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perigrine - 15 Oct 2007 23:54 GMT
would the blossoms off fruit trees be ok for rats to eat? What other
flowers could they safely ingest, should they like the smell of them?
Roses? The nectar laden types...ah...jasmin..honeysuckle..[having a
seniors moment here] others anyway. Not bulb types, or known poisonous
ones of course.

Yeah, its spring here and I just noticed the blossoms :s
Joanne - 16 Oct 2007 04:06 GMT
> would the blossoms off fruit trees be ok for rats to eat? What other
> flowers could they safely ingest, should they like the smell of them?
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> Yeah, its spring here and I just noticed the blossoms :s

Dandelions are usually a favourite. ;)
Not sure about the others...

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Jackie - 16 Oct 2007 05:08 GMT
> would the blossoms off fruit trees be ok for rats to eat? What other
> flowers could they safely ingest, should they like the smell of them?
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> Yeah, its spring here and I just noticed the blossoms :s

Dandelions are a big fave with my lads.

I know marigolds and some pansies are human safe but I don't know if
they are rat-safe.
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Tracey - 19 Oct 2007 10:41 GMT
> would the blossoms off fruit trees be ok for rats to eat? What other
> flowers could they safely ingest, should they like the smell of them?
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> Yeah, its spring here and I just noticed the blossoms :s

I found this list of posionous plants if this helps any about what NOT to
feed! http://www.ratfanclub.org/plants.html

Tracey
perigrine - 20 Oct 2007 01:38 GMT
> > would the blossoms off fruit trees be ok for rats to eat? What other
> > flowers could they safely ingest, should they like the smell of them?
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> Tracey

Thanks!...long list, and I didn't find anything that I thought of on
there. I did see the Spider plants, which my rats love to dig in/chew.
That said, I have no way of knowing whether the American Spider Plant
is the same as the Australian one :s I should have that list in mt Rat
book by the same author....well, you'd think so anyway

A lot I wouldn't have tried or know are toxic to people. I will cross
reference that list with this one and see whats there -
http://www.marketfresh.com.au/flowers/2_flowers_guide/Edible_flowers.asp
The Rat Lord - 26 Oct 2007 10:29 GMT
i bet they'd love honeysuckle.

> would the blossoms off fruit trees be ok for rats to eat? What other
> flowers could they safely ingest, should they like the smell of them?
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>
> Yeah, its spring here and I just noticed the blossoms :s
 
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