Rabbit Care: Which Plants Should You Not Feed Rabbits?
Rabbits are small in size and have weak resistance. When cutting grass to feed rabbits, some toxic grasses may be mixed in with the forage. If not noticed, rabbits that eat them accidentally can suffer poisoning or even death. Common toxic grasses include: plantain (Plantago), morning glory, barley and wheat smut fungus, Gelsemium elegans, meadow-rue (Thalictrum, also known as manyflower rhubarb), mountain pepper, poison hemlock, Sophora flavescens, Chinese pulsatilla, Ranunculus chinensis, jujube-like tuber, sorrel (Rumex, sour sorrel), Arisaema, Pinellia ternata, cocklebur, coptis, stone dragon yellow, big tobacco root, oleander, lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana), garden balsam, datura, cherry leaves, corn seedlings, sorghum seedlings, potato sprouts, cotton leaves, tobacco leaves, toon tree leaves, willow leaves, spinach, etc.
In addition, rotten forage, moldy sweet potatoes, soft rot radishes and the like also contain harmful substances, and can easily cause poisoning in rabbits.
Rabbits poisoned by accidentally eating toxic plants show sudden onset, rapidly worsening condition, and no change in body temperature. At this point, feeding should be stopped immediately, and the stomach should be washed with 25 ml of 0.1% potassium permanganate solution or physiological saline; give 10 ml of 1% to 2% copper sulfate solution by mouth to induce vomiting, and give about 6 g of magnesium sulfate to cause diarrhea and expel the toxins.