Can rabits eat cooked veg?

[jyrenze]

Is it alright to feed my rabbits cooked vegetables leftover from dinner? Not fried but just steamed.

 

[edwinf8936]

Myself, I wouldn't do it, not that I cook anyway.

Ed

 

as long as there isnt anyspices , salts and sugars , added before serving,it shouldnt hurt in a limited quantity, I certainly wouldntover do it though .

 

[bunnydude]

I don't forsee a problem, but my understanding was that certain methods of cooking vegetables removed the nutrients.

 

[Bassetluv]

I'd say, as long as they are veggies that youcannormally feed to them raw (i.e., no rhubarb or anythingthat could potentially make them sick), it shouldn't hurt them...thoughas bunnydude mentioned, cooked/steamed vegetables do lose a ton ofnutritional value (which is why over half of my own diet is raw...Ithink the bunnies have it right ). Actually, when I was a lot youngerI used to make a Christmas treat for my rabbits. I'd take some of theveggies that were being prepared for Christmas dinner and cook theminto a broth, let it cool off, and feed that to my outdoor buns. Theyloved it! I wouldn't make it a habit of feeding bunnies cooked veggiessimply for the loss in nutritional value...but every once in a whileshould be fine...

 

[jyrenze]

Thanks for the replies =) Though I'm not sure ifmy bunnies would eat the steamed veggies anyway, they do turn up theirnoses at unfamiliar forms of food usually.

 

[Spring]

Has anyone heard about giving the water youcooked them in to the rabbits? I thoguht of it when I was dumping outthe water from supper a few nights ago.

Or would this taste bitter to them?