Bread Crumbs

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

Ok you know the canned bread crumbs that come in many flavors? Are the plain ones safe for rabbits? We didn't have any dried bread yesterday so I thought that dried bread crumbs would work and I sprinkled a tinsey bit on the huge rabbit sallad. There wasn't even much to taste it but do you think the bunnies will be fine?

 

[naturestee]

Bread really isn't very good for bunnies at all. Lots of carbs, very little if any fiber. I don't recommend feeding it at all.

 

[Phinnsmommy]

Yep, what Angela said. They cant have bread, so bread crumbs prob arent good

 

[Becknutt]

Mine have had the occasional crouton and while probubly not the healthiest thing, I don't think it will hurt them. So your bunnies should be fine.

 

[MsBinky]

Think of it this way...

If your rabbit was in the wild... Would it eat bread? That's how I base my decisions on what I let my rabbits eat.

 

[okiron]

MsBinky wrote:

Think of it this way...

If your rabbit was in the wild... Would it eat bread? That's how I base my decisions on what I let my rabbits eat.

I see no pellets in the wild!!!

 

[Pipp]

okiron wrote:

I see no pellets in the wild!!!

Very funny. :biggrin2: But they'remade fromunprocessedhays and plant matter. :rollseyes

I'm currently reading a study that makes starchy carbs sound even worse than I thought. (Worse than sugars). As well as the known problem -- they can throw the gut flora off balance and cause major digestive upset (as Pipp can attest to) --I see they also take a lot longer to travel through the GI system which isn't good.

Pipp has had all kinds of problems with starches. I gave her too many treats once (mostly oats and cereal flakes) and that set her off (major poopy butt), andthen she broke into the oat drawer once and nearly died.:shock: (Cecal dysbioisis, which is REALLY major poopy butt). She doesn't eat hay, soshe's already 'fibre challenged'.

I think your bunny will survive the breadcrumbs but I really wouldn't do it again.Pipp gets her starch fix with one oat flake at a time. She'll get half dozen or so a day, and that'sit.

I just put a little apple on everybunny's salad. (They're still tearing it apart looking for any extra bits).



sas :bunnydance:

 

[okiron]

Pipp wrote

Look at the ingredients. It's all raw hays and plant matter. :rollseyes

I'm currently reading a study that makes starchy carbs sound even worse than I thought. (Worse than sugars). As well as the known problem -- they can throw the gut flora off balance and cause major digestive upset (as Pipp can attest to) --I see they also take longer to travel through the GI system which isn't good.



sas :bunnydance:

But it's more fun for my imagination to think of trees that grow pellets lmao:biggrin2:

 

[Pipp]

okiron wrote:

But it's more fun for my imagination to think of trees that grow pellets lmao:biggrin2:

Nah, they grow on vines, silly!

And I hit the 'send' button before I was finished, I thought my screen was crashing, sorry for all the edits!



sas :biggrin2:

 

[Bunnys_rule63]

MsBinky wrote:

Think of it this way...

If your rabbit was in the wild... Would it eat bread? That's how I base my decisions on what I let my rabbits eat.

That's the rule I go by to.Lots of greens, hay and grass - and a little pellets.

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

That's actually a good rule MsBinky. I read in some rabbit books that stale or hard bread is ok for them, but not soft bread.

Thanks everyone! I won't give them bread anymore. They are fine from that sallad treat though.