naturestee wrote:
Actually, carrots themselves should be limited because oftheir high sugar content. Carrot tops can be fed daily.
Carrot tops can be fed daily? I thought they were like kale,and had to be somewhat limited, although it escapes me why.Maybe it was just the high calcium content and Pipp was the onerestricted because she was having 'issues'? In any case,they'll be happy to get more than they've been getting!Everybunny here loves them.
And they'reFREE! The grocery stores around here gladly give mebig bags of discarded carrot tops (and celery leaves)if Iask.
I don't actually feed mine anything for more than three or four days ina row, other than maybe romaine, bok choy and cilantro. Thoseveggiesseem to be the only onestotally safe inlarge quantities for everybunny here.
Dill and Sherry will only eat leafy veggies with stems (and kale), somaybe Harper's the same. Try cilantro andparsley.Oh, and sometimes they'll eat dandelionleaves and the leafy part of the celery.
Kale is probably the most popular veggie in this house, although itreally can only be fed to them a few times a week. (I findthree days on, three days off works well foreverything). Bok choy is second. (I liveina bok choy center, tons of it around).
All of mineHATE zucchini (THE most unpopular veggie here),and they don't like squash ormustard greens (which are VERYhigh calcium, btw). Pipp hates parsley, but she's the onlyone. (Good thing, it's also up there on the calicum content).
Celery stalks aren't too popular, either, just the leaf -- exceptRadar, who loves celery. (You really have to take the stringsoff and cut it up into little pieces, Radar got some stuck in his teethand/or throat once and I almost had to rush him to the vet).
Pipp LOVES broccoli and cauliflower (so do Radar and Darry, but theylike everything but zucchini). I thinktheywouldgiveDillgas (he'sprone to upsets), so I haven't tried. Sherry won't touch them.
Throwing in somedifferent colouredveggiesisgoodto give thema wide range ofnutrients (although the only thing not green thatDill andSherry will eat are carrots). The backroom bunnies (Radar andDarry) will eat tomatoes, but not until last.Waylast. Nobunny else will. Radicchio worksfor Pipp and the theBRB's, too.
Collard greens (also high in calcium) went over better than beet greens. Chard is tolerated, but not loved.
We're not doing well with herbs. I've trieddilland mint this week, no go.
Oh yeah, wejust discovered that all of them, including Dilland Sherry, seem to like radish leaves.
Whew! This is long! :shock:
Back to work!
sas