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I did a search and found this stuff from Guide To Feeding Your Pet Rabbit......
Rabbits are designed to eat grass,plus a bit of bark and other tough, fibours materials. Unlimited HAY forms the basis of a healthy diet. It also reduces boredom and behavioural problems and exercises teeth along with promoting healthy gut movement. The site says to choose hay carefully-the hay fed to horses is usually good quality and cheap too! But don\'t feed hay that is dusty, or smells musty. Good hay smells sweet and is sometimes slightly green.
Bagged hay sold in pet stores is often very poor quality and deficient in important nutrients (I did not know this!)
Don\'t feed alfalfa hay if your bunny is overweight; has excess calcium problems; or is eating an alfalfa based food such as Russell Rabbit.(didn\'t know this either)
Do try straw or kiln-dried grass in addition to hay for variety, or instead of hay if your binny is a fussy eater.
It also suggests to put hay in the litter box because bunnies like to munch while they poop (I guess if they can\'t read the news paper when they are going....)
TOP TIPS-GREENS & VEGGIES FOR BUNNIES
Introduce one at a time, in small quantities at first.
Build up gradually
Keep vaccinations up to date, especially if you\'re out collecting weeds!
Grass is great but needs to be a decent length- no lawn cloppings
Don\'t pick greens from polluted verges or where dogs and cats frequently \"go\"
Here is their list of veggies and fruits ..............
Basil
Spring Greens
Broccoli (including leaves)
Brussel sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots and carrot tops
Cauliflower leaves
Celery
Coriander
Clover
Dandelion greens and flowers
Escarole
Green peppers
Mint
Parsley
Pea pods
Radish tops
Raspberry leaves
Romaine lettice (not iceberg or light colored leaf)
Watercress
Sweetcorn
Groundsel
Sow thistle
Plantain
Ground elder
Docks
Brambles
Chickweed
Spinach and kale may be given in small quantities
Fruits: one daily; fresh or dried-one tablespoon per 2kg bodyweight
Apple
Banana
Pineapple
Melon
Peach
Pear
Strawberries
please note this list has been reproduced in many forms over the past few years (they think it originated with Dr Susan Brown) but there have been numerous changes and additions since.
If you want to read the rest of their stuff you can look up theRabit Welfare Fund or try http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk

This has got to be the longest thread I have ever written! I hope this information is helpful and please feel free to add what ever you would like as I am in no means an expert about bunnies but I am a bunny slave and proud of it!!! Have a great day all! Lisa

I just posted on the bunny treat thread a recipe for tea cookies, I think they are a good choice if you want to make something yourself, they do have a bit of sugar, and if you plan on sharing them with the little furry guys you want to be careful of the type of tea you use, you don\'t want any of the teas with caffeine in them. so a roiybos or a fruit herbal is a good choice.

now just a question about feeding the fruits and veggies to bunny...
just yesterday I was told by someone that I shouldn\'t give vegies and fruit to my bunny yet cause she is to young, mmm I think she is about 3-4 months now, anyways they said in baby bunnies it can cause diareah.
she has been getting a couple baby carrots a day since we got her, and so far average one or two leafs of romaine lettuce a week. and yesterday I gave her a few apple peels(my son won\'t eat the peel so when I peel it I peel it thick and distribute among the degus there is 6 of them and bunny.)
so is there a timeline when certain things should be added to the diet, and certain things should be held back?
I haven\'t given her to many fruits yet because I know to much at one time can cause some tummy upsets, so yesterday was her first taste of fruit, but I sortof assumed that the veggies should be a part of their diet all the time.
and some other things like lettuce should be regulated(and the type)

anyways, that is my question, seems like all my posts so far have been pretty long, but something will start bugging me and then I have to know and sometimes I figure more detail is usually better.
anyways, time to go see to the kids...bunny included.

Angel

also just noticed(I really should read the post fully a couple times over before posting)
you mentioned rasbery leaves...so would the branches be ok if you dethorn them? we have a friend with tons of rasberries so I could easily get some branches where as some of the other branches safe for bunnies might be harder to get ahold of.
thanx again

Angel

I read in one of my many buny books that branches from frult trees such as apple trees are fine for them but I\'m not sure about raspberry bush branches... as for your three or four month old bunny I have not found anything in my books that supports someone saying not to give them fruits or veggies so young. As I see it if they were in the wild, after weaning all they eat is clover and grasses and that kind of stuff. The stuff I\'ve read just says to introduce it slowly and one at a time to see how the bunny reacts to it. I would watch her poops for slimy or miss shapened \"coco puffs\" (or \"smart berries\" as my dog likes to think-yum yum!) If you don\'t see any then keep up the treats! I just love these little bun-buns! I hope this helps you! Have a great day!! Lisa

Thanks
It was actually a \'pet counseler\' from the pet store here( I sortof take what they say with a grain of salt and sift through what they say basically always getting a second opinion....because only maybe 1/4 if that of the people there actually know what they are talking about( I used to work in the other pet store in town so I have a bit of experience and some knowledge, but I spend so much time looking up info on all sorts of animal stuff that I tend to forget small things...and then it seems there is Always more information no matter how much you learn(not to mention I am just as unorganized in my mind for sorting information, as I am in life, which is VERY)...
I go through fases of learning about certain things, and I have had so many pets...my husband actually told me at one point he was going to kick my butt and divorce me if I brought another cat home, which was maybe about a week before I brought our first bunny home, it really was quite a while before I brought another cat home...promlem is I don\'t say no when I should....but like one time when I was still working we got a call from some guy who was going to do something drastic to his 1 day old kitens if we(as in the store) wouldn\'t take them...but...our store didn\'t do cats and dogs, so I ended up bringing them home.

anyways. now that I seem to have hi jacked the thread...lol
back to bunny talk...
maybe I will phone the vet and ask about the rasberry bush thing. I am not to sure where else to look for that...

if you find out though let me know...
Thanks

Angel

Wow a list of treats for pet rabbits that says not to feed iceberg lettuce and actually has good info!!! This has got to be a first lol Grass hay is best for rabbits, much better than alfalfa you shouldn`t feed alfalfa especially if it`s a wool breed. I`m not sure about the other \"treats\" cept for the carrots and lettuce. I feed carrots once in a while and I know many other show breeders that do also some even feed them dandelion greens and iceberg lettuce gives them diarrehia(sp?).

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