AT A GLANCE
Is forsythia poisonous to rabbits?
In fact, rabbits not only like to eat forsythia twigs, but according to information from the rabbit aid in Germany, they are also good for small mammals harmless. So you can forsythia feed to your rabbits if they accept and like them. However, keep these precautions in mind:
- only feed in small amounts
- along with other branches
- do not use as main feed
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Cut the branches fresh from the bush and be sure to only use those with healthier, intact bark and healthy Scroll (without fungal spots or similar).
What trees can rabbits eat?
Next to forsythia branches your rabbits can nibble the fresh branches of many other shrubs and trees. For conifers, you can offer spruce (in smaller quantities) and pine, but they are eaten very little. Fir branches, on the other hand, are more popular.
On the other hand, twigs from rabbits are more popular with rabbits
- Fruit branches like apple, pear, plum, cherry
- bamboo
- birch
- beech and hornbeam
- Oak (against diarrhea)
- service pear
- hazelnut
- linden tree
- sloe
- Spars (all kinds)
- willow (all kinds)
Of course, this listing is not a complete branch list. When feeding, make sure that the branches not with chemicals (e.g. B. fungicides or a pesticide) as these are poisonous to rabbits.
Which shrubs are poisonous for rabbits?
Many ornamental and wild shrubs poisonous to humans are also dangerous for rabbits. This includes, for example, the yew, the most poisonous coniferous tree in Germany, which is highly toxic in all parts of the plant and in small quantities can even be fatal for an adult human. You should not feed yew twigs to rabbits, this also applies to these types of wood:
- Wisteria
- boxwood
- angel trumpet
- laburnum
- elder
- cherry laurel
- magnolia
- buckthorn
- smoke bush
- mock orange (Mock orange)
- rhododendron
- snowball (viburnum)
- Thuja
- bird cherry
- wondertree
Twigs, leaves and other parts of plants of the named species may not be used for feeding or planting in the rabbits' (free) enclosure. When feeding prunings, make sure there are no twigs of poisonous species underneath.
Would Rabbits Eat Poisonous Plants?
no Rabbits usually disdain poisonous plants, but you can't be sure about that. Many a gluttonous Hoppler tends to adopt dangerous species for themselves - sometimes because the domesticated animals that are always fed by humans can forget what is poisonous and what is edible is. Make sure your rabbits are always on large and varied mixed offer have suitable food plants ready - the small mammals usually only go to poisonous plants if they do not have enough to eat.
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Suitable shrubs for the rabbit run
What to plant in the rabbit run? Above all, non-poisonous plants that are reluctant to eat for other reasons should go in there. Spruce, pine and fir, for example, are well suited, but privet, lilac and the like are also well suited.