Can Rabbits Eat Roses?

Can rabbits eat roses? YES. Roses are an excellent treat for your rabbits. Roses are the most famous flower in all countries.  Whenever a beautiful Rose flower blooms in your garden, you will always want to know whether it’s good or bad to feed your loving rabbits. The good news is you can provide Roses as a treat to rabbits. They can safely eat all the parts of the rose plant including the flower, stems, leaves, and all. Roses are a good source of food treat containing essential nutrients for rabbits. But there is always a risk of proving Roses when we overfeed them.

Good healthy rabbits need a well-balanced diet with nutrients and vitamins. In general, for rabbits, the main food source is high-quality hay. Hay mainly contains fiber that helps their digestive system. Being a rabbit lover, you should know the best things that can feed rabbits. This article will cover all the things you should know about Roses from A to Z. 

Let’s start without any delay!!

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Extra Information About Roses

Roses belong to the Rosaceae family of plants. Roses are grown in many different colors. The most popular color among people is the red rose. White, purple, and yellow color roses are also popular among people. Rose is recognized as a symbol of love. Most of the time people are used to gardening roses. Because it’s easy to plant and gives flowers all year round. Commercially roses are mainly used for decorations and to make perfumes. In 1986 rose also became the floral emblem of the United States.

Roses have been used for medical purposes for thousands of years. Rose tea is a good herbal drink made from rose flowers. Roses contain nutrients like carbohydrates, protein, and a high amount of vitamin c, iron, and calcium.

Rose petals contain about 95 percent water, their nutritional value is limited and their calorie count is low. However, they do contain some vitamin C, though less than that amount is found in rose hips; the fruit of the rose that appears after the flowers drop. Ancient Chinese medicine used roses to treat digestive disorders, the pain from injuries, and menstrual irregularities.

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Do Rabbits Like Roses?

Yes. Rabbits love to eat Rose flowers and Leaves. Most of the time we heard the news from all over the world that rabbits jump into their garden and eat roses and plants. Rose leaves are rich in dietary fiber and low in calories. Due to their high protein and nutrition, they are considered good food and natural treats for rabbits. But we must take all precautions not to overfeed Roses to rabbits. If we feed too many Roses, it can lead to many health problems like diarrhea.

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Are Roses Good For Rabbits?

Roses are a good natural treat for rabbits. All plant parts of the Rose are good for rabbits including the flower, stems, leaves, and all. Even Roses are full of thorns rabbits can eat without getting any injuries. They are herbivores and they know how to eat this kind of plant without getting hurt. They happily eat everything that they can reach in the rose plant. There is no toxic part in the rose plant. We don’t have to worry if rabbits eat rose petals.

But we must limit the rose that we provide for Rabbits. Don’t try to feed roses sold in the market. They probably contain pesticides and chemicals. However, Rabbits’ main food source should be hay. We should prioritize hay in the regular diet plan. Overall nutrition can be covered by hay. Unlike humans, fiber is essential for rabbits. It can prevent bad bacteria from forming in the intestines. Some of the bacteria can lead to critical health issues in rabbits.

This is why we should give priority to hay. But rabbits can’t live eating hay all day long. We must add veggies and fruits to their daily diet. End of this article we will provide you with the general diet plan for rabbits. It will help you to understand.

Can Rabbits Eat Rose Petals, Flowers, Stem, Bushes?

All parts of the rose plant are good for rabbits. They like to eat Flower petals and leaves of the Rose plants. Most of the time herbivores like rabbits like to eat rose family plants (blackberries, cherries). Most of the time rabbits will damage the rose plants when they are eating.

What Rabbits Really Need In Their Diet

Your rabbit’s diet should mainly contain fresh quality hay, grass, and clean water. Unlimited hay supply is extremely important for their health. This guide will give you an overall idea about what should be contained in the rabbit’s diet.

Freshwater: They must have an unlimited supply of freshwater. Use water bowls, it’s easy for rabbits to drink water & easy to clean. Make sure to change the water daily.

Unlimited Quality Hay: Keep feeding fresh grass hays. We recommend giving quality types of hay to your rabbits. Such as timothy, orchard grass, etc.

Pellets: For bunnies, you can provide timothy hay pellets in very small amounts. For adult rabbits, you need to provide one-quarter of a cup daily.

Vegetables: Feed them daily 1 -2 cups with fresh vegetables. Some good vegetables are bok choy, carrot, endive, brussels sprouts, basil, mint, green leaf, red leaf, etc.

Fresh Fruits: Give a small amount of about 1 -2 per week. Some good fruits are apples, bananas, berries, cherries, grapes, papaya, plum, watermelon, etc.

Alternatives to Roses

There is a lot more other good 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

Summary

Roses are an excellent treat for your rabbits. Always try to provide fresh roses for rabbits. All parts of the Rose plant are good for rabbits including the flower, stems, leaves, and all. But we must take all precautions not to overfeed Roses to rabbits. If we feed them too many Roses, it can lead to many health problems like diarrhea. There is no toxic part in the rose plant. We don’t have to worry if rabbits eat rose petals.

I think this article covers all the things you need to know before feeding Roses to your rabbits.

Thank you!!!