Veggies for Bunnies

[JD]

Hey! What sorts of veggies do you feed your buns? So far they get about 6 baby carrots a day and sometimes some romaine and once in a blue moon a lil broccoli floret. I went to the store after work though to get some veggies just for the buns and I realized as I was browsing the veggie aisle that i really wasn’t sure what all i could feed them to add a lil veggie variety that would be healthy for them and not upset their tumtums too much.

So…i ended up just getting a big bag of carrots, a head of romaine & some parsley…… Is Parsley ok? I wasn’t sure about it….haven’t fed it yet and wanted to check.

Anyway, i’d love to hear what your bunnies like!

[nikiway]

Atti gets Romaine and Straight Parsley as his main vegies and I read that carrots aren’t good when fed a lot (has a lot of calcium i think) so I use a vegie peeler and give him some skins from baby carrots. But less than 0.05 oz a day. lol I measure things sometimes.
There are links in Bunny Info Link and you can go to Diet and I believe there’s a list of vegies. otherwise google it. Atti also gets Cucumber skin when we have them. But it’s mostly Romaine and Parsley along with whatever third vegie is here.

[Balefulregards]

Coco rarely gets a “non-green” veggie. Right now her mix is curly parsley, red leaf lettuce, fennel, baby bok choy, and watercress. I change her mix twice a week…but it is always a “base” lettuce, an herb and parsley.

For “other” veggies, I occasionally give her a little green pepper, or snow peas. Very rarely do I give her a baby carrot. I think twice in almost six months.

She gets a little Bit of fruit a couple times a week…but again, very sparingly. A sliver of fresh peach, a chunk of banana, a little bit of apple.

And, of course, unlimited timothy hay.

[BunnyLiz]

Carrots are very bad for buns. They have to much sugar. they love them but its like a candy bar. Hammers daily greens are flat and curly parsley, romaine, cilantro, danilion greens, carrot tops and sometimes a sliver of carrot or sweet pepper. i give mint and dill occasionally too.

here is where i got my list, hope it helps
http://www.mybunny.org/info/rabbit_nutrition.htm#dailyGreens

[JD]

I’m glad you said something about the carrots. Well, im glad to know the parsley is ok. I just washed the veggies up and packed little baggies with their daily goodies: packed with romaine and parsley and 1/5 of a reg. carrot. 🙂

[BunnyLiz]

Is that a 1/5 of a whole carrot and not a 1/5 of a baby carrot? If its 1/5 of a big carrot that is probably still a bit much, though im no expert believe me lol. the diet section has a pic of just a few shreds of carrot, like 4 i think. hammer gets a bit of carrot every other day at his morning meal. Hope that helps, arent buns so difficult lol. They require so much energy, time and thought yet we still love them!

[Beka27]

i recommend you look over some diet info.  there are many veggies that bunnies can safely eat.  there’s great info on the BB diet page: https://www.binkybunny.com/BUNNYINFO/Diet/tabid/60/Default.aspx

also a very comprehensive list of good and bad veggies.  i have a copy printed out that i keep in my purse for when i go shopping: binkybunny.com/Default.aspx

like BunnyLiz and nikiway said, carrots are okay to feed, but only in strict moderation and as an occasioanl treat.  treats should not be fed more than 3x per week.  there is a picture on the BB diet page that demonstrates what a proper bunny treat would consist of:

the most important part of the diet is hay, followed by greens.  it’s recommended that bunnies get betw/ 2 and 4 cups of veggies per day, so it makes up a major portion of their diet.  it’s most like what they eat in the wild, and it helps to hydrate their systems.  limited pellets help to fill in the nutritional gaps, and are fed in very tiny amounts.  another diet article i like: http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/diet.html

i do hope this helps.  personally, my bunnies love red and green leaf lettuce, endive, escarole, romaine, dandelion and collard greens, parsley (both kinds) and cilantro, watercress, carrot tops, and the list goes on.  they get 4-5 different types each day, the same ones for about 4-5 days, and then i go to the store again and we get something else.  they enjoy the variety, and i get such a kick out of watching them dig into a huge pile of greens.

you will need to introduce new veggies slowly, one at a time over the course of a few days or a week, but once they are used to the veggie, it can be rotated in and out, usually without an issue.

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