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Image JPEG image Primrose
Primrose plants (Primula vulgaris) may be seen in hedge bottoms during the spring. The plant is reputed to have mild toxic effects (vomiting) in humans. It is not known to be toxic to rabbits, but it is better to leave the plant alone for others to enjoy.
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Image Puffed wheat
This component of one brand of muesli mix looks like (and probably is) breakfast cereal.
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Image JPEG image Ragwort
Common ragwort (Senecio jacobea) is well known as a poisonous weed. It has attractive yellow flowers and easily recognisable leaves. It also has a very unattractive taste to rabbits and other mammals. When dried or if there is nothing else to eat, animals might eat it. The toxins cause permanent and sometimes fatal liver damage in horses and it should be pulled up in pastures where horses graze or meadows that hay is taken from. In verges and other places where horses do not graze it is can be left alone as it is an important plant for wildlife notably the Cinnabar moth. Although there are no reported cases of ragwort poisoning in rabbits, it is better not to pick it even though it is unlikely to be eaten.
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Image JPEG image Ragwort rosettes
Common ragwort (Senecio jacobea) is a biennial plant and in the first year, it only has leaves organized in a rosette (illustrated) that may not be recognised as ragwort. It flowers in the second year (June till October). After the plant has produced seeds, it dies but the seeds can survive for many years. Although it is unlikely that rabbits will eat them, it is better not to pick the leaves.
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File text/texmacs Recommended diet for adult rabbits
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Image text/texmacs Rolled oats
Rolled oats are often found in muesli mixes. Like all the other cereals, they are deficient in calcium with an inverse calcium to phosphorus ratio. They are high in starch so rabbits that pick oats from the muesli mix are prone to dental disease and obesity.
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Image JPEG image Scented Mayweed
Scented Mayweed (Matricaria chamomilla) is also known as Chamomile. It is an annual or biennial scented plant with daisy like flowers that is locally found on sandy or loamy arable soils and on waste ground. It is not harmful but is not worth picking because the leaves are small and feathery and do not provide much in the way of forage. Although it is edible, it is better to leave the plant unpicked
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Image JPEG image Selfheal
Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) is a creeping perennial that may be found in short turf, woodland clearings, or verges. It can grow in lawns that have not been treated with chemicals. As its name suggests, the plant has many medicinal properties, and it is non-toxic. It is not particularly palatable to rabbits and is better left alone for the insects to enjoy
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Image JPEG image Silverweed
Silverweed (Argentia anserina or Potentilla anserina) is a low growing perennial plant that grows in places that are good for foraging like verges and waste ground. It likes sandy soil. Yellow flowers appear between June and August among the leaves which remain all year-round. It is not poisonous for rabbits but is not particularly palatable. It is a plant that might be picked with others but is not worth looking for.
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Image JPEG image Snowdrops
Snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) are often among the plants that are listed as toxic for rabbits. This is because the bulbs contain toxins, and the leaves might do as well. If rabbits are in a garden with snowdrops, they will not the leaves until they start to wither and die. They are not harmful at this stage. Although it unlikely that rabbits will eat snowdrop leaves, if they have other forage, it is sensible not to pick the leaves or flowers for rabbits.
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