Hello everyone. I'm new to the bunny world and I really need some advice . My bunny is about 12 to 13 weeks old. I clean her cage every morning and give her fresh Bahia and Timothy hay. She also gets pellets. What I need to know is safe woods to give her. We have an abundance of trees but I'm not sure what they are other than oak, cypress, cedar and pine. I have been trying to do some research on the types of wood I can give my Dixie to chew on without harming her. Out of the trees I mentioned pine was one that has shown up a few times as safe and there were some comments that pine was not safe. I have introduced her to treats . One day I'll give her a small spinach leaf and in a couple of days I'll give her a peeled grape. Yes I read that you are supposed to peel it for them . I think next I'll give her a cherry tomato without the seeds. If I'm doing something wrong I hope someone will let me know and help me with my wood dilemma. Thanks in advance for any advice and help. I'm planning on adding to my entourage so I don't want to make any mistakes. The things an empty nester will do!!
I've read that pine and cedar are completely unacceptable they are dangerous for rabbits to chew,
These types of wood are suitable for your rabbit: apple, ash, birch, hawthorn, hazel, juniper, maple, pear, poplar, spruce and willow.
I have an ash tree in my backyard so gave her a stick and she likes it.
For the fresh food and greens, I am growing some spinach on my backyard but I would say she wasn't very excited when I gave her some, she didn't like cabbage and parsley root either, she liked celery, carrot and apple (I am not giving a lot, just a slice). I know she likes banana as when I visited her first time they got some they were all very happy, I just didn't buy bananas last week but I had some dried skins I was going to use as natural fertilizer for my plants and gave her some - she loved it! Also I have some dried carrots and she liked them too. I've read about what herbs you can give and I have some that I dried myself she loved dried nettle!
Next time I will give her some mustard greens I've read that it's also good, she liked mint too, actually I've just seen dry rabbit food they sell in the pet store with mint so think it is safe too. She loved fresh dandelion leaves and fresh parsley and coriander greens, now going to give her some basil. She had no interest in thyme unfortunately, I have a lot of fresh and dried, but no, not her type.
I also have her for only 2 weeks now and she is 10 weeks old, I've read that too much fruit is no good as too much sugar not very healthy, only give as a treat, same with carrot, better give carrot greens.
So, what she definitely liked: nettle (only had dried from my backyard - she loved it!), dried banana peals (loved!), fresh dandelion leaves, fresh coriander greens, celery, apple and carrot she likes but I am not giving very often, maybe every 2-3 days a slice, celery half stick every other day.
