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Livestock => Other => Rabbits => Topic started by: Jackie 2 on September 24, 2013, 09:28:59 pm

Title: Apple wood
Post by: Jackie 2 on September 24, 2013, 09:28:59 pm

Can I give my rabbits apple wood to chew on? I have a few apply trees and know rabbits need to chew to keep their teeth healthy

Title: Re: Apple wood
Post by: Mammyshaz on September 24, 2013, 09:40:52 pm

Yes. I use apple tree branches for my chinchillas over the years  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Apple wood
Post by: Jackie 2 on September 24, 2013, 11:32:08 pm

Thank you  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Apple wood
Post by: Jackie 2 on September 26, 2013, 05:59:38 pm

I ended up using pear wood as the sheep had killed a tree by eating the bark off it all the way round the trunk so we had to fell it anyway, so far the rabbits haven't chewed it

Title: Re: Apple wood
Post by: darkbrowneggs on September 26, 2013, 06:17:28 pm

Mine used to like hawthorne and holly bits - the nice tender not too prickly parts, and also rose prunings

Title: Re: Apple wood
Post by: Jackie 2 on September 29, 2013, 07:25:10 pm

Thanks Ill try those too :)

Title: Re: Apple wood
Post by: funkyfish on September 29, 2013, 07:31:22 pm

Rabbits love willow and brambles too.

Title: Re: Apple wood
Post by: Jackie 2 on October 02, 2013, 02:24:47 pm

More great suggestions. Thank you :)

Title: Re: Apple wood
Post by: cloddopper on November 21, 2013, 03:35:04 pm

Quote from: darkbrowneggs on September 26, 2013, 06:17:28 pm

Mine used to like hawthorne and holly bits - the nice tender not too prickly parts, and also rose prunings

 That interesting DBE   ,

I've always been led to understand that Holly wood etc. is poisonous for humans and quite a lot of other creatures to eat as it is an ever green .

Evidently wooden spoons made from holly wood are toxic to humans , when inadvertently used to stir food ..... the food can kill humans .