Outpost the tiny homestead

19/08/2023

Thank you very much to all those people who have taken the time to view and comment on our rabbits.
They are raised as outdoor, free range, hardy rabbits, their variable diet reflects what they would eat in the wild.
All the rabbits are now tucked up for the night against the thunderstorm due here early in the morning.
Many thanks and a pleasant weekend to all.

18/08/2023

The list is from the webpage Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund (RWAF) Recommended Vegetables and Herbs

Wild rabbits forage for a variety of foods to get a good nutritional mix. So, keep things interesting for your pets by mixing and matching foods from the list below.

Remember, only give your rabbits small amounts of sweet veg, like peppers and carrots. Keep it regular, so a small piece, of around one cubic centimetre, every day or so, is great.

Rabbits on a good diet, with lots of hay or grass, and a good gut microbiome, will tolerate larger amounts. But those on poor diets are likely to develop diarrhoea and GI stasis even with a small, occasional piece of veg.

There are two good options to create the variety they’d enjoy in the wild. One is to pick treats from a list of sweet vegetation, rotated from day to day, all year. The other option, is to choose seasonal veg, fresh month by month, for a happy healthy rabbit

Supermarket Foods

B
Basil
Broccoli
Beetroot greens

C
Cabbage (dark green varieties)
Carrot tops and roots as a treat
Cauliflower including the leaves
Celeriac
Celery
Coriander
Curly kale
Courgette (including flowers/excluding leaves)

D
Dill

F
Fennel

J
Jerusalem Artichoke

K
Kale

M
Mint
Marrow

P
Parsley
Pepper
Pumpkin

R
Radish greens and roots
Rocket

S
Salad greens/lettuce (not many of these as they can make poos runny)
Spinach
Spring greens
Sprouts – but if you get them a sprout tree be careful of how much of the stalk they eat as it’s very tough
Squash (any type – including cucumber)

T
Thyme

W
Watercress

In the wild (or Garden!)

A
Agrimony
Apple, leaves and twigs
Avens

B
Blackberry leaves
Blackcurrant leaves
Burdock

C
Camomile
Calendula
Cleavers (goosegrass or sticky w**d)
Cornflower
Common mallow
Chamomile
Currant

D
Dandelions

E
Echinacia

G
Goats rue
Golden rod

H
Hawkbit
Hawthorn
Hazel

J
Jerusalem artichoke

L
Lemon balm
Lady’s Mantle

M
Marigold
Melilote
Mulberry

N
Nasturtium

P
Plantain (broad leaf and ribwort)
Pear leaves and twigs

R
Raspberry leaves
Rosebay willowherb (firew**d)
Roses (leaves and flowers)

S
Shepherd’s purse
Sow Thistle
Strawberry greens
Sunflowers

W
Willow leaves

Y
Yarrow

11/08/2023

Hello😍😍🥰🥰Friday on the Homestead

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10/08/2023

Happy little bunnies all having lunch👍😂❤️😒

10/08/2023

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