Can Rabbits Eat Christmas Tree Branches

So make sure you do not have a tree with fire retardants on it and make sure there is nothing near the bottom that your rabbit could chew on and harm their health.

Can rabbits eat christmas tree branches. In their quest for a quick bite to eat rabbits can leave the bottom of plants totally bark less. They really should be kept away from them. Unfortunately they cant eat them at all.

But in the first days you need to carefully monitor the health of pets. It is especially important to avoid tinsel when decorating the tree as it can easily be choked on by pets including bunnies. Rabbits cannot eat any kind of evergreen tree or any kind of artificial tree.

If this isn t possible you can make your tree off limits to your rabbit by placing a puppy pen around it or you can use the pen to section off the part of the room where the tree is keeping bunny safely away. Both will hurt them if they eat them so keep bunnies well away from christmas trees. Let s discuss what you can do to protect your rabbit and your dog and cat around the holidays.

If possible put your christmas tree in a room where bunny doesn t play. Evergreen pine trees are not great for bunnies to chew on either. There are also artificial christmas trees that take the appearance of evergreen trees that are especially built to be used over and over agan.

And other holiday pet concerns. Recently this happened to one of our blog readers. Christmas tree pine tree s are poisonous.

With great pleasure ornamental and dwarf rabbits eat needles of conifers preferring the christmas tree to all other trees. This can create some challenges with indoor bunnies during christmas time. But and here comes the important part most christmas trees available at stores and markets around this time are treated with pesticides and other chemicals to prevent fires repel insects etc and or sprayed with pine scent to re create the yummy smell.