I don’t see any need to fret on the amount of greens. If money is tight, as long as they are getting plenty of hay, only occasional greens should be just fine Obviously the amounts on the diet page are ideal, but things aren’t ideal and hay is what is really important. So I wouldn’t worry too much, things will change and you’ll be able to give veggies when you can.