Can my rabbit eat African violets?

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- 08/09/2015 at 8:15 PM
  HerculesandMolasses
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  They are white outlined with purple and the tag said violets. They look like African ones because they have slightly frilled edges. Can my rabbit eat it? Someone answered a question like this before on here but they said yes to normal violets but they also said I don’t know to African violets. I keep searching it but nothing comes up. Do you know if they can? I’m not going to deliberately feed them to him, but if it gets knocked down, is it ok if he eats a little?
- 08/09/2015 at 9:40 PM
  BarbaraC
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  African violets are non-toxic for cats, dogs and horses. Not sure about rabbits.
- 08/09/2015 at 9:53 PM
  BarbaraC
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  Here are some good links…
  http://www.rabbitawarenessweek.co.uk/environment/plants-that-can-be-harmful-to-rabbits/
  
  And
  https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants
- 08/09/2015 at 10:36 PM
  LBJ10
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  As far as I know, they are not toxic. I wouldn’t think a bunny would want to eat African violets though since the leaves are fuzzy. Wouldn’t that be unpalatable?
- 08/09/2015 at 10:42 PM
  HerculesandMolasses
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  Okay. I bet he would just lick the leaves like fur.
- 08/09/2015 at 11:32 PM
  Bam
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  If these are store-bought plants they may have been treated with systemic pesticides. That means the pesticides used on the plant is inside the whole plant and can’t be washed off. This generally wears off after a year or so, so if your plants are older than that, they should be ok. But don’t give your bunny newly bought potted plants (except of course herbs meant for eating by humans).
- 08/09/2015 at 11:39 PM
  Samara87
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  I read a thing recently that said if something is safe for horses, it’s usually safe for bunnies.
- 08/10/2015 at 3:26 AM
  Eepster
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  African violets are completely unrelated to the violets that are used for food flavoring, they just share a name.
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