List of Safe Plants for Rabbits

[Silver Star Rabbitry]

Alfalfa - above ground parts can be used

American Sycamore - leaves, bark and twigs can be used

Apple - leaves, branches, fruit and seeds can be used

Basil - above ground parts can be used

Birch - used for pain relief and anti-inflammatory

Blackberry - above ground parts can be used - used for pregnant does, summer cooling, stimulates appetite, can be used to help with diarrhea

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds– used to condition coats

Blueberry - leaves can be used

Borage - above ground parts can be used - used as a Laxative, increases milk flow in nursing does, helps fevers and reduce stress

Cat-tail - leaf stalks can be used

Carrot - roots and tops can be used

Chamomile - used for pain relief, calms nervous rabbits, can be used as an eye wash for weepy eye

Chickweed - above ground parts can be used - used as an anti-inflammatory, progresses the healing of cuts

Chicory, wild - Above ground parts can be used

Clover, red - above ground parts can be used

Clover, white - above ground parts can be used

Comfrey, common - leaves can be used and are best dried - promotes healing, bone formation, helps ill rabbits, used for stressed and weak rabbits

Dandelion - above ground parts can be used - Blood purifying, used for respiratory ailments, anti-inflammatory, bladder infections, diarrhea, increases milk flow in nursing does

Echinacea - can be used as an immune system stimulant and broad spectrum antibiotic

Elder Flower - can be used an a respiratory expectorant, helps with fevers

Eucalyptus - can be used dried and powdered to repel fleas

Eyebright – can be used to help weepy eye

Fennel – can be used to help with bloating and gas, increases milk flow in nursing does

Garlic - can be used as an antiseptic and antibiotic, can be used to help with bloating and gas

Ginger – can be used to increase fertility in bucks

Goat’s Rue – increases milk flow in nursing does

Goldenrod - leaves can be used - can be used as an anti-inflammatory

Grape - leaves and vines can be used

Green Amaranth - above ground parts can be used

Hackberry - branches can be used

Kava Kava - can be used to calm nervous rabbits

Lamb’s Quarters - above ground parts can be used

Lavender - can be used to calm nervous rabbits and can be used to induce labor

Lemon Balm - above ground parts can be used - can be used as an anti-bacterial, antiviral, helps with bloating and gas, diarrhea and reduces stress

Licorice - can be used to help gastric inflammation and coughs

Linseed – can be used an a laxative

Maple, silver - leaves and branches can be used

Marigold - helps with bruises, contusion and strains, can be used to help slow healing wounds, ulcers, skin diseases, digestive problems and gall bladder complaints

Marjoram- helps with coughs, inflammation of mouth and throat, can be used to help digestive problems, uterine discomfort, can be used to calm nervous rabbits

Meadowsweet – helps with weepy eye

Milk Thistle - helps take ammonia from the blood and protects both the liver and the kidneys, increases milk flow in nursing does

Mint - above ground parts can be used - decrease milk flow in nursing does, helps with mastitis

Mother Wart – helps with weepy eye

Nasturtium - can be used as a strong antiseptic

Nettles – above ground parts can be used - increases milk flow in nursing does

Oak - can be used for eczema, diarrhea, hemorrhoid, pro lapse, digestive problems and bleeding of mouth and gums

Oats - can be used to help digestive problems, diarrhea, kidney and bladder disorders and can be used to condition coats

Oregon Grape Root - can be used as an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial

Parsley - enriches the blood, can be used to help urinary problems - roots are used for constipation and obstruction of the intestines, inflammation of bladder & kidneys, digestive disorders, can be used to increase fertility in bucks and productivity in does

Pear - leaves, branches, fruit and seeds can be used

Peppermint - above ground parts can be used

Plantain - above ground parts can be used - is antimicrobial and antispasmodic, can be used to progress the healing of cuts,

Plum - shoots can be used

Purple Coneflower- can be used to help with abscesses and slow healing wounds

Purslane - above ground parts can be used

Raspberry - above ground parts can be used - can be used for the prevention and treatment retained afterbirth, improves condition during pregnancy and can be used to increase fertility in bucks


clover – above ground parts can be used - helps with weepy eye

Redroot Pigweed - above ground parts can be used

Rosemary - above ground parts can be used - helps with weakness and exhaustion and calms nervous rabbits

Round Leafed Mallow - above ground parts can be used

Sage – above ground parts can be used - can be used dried and powdered to repel fleas, can be used to decrease milk flow in does

Sassafras - can be used dried and powdered to sprinkled repel fleas .

Shepherd’s Purse - above ground parts can be used

St. John Wart- helps with stress and nerves but long term dosage is needed

Smooth Leaf Elm– can be used to help slow healing wounds

Sorrel - can be used to cool and calm nervous rabbits

Sow Thistle - above ground parts can be used

Squash - sprouts can be used

Strawberry - above ground parts can be used - can be used as an antiseptic and helps cool rabbits, leaves are rich in iron and are supposed to help prevent miscarriage can be used to help inflamed areas, rashes and sore eyes.


Sunflower - above ground parts can be used

Sweet Potato - roots can be used

Thyme - above ground parts can be used - can be used to help with diarrhea

Walnut - leaves can be used – can be used to help weepy eye

Willow - leaves and branches can be used - has an Aspirin like affect and helps with pain and intestinal inflammation

Yarrow - above ground parts can be used - helps to heal cuts



Emily

Silver Star Rabbitry
Raising and Showing Quality Silver Marten Rabbits in North Louisiana.

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[mistyjr]

WOW!!! That is alot. I have put a few of these on my list to shop next week.. Thanks :highfive:

 

[~*sAbRiNa*~]

Thanks for posting that! I have been thinking that Sabrina would like the "lids" from my strawberries but I wasn't sure if she could have the leaves.