Wild Rabbits

[mc00db]

Hello have just been checking up on the safe foodlist for rabbits and I was wondering how wild rabbits avoid all theseleaves and twigs etc.

Is it that they just avoid them if there are better things to eat?

Does anyone know?

 

[Kricket]

mc00db wrote:

Hello have just been checking up on the safe food list forrabbits and I was wondering how wild rabbits avoid all these leaves andtwigs etc.

Is it that they just avoid them if there are better things to eat?

Does anyone know?

ahahahaha! I was JUST thinking about that.(Scratches her head) Who bakes the wild bunnies' pine cones at 350degrees for 45 minutes to get rid of parasites?:?...hummmph...

 

[pamnock]

Unless they are starving, rabbits instinctivelyavoid poisonous plants as most animals do. For instance,buttercups are poisonous to horses,which they will avoideatingin favor ofthe palatable grasses.
Pam

 

Pam asalways right on he nose lol ,Wild Rabbits also have an enzyme in theirstomachs so if they shouldaccidently eat something poisionous itneutralizes it .

The wild RabbitInursed back to health got me to readingeverything i could get mylittle fingers on about them ,they truely are amazing little animals .

This is an awsome site to visit, it tells you a great dealof information onwild rabbits.

http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/Landowners_Guide/Species_Mgmt/Rabbits.htm