Trouble introducing leafy greens

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- 02/22/2022 at 6:43 PM
  abu!!
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  My bunny is 3 months and i wanted to start introducing leafy greens, but he won’t eat them. i tried twice to give him a little piece of lettuce and he didn’t even bother, he smelled it and then went back to what he was doing. just now i tried getting him to eat spinach but he didn’t eat it either. so what should i do
- 02/22/2022 at 7:26 PM
  LBJ10
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  You can always wait a while and try again when he’s a little older. Starting veggies at 12 weeks isn’t necessary… it’s just the earliest age at which they can be introduced. Sometimes bunnies have to be presented with the new food several times before they will try it. This is even true for super awesome stuff like banana.
- 02/23/2022 at 12:58 AM
  RabbitMom2020
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  I am not sure how you are presenting the food to the rabbit, but he/she may just not know what to do with the leafy veggies. If you leave a single leaf of Romaine in the rabbit’s area overnight on a plate they may become curious and nibble at it while you are not looking. If the rabbit still isn’t interested, try a more potent smelling leafy green like Basil, Parsley or Dill. Be careful with Parsley as it has a high oxalic content but other herbs are good in large quantities
  
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- 02/23/2022 at 4:10 AM
  Bam
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  Fresh greens are more of a treat than an important contribution to a rabbit’s diet. You can try again later. If your bun doesn’t recognize fresh greens as food, you might have to expose him to them several times before he ventures a nibble. But it’s not a problem, the rabbit GI-system is adapted to grass, which has a higher, and for rabbits, more favorable fiber to calories-ration. Hay is (obviously) dried grasses. It’s more important to provide a variety of good quality hays.
- 02/23/2022 at 6:55 AM
  DanaNM
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  I agree with trying something more fragrant, and offering the same thing repeatedly, even if he doesn’t take it at first. My buns don’t care much for spinach in general. Big hits with my crew are cilantro, carrot tops, fennel, and dandelion.
  
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