Training

What fresh vegetables and fruits are good for your bunny?
Below is a list to help guide you on your choices. Remember it is best not to give a
junior rabbit (under 6 months) anything but a hay and pellets. Always change pellet
foods slowly, mixing both brands together. No colored bits or dried fruit pellet mixes
are not recommended. These fresh choices are a much better alternative.

Vegetables:

Basil
Beet greens (tops)*
Bok choy
Carrot & carrot tops*
Celery
Cilantro
Clover
Collard greens*
Dandelion greens and flowers (no pesticides)*
Endive*
Escarole
Green peppers
Kale (!)*
Mint
Mustard greens*
Parsley*
Pea pods (the flat edible kind)*
Peppermint leaves
Raddichio
Radish tops
Raspberry leaves
Romaine lettuce (no iceberg or light colored leaf)*
Spinach (!)*
Watercress*
Wheat grass

(!)=Use sparingly.

Fruits:

Apple (remove stem and seeds)
Blueberries
Bananas*
Melon
Orange (without the peel)
Grapes or raisins*
Papaya
Peach
Pear
Pineapple
Plums
Raspberries
Strawberries

Sugary fruits such as bananas and grapes should be used only sparingly, as
occasional treats. Bunnies have a sweet tooth and if left to their own devices will
devour sugary foods to the exclusion of healthful ones.

Fresh Foods List

Home-Made Rabbit Treat Recipe

Remember, these are treats, so give them sparingly.

1 small carrot, pureed
1/2 banana, mashed until really creamy
1 tbsp honey
1/4 cup rabbit pellets, ground finely in a coffee grinder
1/4 cup ground oats, ground finely in a coffee grinder

Mix pureed carrot, banana and honey in a medium bowl. Add pellet
powder and ground oats. Mix until blended. Knead in your hands for
1-2 minutes. Roll out the "dough" in 1/8- to 1/4-inch thick layers
between sheets of plastic wrap. Cut into small cookies (about 3/4 inch
across). Place cut shapes onto a parchment paper covered cookie
sheet. Bake at 325 degrees for about 30 minutes (check to make sure
they are not browning too much). Turn off the heat and let the cookies
sit in the warm oven for an hour or so.

Also try: finely ground rolled oats in place of the flour. I am sure that
lots of other changes could be made, and these would still work. For
example you could replace the carrot with apple or pear.

Foods List and Treat Recipe are courtesy of The House Rabbit Society

Alexandria & Roberto