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11 Responses to “What Garden Plants Are Safe For My Rabbits?”

1. 

   Lea 7 February 2010 at 10:13 pm #

   There are some VERY poisonous flowering plants, and be certain – bunnies will eat them, they don’t know how to tell the good from the bad.
   For a start, ALL flowers that grow from bulbs are HIGHLY poisonous – daffodils, tulips, ALL Spring bulbs can kill a rabbit, and kill a human too if you eat them, believe it or not! So best to avoid bulbs.
   Some safe plants that are fine to have around bunnies, and around human babies incidentally too, are nasturtiums, pansies, roses (mind the thorns though!). As you can see, most human-baby-safe edible plants are also safe for bunnies.
   I’ve reproduced a list of bunny-safe plants and flowers, and poisonous plants and flowers, on my site athttp://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunn…
   for lists of safe and dangerous foods and plants, from the excellent “Rabbitlopaedia” by Meg Brown and Virginia Richardson.
   Have a read of these great detailed rabbit sites too -http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/rabbits/a…http://www.tagyerit.com/hopline/cold.htmhttp://www.rabbit.org/http://www.muridae.com/rabbits/rabbittal…http://www.houserabbit.co.uk/http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunn… – http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunn… – my own site – please have a browse and enjoy!
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   Anonymous 8 February 2010 at 2:38 am #

   they can eat loads e.g.:
   Shepard’s purse
   chickweed
   clover
   dandelion
   plantain
   cabbage
   lettuce
   Be sure to get rid of any which are poisonous
3. 

   eayrin 8 February 2010 at 4:42 am #

   carrots, lettuce
4. 

   stormyhe 8 February 2010 at 11:09 am #

   Carrots!
5. 

   Kango Man 8 February 2010 at 1:20 pm #

   Carrots Lettuce Grass Dandilions Leaves Clover Raddish Apples
6. 

   Lou Lou 8 February 2010 at 1:34 pm #

   Add to the list:
   leaf lettuce (not iceberg), chard, alfalfa, wheat, plantain (wild), beets, peas, spinach, oats, timothy, quinoa, nasturtium, kale
7. 

   Hauntedf 8 February 2010 at 8:14 pm #

   They don’t eat what’s poisonous for them, I think it’s the smell or instincts or something. But trust me, the little sods have been eating my vegetable garden for years!
8. 

   floppity 8 February 2010 at 10:46 pm #

   carrots, lettuce, grass, dandilion leaves, clover
9. 

   Ginnykit 9 February 2010 at 3:08 am #

   wild plants,weeds. stuff they would eat in the wild.ours love dockleaves.
10. 

    nikgy71 9 February 2010 at 8:10 am #

    these are all safe for your rabbits
    Apples + tree bark and leaves
    Blackberry
    Bramble
    Chickweed
    Clover
    Common Comfrey
    Common Plantain
    Dandelion
    Field Bindweed
    Grass
    Groundsell
    Hazel tree bark and leaves
    Nettle
    Pears + tree bark and leaves
    Shepherds Purse
    Sow Thistle
    Willow tree bark and leaves
    Yarrow
11. 

    Anonymous 9 February 2010 at 8:50 am #

    carrots, lettuce, raddish

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