Rayen
Well-Known Member
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but I was reading an old article from one of the local papers about Easter rabbits and it was trying to give people honest information about rabbits and how they shouldn't be given as pets for the holiday. I came near the bottom where it made this big point in saying that vegetables and fruit are bad for them and how pet rabbits should never eat them.
I've heard this before, but I don't understand where the logic comes from. In the wild rabbits would eat pretty much anything leafy they came across, wouldn't they? I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to come across wild berries and various fields with some kind of vegetable matter in it. Not to mention just straight fresh grass and clover.
I do understand that certain vegetables shouldn't be given in excess, and that pellets do give almost all of the nutrition they need coupled with fresh hay, but it seems a bit extreme to say that vegetables are bad for them period. Is there any particular reason this line of thinking is so popular?
I've heard this before, but I don't understand where the logic comes from. In the wild rabbits would eat pretty much anything leafy they came across, wouldn't they? I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to come across wild berries and various fields with some kind of vegetable matter in it. Not to mention just straight fresh grass and clover.
I do understand that certain vegetables shouldn't be given in excess, and that pellets do give almost all of the nutrition they need coupled with fresh hay, but it seems a bit extreme to say that vegetables are bad for them period. Is there any particular reason this line of thinking is so popular?