Do Rabbits Eat Mums?

Do Rabbits Eat Mums? No for Mums. These mums are also known as Chrysanthemums and chrysanthemums. These are more colorful and popular gardening plants among people. As a rabbit lover, you may be wondering whether these flowers are safe for rabbits and whether they will eat them. The short answer is rabbits shout not to eat these flowers. Mums are generally categorized as Deer and Rabbit resistance plants. If your intend to garden these plant in your garden, make sure to take precautions to keep rabbits away from these plants. Some Mums varieties have poisonous stems and leaves for animals like rabbits.

Good healthy rabbits need a well-balanced diet with nutrients and vitamins. We must prioritize mainly Hay supply in the rabbit’s diet. Rabbits need continuous fresh hay supply and water. Hay mainly contains fiber that helps their digestive system. Being a rabbit lover, you should know the best things that can feed rabbits. Mums are not a good food type for rabbits and they can be poisonous for rabbits. This article will cover all the things you should know about Mums from A to Z. 

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Extra Information About Mums

Mums are one of the popular garden flowers. Mums are also referred to as Chrysanthemum or chrysanths. They are easily grown and flowers bloom in a wide range of colors. White, yellow, orange, red, or purple are the most common colors. They are naturally spread in Asia and European countries. These plants have the ability to reduce indoor air pollution.

Do Rabbits Like To Eat Mums( Chrysanthemum )?

Generally, rabbits do not like to eat these plants. Rabbits are herbivores, they like to eat plats parts like flowers and leaves. But rabbits are resistant to these plants. Mums contain high fragrant leaves and they’re fuzzy in textures. But some rabbits may nibble them if you have planted mums in your garden.

Are Mums Safe For Rabbits

NO, Mums are not a safe food type for rabbits. Rabbits even do not like the fragrance in these plants. Some varieties of mums are poisonous and toxic for rabbits. It’s much better if we avoid feeding these plants to rabbits. Mums plants are commercially used to make pyrethrins. Pyrethrins are used to kill insects like mosquitoes. These compounds can be harmful to rabbits.

Pyrethrum is also a name of a natural insecticide made from the dried flower heads of Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium and Chrysanthemum coccineum.

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Do Deers Eat Mums?

Will dears eat Mums? No! Even Deers do not like to eat these Mums. Deers also hate these plats because they produce a strong odor.

How To Keep Rabbits From Eating Mums plants

Most of the rabbit’s owners who have Mums plants in their gardens, look for a way to stop rabbits from eating these plants. Don’t go for methods that will harm your rabbits. These are the easy steps that you can use to protect your plant from rabbits. 

• Create a fence line, rabbits can’t climb over or under.
• Grow some plants like garlic and wormwood near Mums plants. Rabbits don’t like the smell of these plants. They will avoid coming to the areas where there are these plants.
• Spray garlic salt on plants that need protection from rabbits.
• If you have a few Mums plants, you can use plant cages.

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 about 1 -2 cups per week. Some good fruits are apples, bananas, berries, cherries, grapes, papaya, plum, watermelon, etc.

Alternatives to Mums

There is a lot more other good stuff we can feed rabbits. Just feed them good things and always care for them.

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

Summary

Mums are not a good food source for rabbits. Rabbits also do not like these kinds of flowers that have high fragrant leaves and fuzzy textures. Some plant varieties can be even toxic for rabbits. However, we should never feed these types of plants to loving rabbits. If you are gardening these plants take precautions to keep rabbits away from these plants.

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