nawma
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Can I feed my rabbits small amounts of stale wheat bread?
stale bread
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animalmom
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Well... I suppose you could feed the buns some stale bread, being rodents and all they might taste it... seems to me, though, that the stale wheat bread could be put to a better use feeding the local birds, or could you use it to make bread crumbs for cooking?
Four Winds Ranch
Loving the herd life
I feed mine bread all the time! Especially the feeder bunnies!! They love it, and the feeder bunnies gain weight faster when they have bread and their regular hay and pellets free choice!!!
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nawma
Chillin' with the herd
I thought I had read somewhere thatthey loved bread but dont trust the memory completely. Thanks everyone.
Hens and Roos
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ours get a small piece of bread as a treat and they love it!
AgnesGinger
Exploring the pasture
Ours love bread! Always give them some when I get a batch from the bakery for my chickens.
Prairiechick
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RAbbits are NOT rodents, as some people believe. They are actually classified as family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha. So, to assume they would eat anything, as rats do, would be incorrect. They are herbivores for one thing. But, as many have stated, a little bread would be a treat. It is just a pet peeve to see/hear someone refer to them as rodents.
WhiteMountainsRanch
Loving the herd life
LoL. I was just going to say that rabbits aren't rodents they are Lagomorphs, but someone already said it.animalmom said:
And just out of curiousity, why would one feed the wild birds over their own animals?Bread is fine as a treat in small doses.
sonnythebunny
Chillin' with the herd
haha, I was going to say that tooWhiteMountainsRanch said:LoL. I was just going to say that rabbits aren't rodents they are Lagomorphs, but someone already said it.
