RE: Twigs and flowers in bunny diet?

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RE: Twigs and flowers in bunny diet?

05/21/2013 at 6:12 PM

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I wrote to Dana Krempels, asking her about whether or not marigolds (Either variety!) are safe to feed, with her permission I am pasting the relevant part of her response below.

“Marigolds and some other asterids produce pyrethrins that deter
herbivorous insects. The amount you’d find in a few flowers is probably
not going to harm an animal as large as a human. And a bunny would
probably not be harmed by eating a little. But the quantity of secondary
compounds in any plant can very from individual to individual, and by
region. So one can never be sure.

My bunnies have nibbled marigolds and other daisy-family flowers without
harm. I think it’s probably a question of dosage.”

After reading that I’ll continue to avoid feeding them, … I’d prefer not to run the risk, … there are all sorts of other truly safe tasty things for them to eat.