Proportions with introducing veggies

[lunavenus]

So, my vet gave the okay to introduce veggies into both my rabbit’s diet. But I’m a lil paranoid I’ll introduce too much at once. So what is the best proportion to give a young bunny?? For example: one lettuce leaf? or two?? or half a leaf? 
For how long should I keep the proportions small? a week? a few days? Kind of a lil worried since my rabbits’ poops got a lil mushy after I think I introduced too much treats at once, so now I’m cutting back on how big of the treat I give them. Their poops are normal today so it’s nothing too serious, just probably a slight imbalance from the new thing added into their system. 

Introducing veggies into their diet will also prompt me to go grocery shopping, so it’s a win-win situation in which they get good food and I don’t get lazy and starve to death 

[Gina.Jenny]

Every bunny is different, some can take loads of veg, some none at all.

We’ve just adopted a boy who is probably about a year old, and was fed carrots and broccoli by his foster mum. Even small amounts of leafy greens are causing him to leave big sticky poops, so I’m having to reduce him down to between half and quarter of a leaf at a time, depending on the size of the leaf Pippi’s tum also can’t take huge amounts of veg, yet both girls never have any problems

Its best to give a bit under what they can digest without any upset to their tums than give just a bit over. And don’t introduce too many different things too quickly.

[Crashley]

I didnt start introducing treats till my bun was able to eat veggies. But with the veggies sometimes it takes a couple tries before your bun decides it wants to take a bite. Like Winnie for example it took probably 3 tries before she tried cilantro I believe I gave her one piece of cilantro to start with when I seen her poops were normal, the next day I gave her just a little bit more not to much. for about a week I was giving her probably 3 pieces of cilantro but now she gets about 5 or 6 on top of her salad. I went slow and gradually just cause I didnt want to upset her stomach and have to deal with something more serious. they say if your going to try to give multiple new veggies do it in 3 day increments. So their tums dont get upset.

[Azerane]

Start small, and I mean very small. Half a leaf of a lettuce is a lot for a little bunny who’s never had it before. I’m talking a piece the size of your thumb or less. Feed that, and wait a whole day to check for poop problems. With no problems, go ahead and feed a slightly larger piece (two thumbs worth). Wait a whole day again, then feed a slightly larger piece again. And so on. Some rabbits are much more sensitive to greens than others, so I always take the slow is better approach and usually introduce a new green over the course of a week, and only one green at a time. If your rabbit experiences gas or mushy poops while introducing a new green, either stop the introduction completely, or go back to the last serving size of that green that didn’t give any issues, and feed that same size for several days in a row before increasing the size again. If your rabbit reacts really badly, it’s best to wait a week before trying again to let their stomach settled.

After a week of a good introduction with one green, you can then start with the next one using the same process. My method is a better safe than sorry method as some people’s rabbits seem to manage well just suddenly getting a half or whole leaf of something, but Bandit was always quite sensitive to new foods.

[lunavenus]

Thanks for all the advice!
I haven’t put them on veggies yet because I’ve been so busy with school and haven’t been able to go to the grocery store. I’m planning to try introducing it on the weekend. Wish me luck! I hope they don’t have extremely sensitive digestive systems D:

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