Oranges?

[Frecs]

I'm sitting here at work eating a Florida Navel Orange a co-worker purchased from a street vendor. It is sooo good. Then, I thought...would my bunnies benefit from and enjoy oranges? Small amount I'm sure, but ??? I read somewhere about feeding them the peels...well washed first I'm sure.... opcorn: (no emoticon eating oranges unfortunately).

 

[Barton's Big Bunnies]

I have also wondered if rabbits can have oranges...

 

[Sinnfox]

I read somewhere that eating the peels can give them seizures...I have never been willing to risk it ~shrug~

 

[Frecs]

Seizures? I had not read that. I saw one post here about feeding the peels without a problem. Saw other online sites saying 'yes' others saying 'no'.... I won't feed it until I hear from someone hear that it is safe....

 

[ollitos]

I believe citrus of any kind is not good but I don't know why.

 

[Sinnfox]

hmm...I decided to check a site I found...says oranges are on the safe list so maybe what I read was wrong ~shrug~ but here is the link to the safe list I found...

http://www.twincomics.com/garden.html

 

[Zab]

Where I live it's definetly on the no-no list.. but that may be because oranges around here is so full of toxics and whatnot to keep them fresh during transport.
I don't see rabbits and citrus going well together though..it's so..I dunno. It might just be me..

 

[caroline]

Well I have orange, tangerine and grapefruit trees. I love the fruit and I always save the peels for the bunz. We don't spray the oranges so they are not covered with any pesticides. I wouldn't feed commercial peels to them but most of them think it's a BIG treat. Each rabbit gets about 1/8 of an orange peel or 1/4 of a tangerine. They even relish the grapefruit peel. I don't feed more than about once a week.

 

[a7736100]

Don't know if it's bad for them but my all eat oranges, grapefruit whole. The other day I was eating an orange and toss the peel in the pen. One rabbit was grabbing peels with her teeth from another rabbit's teeth.