The last 10% of a rabbits diet should consist of vegetables. The amount of vegetables fed to a adult rabbit should not exceed a cup a day per rabbit, rabbits can easily gorge themselves on vegetables and this can lead to weight gain or gut issues. There is a long list of suitable vegetables for rabbits, the most important thing is that rabbits are not fed iceberg lettuce, this provides little nutritional benefit to rabbits and easily causes diarrhoea. Many people believe that carrots are great for rabbits and should be fed in large quantities, this is not true and carrots are high in sugar and should be only be fed to rabbits in small quantities. I personally provide my rabbit with a coin size piece of carrot. Other then these things rabbits are able to eat a wide range of vegetables, but it is important to provide them with a variety within their diet. The vegetables you can provide for your animal will vary depending on your type of rabbit, for instance due to the sensitivity of my rabbits gut I do not overdo it with the dark green vegetables as these seem to set him off. I have attached a document that I found on the best 4 bunny website which I think is a good list of safe and unsafe food items for rabbits. I agree with most things on this list except I would not feed my rabbit things like cucumber and tomato as I think they are to watery and provide little nutritional benefit. I will attach a photo at some point of the kind of vegetables that I provide for my rabbit on a normal day, the main veges that I use is carrot, capsicum, bok choy, kale, broccoli stalks (avoid the leafy tops as these can cause gas and gut issues), spinach, sprouts, cauliflower, some herbs, and whatever I can get at the supermarket for the week. I have only had issues with silver-beet which I don't really feed him any more as he has got sick on it. It is fine to provide rabbits with fruit, but this is a treat and should only be given a couple times a week; the main fruits I provide are apple, banana (Dustin's fav), berries and grapes.
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