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Can you give rabbits lettuce?

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Myth #2 - Hay is just bedding. Hay isn't just bedding. Fresh, dust–free hay should be their main source of food available at all times. Read: feeding tips ... Some lettuce is "worse" than others - light-coloured varieties are high in water and have very little nutritional value, so are not recommended. read more

If your rabbit has free use of the garden or part of the garden, then you must avoid Anemones, Arrow Grass, Bluebells, Broken Fern, Burdock, Buttercups, Clover ,Daffodils, Dahlia, Deadly Nightshade, Delphiniums, Fireweed, Foxglove, Hemlock, Horehound, Honeysuckle, Iris, Ivy, Jimson Weed, Lilies, Laurel, Lupine, Milkweed, Poison Hemlock, Poppies, Primrose, Snowdrops, Sweet Clover, Tarweed, Tulips, Water Hemlock. read more

If you want to give your bunny a salad, use Romain or dark leaf lettuces, never iceberg lettuce! Other vegetables to limit are celery, parsley and spinach, while other vegetable to totally avoid include corn, peas, Pennyroyal mint (toxic) and potatoes. read more

Large amounts of lettuce, for a rabbit unused to it, can cause digestive upsets. Myth #4 - Rabbits should be fed big bowlfuls of commercial food Eating too much commercial food (pellets/nuggets/muesli) can cause weight gain and prevent eating enough hay and/or grass. read more

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