Can bunnies eat Althea Flower, also known as Rose of Sharon?

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- 08/11/2009 at 1:29 PM
  HippityHopMom
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  I have on my notes that rabbits can eat a hibiscus flower. I live in north Georgia and we have Althea shrubs…. therefore I have many Althea flowers. I am wondering if I can feed these to my buns. Does anyone feed their buns the bloom off Althea shrubs … also known as “Rose of Sharon” shrub or tree ?
  
  The Althea is related to the hibiscus shrub .. and the bloom looks exactly the same at the hibiscus bloom.
- 08/11/2009 at 1:47 PM
  Sarita
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  According to the ASPCA site it’s toxic to dogs, cats, and horses so I would say it would be toxic to rabbits (they only list dogs, cats, and horses). I would not feed this to them.
- 08/11/2009 at 4:00 PM
  Monkeybun
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  None of the sites I just checked have it listed as either Toxic or Safe… so can’t really tell. i’ll keep looking
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