Is this safe?

So I kept nagging my parents about hay and dry grass to give my bunny so she can keep her teeth short and dad found this .. I don't know what it is called but it was grown outside and he pulled it out from someone's yard .. Is it okay to give my bunny this to eat?

Looks like a variety of thick grass like orchard or timothy. If it is a grass variety then yes it should be just fine as long as there are no pesticides/herbicides on it or other contaminants, and preferably not from a place where a dog would pee on it. Also make sure there are no black/white spots from it molding, which is more likely if it's been cut and left in a thick pile where it stays damp and starts to decay. Usually fresh cut won't have mold issues.

JBun said:

Looks like a variety of thick grass like orchard or timothy. If it is a grass variety then yes it should be just fine as long as there are no pesticides/herbicides on it or other contaminants, and preferably not from a place where a dog would pee on it. Also make sure there are no black/white spots from it molding, which is more likely if it's been cut and left in a thick pile where it stays damp and starts to decay. Usually fresh cut won't have mold issues.

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Well I don't know what orchard or timothy is and no one here does so I am not sure if THAT is what it is. Basically it was growing in someone's little yard and it is dry and abandoned so I thought it looked like the 'hay' I see on the internet but I wasn't too sure, it has a semi pointy tops and it was freshly pulled out of the ground and it doesn't have pesticide on it but I can wash it to make sure. My point is, is THAT what could be useful for my bunny to graze on? If so, Dad said he could get his hand on some more of stuff like that in the future since we can't find hay here.

It looks more like an ornamental grass. Best to find out what it is and if you cant stay away.

Watermelons said:

It looks more like an ornamental grass. Best to find out what it is and if you cant stay away.

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Yeah, when I went to wash it I cut it and on the inside there was a tube of white milky stuff like a plant would have.. I don't know much about plants and stuff but I don't think grass would have that inside.. ? Man, I wish I had more and better access to animal stuff here.

I would not use it. If there is anyplace near with livestock, they might be able to help out.

I agree, better not to use it unless you know exactly what it is and that it's safe.

Alice, where are you located ?

Can you just buy some hay at a pet store? Or order some online?

Fosters & Smith, Pets Plus, and even Walmart deliver.

Alice lives in Iraq and has said before that such companies don’t deliver to near where she lives.