Is eating (not just chewing) willow safe?

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- 07/15/2013 at 5:04 PM
  MoveDiagonally
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  I was given Ware’s Willow Preztel sticks which are basically really small willow twigs (if someone’s not familiar). I gave some to the bunnies and watched Monty EAT one like hay. He just chomped it down.
  
  I know chewing is fine but what about outright eating?
- 07/15/2013 at 5:15 PM
  LBJ10
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  Wooly does this. The stick will disappear into his mouth just as if it was a piece of hay.
- 07/15/2013 at 5:21 PM
  MoveDiagonally
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  Exactly what Monty did, LOL!
  
  I thought it was cute and then my “Bunny Momma Brain” kicked in and made me think, “I should make sure this is safe….”
- 07/15/2013 at 6:14 PM
  Monkeybun
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  Perfectly safe
- 07/15/2013 at 6:30 PM
  LBJ10
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  I imagine it is safe too. Just as long as they are chewing the sticks up properly. Bunnies eat twigs and stuff all the time in the wild.
- 07/15/2013 at 6:46 PM
  MoveDiagonally
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  Thank you!
  
  Bunnies make me such a worrier sometimes.
- 07/15/2013 at 6:54 PM
  Stickerbunny
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  Mine eat them too, they haven’t had any ill effects.
- 07/16/2013 at 5:59 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Ditto, it’s fine. A great fibrous treat. I feed my buns willow often. Fresh or dried.
- 09/03/2013 at 1:15 AM
  Stickerbunny
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  Powder likes to eat the willow chew sticks (the big ones) like they are a carrot.
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