Can Rabbits Eat Bread?

Can Rabbits Eat Bread? No. It’s best for rabbits’ health if we avoid feeding bread. We know most of the time people are eating foods like bread. And as a rabbit lover, you need to know whether it’s safe to give foods like bread to your pet. First and foremost, we need to consider the rabbit’s health. Bread is not good food for rabbit’s health. Bread is not toxic for rabbits. But it may cause many illnesses in rabbits. Bloating, indigestion and G.I. stasis are common illnesses caused by bread.

Keep in mind that the majority of good quantity hay and grass must be included in rabbit’s diets. It helps rabbits to get all the daily nutrition they need. But hay is not enough for them, we need to add leafy greens and pallets. We must avoid adding bread in rabbits’ daily diet. Being a rabbit owner, we must check all new foods, whether it’s bad or good for rabbits. This article covers all the things you need to know about bread. Knowing everything about rabbit food (good, bad, and reasons) is the way to become a good rabbit owner.

Without any delay, let’s start. 

Extra Information About Bread

Generally, bread is made with flour, water, salt, and yeast. There are many kinds of food varieties made from bread. If we compare bread with other foods, bread is low in essential nutrients for both humans and animals. Bread is rich in calories and carbs. Sometimes this nutrition status might change according to the type of bread. White bread, Whole wheat bread and Sourdough bread are some of them.

For humans, if we consume bread daily it can be harmful to our bodies too. Carbs of bread can increase the blood sugar level significantly. There are many researchers who inform the risk of eating bread. High carbs of foods can lead to the risk of type 2 diabetes, increased body weight, metabolic syndrome, and many other health issues.

	White (per 100g)	Brown (per 100g)	Wholemeal (per 100g)
Energy	219kcal	207kcal	217kcal
Fat	1.6g	2.0g	2.5g
Total Sugars	3.4g	3.4g	2.8g

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Do Rabbits like to Eat Bread?

Your rabbit may like to eat bread. But we shouldn’t give them. If you want to feed bread to your rabbit, you must make sure to feed a very small amount once in a while only for adult rabbits. But keep in mind we do not recommend giving bread to rabbits.

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Can Rabbits Have Bread?

The best thing is that rabbits must not have bread. Bread is categorized as high starch and complex carbohydrate food. We know rabbits have a totally different kind of digestive system rather than humans. Rabbits’ digestive systems can’t handle starch foods properly. These starchy foods can lead to many health problems like diarrhea, discomfort in excreting runny stool, intestinal upset, bloating, GI stasis, and many other health issues.

Bread does not contain any good nutrients for rabbits. If you are interested in feeding bread to your rabbit, as I mentioned above, only feed a tiny amount as a treat. Don’t try to feed white bread. They are high in starch and complex carbohydrates. Even little amount can be harmful to rabbits. Wheat bread, wholemeal bread, and toasted bread are less harmful to rabbits. There are other foods that can harmful to rabbits’ health. Some of them are Walnuts, Mushrooms, Oats, Corn,pototos. Tomato plants, Avocado, Eggplant plant Leaves, etc.

Can Bunnies Eat Bread?

Bunnies have a sensitive gastrointestinal system more than adult rabbits. We definitely take some precautions before feeding them. Even adult rabbits having a hard time digesting bread. So we must avoid feed bread to bunnies.

What Should We Do If Rabbits Have Eaten Bread?

Bread is not toxic for rabbits. The problem is rabbits will have a hard time digesting these starchy foods. A small amount will not harm your rabbit. But there is always a risk of feeding bread to rabbits. If you see your rabbit eating bread, quickly remove all the bread from their reach. Try to find out how much they eat. Always supply water for them, it will help to hydrate and in digestion.

Keep monitoring them next 24 hours and check whether they show some unexpected behaviors. Always check whether they suffer from diarrhea. If your rabbits show any bad behaviors, you must act immediately and meet your vet. If your rabbit stops or reduces eating and drinking it may be GI stasis. Go to the vet and take immediate medication for your rabbit.

Other Harmful Foods For Rabbits

Try to avoid these foods from your rabbit’s diet. These things can be harmful and can lead to serious problems in rabbit’s health.

• Cookies
• Yogurt drops
• Avacado
• Silverbeet
• Cereal
• Potatoes
• Garlic
• Corn
• Oats
• Rice
• Walnuts
• Oatmeal
• Chocolate
• Peanut Butter
• Potatoes
• Rhubarb
• Meat

Best Common Healthy Diet To Feed Your Rabbit

We need to feed our rabbits according to the correct diet. This is the most important part as rabbit owners should feed rabbits in a correct and timely scheduled plan. We need to be careful in picking the right food for rabbits. Some rabbits like different kinds of flavors. It’s up to us to find them and look after them. 

This will help you to make a good diet plan for rabbits.

• Good Quality Grass Hay – I recommend Timothy hay is the most popular & unlimited offering to your rabbits. Orchardgrass, meadow fescues are also good for rabbits. Hay is the main food supply. Hay will help your rabbits to stay healthy and strong and maintain a healthy digestive system.
• Fresh Water – Ensure rabbits can have clean, freshwater 24/7. Water bows are most commonly used to supply water for rabbits
• Provide Good Quality Leafy Greens – Provide them with 5-6 varieties of safe washed green vegetables, weeds, herbs daily (arugula, basil, kale, cabbage, etc). Try to introduce new greens with small portions.
• Treats & Fresh Fruits – For the safety of rabbits only provide 1 -2 tablespoons per day. Feed carrots, apples, blueberries, etc.
• Provide Good Quality Pellets – Is good to have a small number of healthy pellets daily. There are too many products out there, keep in your mind to supply quality and healthy foods for rabbits.

(source -.https://www.rspca.org.uk/)

Alternatives to Bread

There are a lot more good kinds of stuff we can feed rabbits. Just feed them good things and care for them always.

Vegetables	Fruits
Basil	Apple (Fruit only! Remove stem and seeds)
Beet Greens (tops)	Blueberries
Bok Choy	Bananas (Fruit only, no skin. Bananas should only be given as a special treat)
Brussels Sprouts	Grapes (Fruit only. Grapes should only be given as a special treat)
Carrots and Carrot Tops	Orange (remove peel and seeds)
Celery (MUST be cut up into very small pieces)	Papaya (Remove skin and seeds)
Cilantro	Pear (Fruit only! Remove stem and seeds)
Collard Greens	Pineapple (Remove skin and leaves)
Dill	Strawberries (Fruit only! Remove leaves)
Endive
Escarole
Green Peppers
Mint
Mustard Greens
Parsley
Peppermint Leaves
Radish Tops
Radicchio

Source:https://home.adelphi.edu/~tw17718/Diet.html

Summery

Now we know bread can lead to many health problems like diarrhea, discomfort in excreting runny stool, intestinal upset, bloating, GI stasis, and many other health issues. If you want to feed bread to your rabbit, you must make sure to feed a very small amount once in a while only for adult rabbits. But keep in mind we do not recommend giving bread to rabbits. Don’t try to feed white bread. They are high in starch and complex carbohydrates. Even little amount can be harmful to rabbits. Wheat bread, wholemeal bread, and toasted bread are less harmful to rabbits.

Bread does not contain any good nutrients for rabbits. If we consider rabbits’ health, we must avoid feeding bread to rabbits. There many good foods we can provide for rabbits with good nutritional value.

 I think I have covered all the information about Bread that you need to know before feeding your rabbits.

Thank you!!!