romaine lettuce

[carrie]

is there any restrictions on giving my bun romaine

[MooBunnay]

Romaine is a very healthy and good choice for bunny veg. I think that when giving an adult bunny romaine you should start out at around 2 cups per day, and then you can probably increase it, but keep an eye on your bunnies poops to make sure they do not get mushy. If your bun starts eating less hay because she is getting so much romaine, her poops might start to get messy, and not as dry and firm. If this happens, decrease the amount of romaine until her poops return to normal.

For a baby bunny, start with a small amount of romaine to get her digestive system used the romaine (just a few strips at a time), and then increase the amount slowly, once again, monitoring the poops to make sure they stay dry and firm.

[Toki+Pumpkin+Elmo]

Romain lettuce has lots water in them and can make a bun’s poop mooshy. If your bun is not used to it, you should start slow.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Romaine is a great ‘staple’ veggie for them

Remember no iceburg lettuce

[Alicia Conklin]

My bunny’s staple veggie is romaine lettuce.  I like it because it keeps well for me and so I can take less trips to the grocery store!  I then only have to go back about once a week to pick up some turnip greens,kale and/or bok choy to supplement the romaine with.    

 

[TARM]

Is it better to get Romaine hearts or just the regular head? I got the hearts once because the heads were shrively looking and the hearts lasted so much longer…but they looked a lot like iceburg so I wasn’t sure if they were OK. All of the critters did fine with it.

Also, Thumper loves kale. She’s the only one who has had it so far because the baby boys are still too little. I haven’t offered any to Digger yet. I thought I read somewhere that kale should be given sparingly…is that true?

[Alicia Conklin]

I’ve heard that some bunnies have more of a problem with calcium then others. I just watch his pee after he has it to make sure he’s ok..Tucker never has any problems with it..but I try not to give it every day and I don’t give as much as I do other greens.

I get the heads too..I get a big 5 pack from Sam’s. I’m fairly certain it’s all the same. Tucker’s never had a problem with it anyway. And I always watch his poops lol..they’re always nice and hard and round and dry. Tucker is also able to stomach more treats then he should too..so maybe he just has a strong tummy? The packs from Sam’s have more of the outer stuff left on them too so he gets some of that each day too, some of the outer some of the inner..honestly he PREFERS the inner because he likes the crunch I think..he likes bok choy and celery too. However..of course because I just wrote that I looked and today he ate all his outers and left the inners lol. AND he left his bok choy. So I guess today he doesn’t like crunch ?? LOL

[osprey]

I think the outer leaves are usually darker green and have more nutrients, so I think the full heads are better than the hearts.  I also give my guys the core and stem of the lettuce heads, cut into quarters.  They love to chew on them.

Kale has the potential for causing gas, so that’s why some people don’t recommend it for bunnies.  I give mine some occasionally, as well as broccoli and caulifower leaves which can also cause gas.

[Ang]

osprey how do you tell if your bun has gas? i give him lots of broccoli actually 2-3 florets?

[kimberleyanddarren]

i use romaine and pasley as a basic diet, then i give them a variety of things depending on the offeres and days etc.

[osprey]

Gas is usually pretty obvious.  Lack of interest in food, sitting hunched or half flopped, half sitting, changing positions frequently.  These are all symptoms of intestinal distress.  Poopy butt is a possibility too.

 

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