Rabbit safe fruits & vegetables

Rabbit safe fruits & vegetables

Rabbits love variety and adding vegetables and fruit into their diet helps to add delicious enrichment to their day. Vegetables should make up no more than 10% and fruits no more than 5% of a rabbits diet. 

Vegetables

  • Cos, romaine, oak or butterhead lettuce varieties (Iceberg lettuce is not rabbit safe)
  • Fennel
  • Endive
  • Coriander, dill, lemon balm, rosemary, oregano
  • Watercress
  • Cucumber
  • Zucchini

Sometimes Green Vegetables

These vegetables contain higher levels of calcium, oxalates etc and should be fed sparingly as a treat with their regular salad options

  • Carrot tops
  • Rocket
  • Pak choy, bok choy
  • Kale
  • Spinach
  • Chiccory
  • Swiss chard
  • Cauliflower leaves
  • Celery leaves
  • Mustard, beet or turnip greens
  • Kohlrabi (leaves and stems removed due to high oxalates)
  • Dandelion leaves (ensure correct variety and unsprayed)
  • Thistles (ensure not spiny and unsprayed)
  • Parsley, basil, mint, sage, thyme, lavender, marigold, roses (ensure homegrown & unsprayed)
  • Apple tree leaves (ensure unsprayed)
  • Mulberry tree leaves (ensure unsprayed)

Fruits and Vegetables in very small amounts:

These vegetables contain higher levels sugar and should be fed sparingly as a treat with their regular salad options

  • Bell Pepper
  • Carrot
  • Apple
  • Pear
  • Kiwi
  • Banana
  • Raspberries
  • Strawberries
  • Blueberries
  • Papaya
  • Cherries (remove stone. avoid leaves and stems)
  • Apricot, peach, plum, nectarine (remove stone)
  • Mango (without skin)
  • Pineapple (without skin)
  • Watermelon, rock melon (canteloupe)
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