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Can rabbits eat potato peelings?

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  1. Solanine is the poison in green potato skins, same as the deadly nightshade. This is poison for people and (I believe) for rabbbits. If they are otherwise safe, that would explain the different results atested to above.


     


  2.  My Rabbits Looove banana chips and raisins and dried fruits, but do not feed them potatoes or almonds. Too much starch and almonds are not good for them neither , but I forgot why . =D


  3. hello - I hope I'm not too late, I'm not sure when you posted here! 


    The best thing to do if you're unsure is to NOT feed it. That goes for anything - better to be safe than sorry, right? 


    Potato's are actually really bad for rabbits. Now there ARE rabbits who eat it, because they're fed it - but that's like feeding a child cheeseburgers and chocolate everyday. My Mum used to have a rabbit as a kid called Bun, who lived in the garden. My Mum wasn't rabbit savvy, he was "just a pet", and was fed whatever scraps Mum had, she never brought rabbit feed for him or hay. Just grass, and veggie scraps, and somehow he survived untill he was 9 years old. BUT, do not think you an get away with it! Rabbits are much more delicate than people thing, and have a complicated and delicate digestive system.


    This is a list of safe foods for rabbits. You should give at least three kinds of vegetables each day in order to obtain the necessary nutrients, with one each day that contains Vitamin A, (with a *). Really it's best to add one veggie to the diet at a time so you can see how the bunny reacts - stop feeding that veggie if it causes soft stools or diarrhea.


    Alfalfa, radish & clover sprouts

    Baby bok choy

    Basil

    Beet greens (tops)*

    Bok choy

    Broccoli (mostly leaves/stems)*

    Brussels sprouts

    Carrot & carrot tops*

    Celery

    Chinese celery

    Cilantro

    Clover

    Collard greens*

    Dandelion greens and flowers (no pesticides)*

    Dwarf choy sum

    Endive*

    Green peppers

    Kale (!)*

    Mint (the leaf, obviously. Don't be silly and give your rabbit polos or gum haha!)

    Mustard greens*

    Parsley*

    Pea pods (the flat edible kind: snow pea or sugar snap pea)*

    Peppermint leaves

    Raddichio

    Radish tops

    Raspberry leaves

    Romaine lettuce (no iceberg or light colored leaf)*

    Spinach (!)*

    Watercress*

    Wheat grass

    Yu choy

    (!)=Use sparingly. High in either oxalates or goitrogens and may be toxic in accumulated quantities over a period of time

     


    Remember to ensure your bunny has a constant supply of fresh hay and water. Also you can feed unlimited grass, so long as no pesticides have been used, it's not been used by dogs, and not taken from fumey road sides.


    Hope this is of some help! And please, to those othr commenters who says it's fine and that they give potato's a lot because your bunny "loves" them, DON'T RISK IT! kids love chocolate right?! If it's provided, they'll eat it, whether it's good for them or not. Rabbits also cannot vomit, so if they eat something that they can't digest, all sorts of potentialy lethal problems can occur. Consult a rabbit savy vet if you need more answers!


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  4.  i gave my rabbit some potato peelings went out the nxt day and he was dead wish i had known that they were bad 4 him feel so bad now!! :-(


  5. No rabiits canot eat potato peels i fed my rabbit sum and the next day it was dead and there was absolutey nothing else that could have killed it Do not listen to people that say that they can eat them they are poisonous!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  6. DO NOT FEED YOUR RABBITS POTATO PEELINGS OH MY GOD. Ignore all the people who say yes, I regularly take my rabbits to a rabbit specialist vet and in her list of things to absolutely NEVER feed rabbits, there is potato peelings. The best diet for an average sized rabbit is ulimited timothy or oat hay and about 3-4 cups of dark leafy green vegetables, you can find a list of rabbit friendly vegetables on this site: www.rabbit.org . I don't give mine pellets because my vet is against pellets but you can give them like 3 tablespoons a day. Pellets as the main part of their diet will make your rabbit massively fat and sick and give it diahrea. I met a rabbit at the vet who had that happen thanks to the person who sold the lady the rabbit not giving her proper rabbit care info.

  7. rabbits cant eat stuff like lettuce, apples or citrus, they get ulsers in their mouth.

  8. Is it safe for rabbit's to chew on an old sock?

  9. starch will kill your rabbit slowly and painfully..... the starch will reach there stomach where it clogs up in the intestines so your rabbit cant breathe because of the pain, then you rabbits heart will start beating extremely fast and it will have a heart attack, then your rabbits brain will start bleeding and the rabbit will die

  10. oh my god! i just my rabbits one hole potato each! there going to die! :'(

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