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Rabbits

  • tan domestic rabbit at the shaded edge of a pineapple field

    Can Rabbits Eat Pineapple?

    Yes, in a tiny piece. The usable part is ripe fresh pineapple flesh. Keep out skin, crown, hard core, canned syrup, juice, dried pineapple, or large chunks. Only the soft ripe flesh is considered. The spiny rind, crown, and hard...

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  • small agouti rabbit partly hidden among loose red-leaf and romaine lettuce in a weathered garden row

    Can Rabbits Eat Lettuce?

    Yes, choose leaf lettuces. The usable part is washed romaine, green leaf, red leaf, butterhead, and similar leaf lettuces. Keep out dressed salad, spoiled leaves, or using iceberg as the only green. Dark leaf lettuces are useful salad greens. Dressed...

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  • charcoal domestic rabbit threading between tall rain-speckled kale plants in a backyard vegetable patch

    Can Rabbits Eat Kale?

    Yes, as one green in rotation. The usable part is washed raw kale leaves and tender stems. Keep out cooked or salted kale, spoiled leaves, or a daily salad made mostly of kale. Kale can rotate through a mixed bowl....

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  • cream-colored domestic rabbit tucked beneath sprawling cucumber vines in a shaded garden bed

    Can Rabbits Eat Cucumber?

    Yes, but keep it a small extra. The usable part is washed cucumber flesh, soft seeds, and peel. Keep out pickles, seasoned salad, moldy slices, bitter fruit, or a bowl dominated by cucumber. Fresh cucumber is fine in a small...

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  • sandy lop rabbit exploring a dense patch of leafy celery plants in dark garden soil

    Can Rabbits Eat Celery?

    Yes, when cut crosswise. The usable part is fresh celery leaves and stalk. Keep out long uncut stalks, cooked or seasoned celery, old limp stalks, or a bowl dominated by celery. The leaves and stalk are usable. Cut the stalk...

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  • broken-pattern domestic rabbit moving between broad savoy cabbage leaves in an untidy allotment after rain

    Can Rabbits Eat Cabbage?

    Yes, in modest amounts. The usable part is washed dark-green leaves from green, red, or savoy cabbage. Keep out sauerkraut, coleslaw, cooked cabbage, spoiled outer leaves, or an oversized first serving. Raw leaf is the relevant food. Slaw, kraut, and...

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  • an alert black domestic rabbit in a rough vegetable patch beside a mature broccoli plant

    Can Rabbits Eat Broccoli?

    Yes, if introduced slowly. The usable part is washed raw florets, leaves, and tender stem. Keep out cooked broccoli with oil or seasoning, spoiled pieces, or a large first serving. Leaves, stems, and florets can all be used. Butter, cheese...

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  • small white-and-brown domestic rabbit beside a low wild blueberry bush in a damp woodland clearing

    Can Rabbits Eat Blueberries?

    Yes, as an occasional fruit treat. The usable part is fresh or thawed plain blueberries. Keep out sweetened dried berries, jam, yogurt drops, muffins, or moldy fruit. Fresh and plain is the useful form. Jam and sweetened dried fruit are...

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  • gray lop rabbit sitting beneath broad green banana leaves in a humid garden

    Can Rabbits Eat Bananas?

    Yes, in a very small amount. The usable part is plain ripe banana flesh. Keep out banana bread, chips, sweetened dried banana, peel with unknown residues, or a large section of fruit. Plain fresh fruit is the only form worth...

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  • cinnamon-colored domestic rabbit investigating one small windfallen red apple beneath an old orchard tree

    Can Rabbits Eat Apples?

    Yes, but only as a tiny fruit treat. The usable part is washed apple flesh and peel. Keep out pips, stem, core fragments, spoiled fruit, sweetened dried apple, or juice. The peel is edible after washing. The pips and stem...

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