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DO NOT FEED ANY FOODS FROM THE GROUP BELOW - THEY ARE TOXIC!

Tomato Plant

Onion

Avocado

Boxwood

Maize

Buttercup

Peas


Diet

Think of your rabbits diet as a pyramid, about 80% of it should be hay, 15% fresh veggies, 4.5% pellets (hard food) and .5% can be treats.







80% hay 15% fresh Veggies & herbs 4.5% pellets 0.5% treats

A rabbit can never have too much hay!

Along with fresh water, hay is the most important part of a bunny’s diet. Hay should make up 80% of their food.


The chewing action your rabbit uses whilst eating hay also helps to wear down the teeth, which in a rabbit grow continually, and prevent them overgrowing. Rabbit's have complicated, and very sensitive, GI tracts. They are strict vegetarians, and are designed to be able to digest tough plant materials that many other animals would have a hard time gaining nutrients from. Rabbits need lots of fibre, and hay provides it to them.


Hay is good for your bun because those long fibres that hay is made from help the muscles of the bunny's gut stay good and strong. Hay keeps things moving inside the bunny's system, and can help prevent blockages that may kill your rabbit. Keeping them well stocked with hay may also help to keep the fur and other weird foreign bodies moving through your rabbit's complex digestive system.


A lack of hay can slow down your rabbit's intestinal functions and cause a multitude of problems. Hay is an essential part of your rabbit's diet, and you should no more leave your bunny without hay than you would leave it without water. As a rough guide, a bunny should eat a pile of hay a day roughly the same size as them it but its great if they eat more!


Low Calcium


Alfafa Sprouts

Artichoke

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Celery (cut small)

Endive

Kohlrabi

Mustard

Pea Pods

Romain lettuce


Feed items below sparingly as high in sugar


Apple (never the pips these are toxic)

Banana

Carrot

Parsnip

Pear  

Pineapple

Pepper

Pumpkin

Radish

Strawberries

Tomato Turnip

The following list shows SAFE fresh foods to feed your rabbit. We have separated foods into calcium content, it is important not to feed too many high in calcium foods as it can cause bladder problems.  The bulk of fresh food meals should be based on a few different types of leafy greens and herbs and other items added only in small quantities as treats a few times a week. Items high in sugar should only be given in very small quantities.


Moderate Calcium


Apple Tree Leaves

Basil

Beet Greens

Blackberry leaves

Bramble Leaves

Broccoli Floret

Broccoli Stem

Chickweed

Collards

Coriander

Dock Leaves (Young)

Fresh grass

Ground Elder

Parsley

Raspberry Leaves

Spinach


Feed items below sparingly as high in sugar


Swede






High Calcium


Alfafa

Broccoli Leaves

Carrot Tops

Camomile

Chinese Cabbage

Clover

Dandelion

Dill

Goosegrass

Kale

Lambs Quarters

Mustard Spinach

Nettle

Peppermint

Plantain

Sage

Shepherds Purse

Sowthistle

Spearmint

Spearthistle

Thyme

Turnip Greens

Yarrow

 Watercress

DO NOT FEED ANY FOODS FROM THE GROUP BELOW - THEY ARE TOXIC!

Rhubarb

Fresh Catnip

Potato / Potato skin

Daffodil

Rhubarb Leaves

Potato (leaves/unripe)

Iceberg lettuce

Apple Seeds

Bamboo shoots



DO NOT FEED ANY FOODS FROM THE GROUP BELOW - THEY ARE TOXIC!

Beans

Ragwort

Leek

Any bulb plant

Chocolate

Leek

Bread

Bind Weed


Safe Plants Toxic Plants