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Can rabbits eat celery? – Whilst Rabbits can eat carrots, it’s commonly known that they need a healthy variety of vegetables.
Knowing which vegetables to feed your rabbit can be a pain as some of them really aren’t that healthy, so, the question is, can rabbits eat celery?
Celery is a fantastic option to give your rabbits as it is extremely high in vitamins and minerals, it’s one of the best vegetables you can give your rabbits.
Celery has a lot of vitamins, for example, C, A, iron, B6 and Fiber. You should only give your rabbit half a stick of celery a day at most and it should be cut into small half an inch to an inch pieces depending on the size of your rabbit.
Yes, Celery is a great snack for your rabbit as it contributes to a balanced diet. We would highly suggest adding celery as a regular part of your rabbit’s fresh greens. Celery is a great addition as both a leafy vegetable and a root vegetable.
Celery is known as a flowering plant, so it may not come to a surprise that it is in the same family as a carrot and parsnips.
One of the best parts of celery is that it can be grown yourself in your garden or at your local market generally at a cheaper price cheap price.
Due to the thickness of celery, they help your rabbit grind their teeth whilst easting, this is great for anyone whos rabbit doesn’t chew many toys or sticks.
Rabbits do still need a balanced diet though, so you need to fit celery into a split as seen below:
Your rabbit should eat no more than 1/2 a stick of celery a day, this is due to your rabbit still needing hay and pellets in their diet.
Yes! you can give your rabbit the leaves and the main crunchy part. Both are fantastic for your rabbit and provide nutrition. You should however avoid giving your rabbit the celery leaves every day as they are rich in oxalic acid.
Celery Leaves are the part you’ll see at the top, they’re flat can vary in size and ofter have a milder taste to the stalk.
Generally speaking, no one really asks themselves “How safe are celery leaves for rabbits?” every time they buy celery, so it’s definitely worth asking friends and family who live close by to save it for you.
Celery leaves provide more nutrition than Celery stalks, whilst also containing less sugar and lower water content.
The Celery Leaves are extremely high in fiber and Vitamins E and C, which makes them a perfect treat for any rabbit, overweight or not.
You should always wash celery with water thoroughly to remove any soil and pesticides. Both of these can cause irritation to your rabbit’s dietary system.
These flowers are edible for rabbits but there’s no actual information on whether or not they’re particularly healthy for your rabbit. Due to the lack of information and misinformation we do recommend not giving your rabbit celery flowers.
In most cases, you won’t see a Celery flower because more shops remove them leaving only the celery stalks and leaves.
If you grow your own vegtables then you will see Celery flowers, but these can be simply thrown away as they have no benefit.
Alternatively, you can keep the flowers on the celery and they will turn to seeds which you can use to grow more celery for your rabbit.
Seeds are no good for your rabbit though and should never be given to your rabbit in any case.
Yes, Celery is a safe vegetable for rabbits, Celery contains lots of vitamins and fiber/roughage, like Vitamin A and Vitamin C.
It’s worth noting that Celery does have a risk of being a choking hazard due to the long fibers that are hard to break.
If a Celery fiber is stuck in between a rabbits teeth, it becomes a severe choking hazard. To lower the risk of choking, you should cut the celery into extremely small pieces. Around 1/2 of an inch to 1 inch based on the size of your rabbit.
No, Baby rabbits (Also known as kits) should not be eating anything in the relms of a normal rabbits diet. A rabbit should be at least three months old before inftroducing them into many foods.
Simply put, Baby rabbits simply don’t have the gut to digest the bacteria that comes from fruit and vegetables which is why they rely on fecal matter (Their mothers cecotropes).
From birth to up to two weeks old, a kit should only consume the milk of their mother or a replacement formula, at two weeks they can eat hay and hay-based pellts.
From twelve weeks of age, you can introcuce vegetables and fruits like celery. If your rabbit has severe diarrhea, you should take your rabbit to the vet as a medical emergency.
We recommend slowly introducing celery and other vegetables from 12 weeks on and even later in very small quantities to help your kits gut.
Celery actually has a lot of really good benefits for rabbits. These benefits are:
If your rabbit is overweight, the low-calorie count of celery makes it a perfect treat replacement (Sorry banana’s ?).
In terms of vitamins and nutrients, celery made be low in calories but it’s filled to the brim with goodness, These include the following:
If your rabbit isn’t a big water drinker, celery is another great solution. It helps introduce plenty of water into their diet, an added bonus is refrigerating the celery for when it gets too hot in the summer as this will keep your bunny cool.
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