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What are some good foods to give to wild chipmunks and bunnies?

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There are these two chipmunks and a baby bunny that keep coming to my yard and I've come to love them a lot. :) They're so cute!!!!! And today I gave the chipmunks 5 peanuts and *looks out window* they seem to be enjoying them. ^_^ Are there any other good foods that I could give them that would be healthy?

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  1. chipmunks eat peanut kernels, bird seed, dried or fresh bananas, carrots, dried apricots, apple, peas, sweetcorn, tomatoes, grapes, animal treats, dandelion (leaves and flowers), grass, flies (dead ones!),  chicken, cabbage, cucumber and so on. In fact they seem quite happy to eat just about anything.

    bunnies will eat broccoli leaves, brussel sprouts, carrot tops, lettuce, spinach, and watercress - almost anything that's green.


  2. Vegetables and nuts

  3. Feeding Chipmunks

    Chipmunks eat most grain and seed types, though a few are dangerous for them and must be avoided.

    Definitely unsafe foods are: unripe acorns (contain excess tannin), plum stones (contain cyanide), excessive peanuts (because they can swell inside the animal), and the woods mentioned below, in 'Housing'.

    Safe foods are: sunflower seed, wheat, rye, maize, oats, canary seed, buckwheat, millet, melon seeds, orange, apple, pear, cherry, gooseberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, black/red/white currants, pomegranate, figs, stoned plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, dried banana slices, raisins, sultanas, lettuce, tomato, peapods, corn on the cob, cucumber, brussels sprouts, rose petals, dandelion leaves and flowers, chickweed, walnut, hazelnut, sweet chestnut, beechmast, pine nuts, hips, haws and sycamore seeds. Water must be constantly available. Chipmunks kept outdoors will need extra food in autumn for them to hide.

    http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/la...

    Feeding bunnies

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlPRa4ypA...

  4. Chipmunks are wonderful.  We have some too.

    Best food for them is what you buy at any good market that is made for squirrels, or pet hamsters, or Guinea Pigs, or rats and mice.  Do NOT feed them salted peanuts.  They also love small pieces of fruit, like berries, or grapes, and this is good for them too.  Sunflower seeds are great too.

    The rabbits can be fed regular rabbit food, which can be purchased from any good feed store or pet shop.

    Note:  Keep any domestic cats away from the Chipmunks.  They WILL kill them.

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