Yum: Enjoying National Salad Month at Best Friends

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May is the official month to celebrate salads, and the pets at the Sanctuary are doing just that. See cute photos of animals eating their leafy greens.
By Jennifer Hayes

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Crisp leafy greens and fresh vegetables — who can resist? Certainly not the animals at Best Friends, and since May happens to be National Salad Month, at the Sanctuary there are plenty of salad aficionados 365 days a year. Break out the romaine in celebration!

This leaf is delicious. Darn, I got a stem.

Bunnies eating leafy greens

 

OMG, I just LOVE salads!

Hogan the potbellied pig eating lettuce

 

Rabbits have a fairly delicate digestive system. To obtain necessary nutrients, they must be fed a varied diet.

Learn more about rabbit care

 

Let go, this piece is mine! No, you let go, it’s mine!

Baby cottontail rabbits eating lettuce

 

You call that a salad? This is a salad!

Cupid the rabbit eating romaine lettuce

 

This is a soup and salad.

Cedar the duck eating lettuce

 

This is so much more fun than dinner and a movie.

Jessica the rabbit eating cilantro out of a puzzle toy

 

Who needs greens? I get plenty of fiber from this delicious phone book.

African grey parrot chewing on a phone book

 

Nothing better than having my minions hand-feed me.

Volunteers feeding lettuce to a rabbit

 

Chill out dude — there’s plenty for both of us.

Canadian goslings eating lettuce

 

What’s up doc?

Wilson the rabbit reaching for a carrot

 

Here, grab an end. We’ll look just like Lady and the Tramp.

Wilson and Lola the rabbits eating cilantro

 

Silly kitty, don’t you know cats don’t like salads?

Pig eating lettuce with a cat walking by

 

Why would I eat a salad when I can have a milkshake?

Baby cottontail rabbit being fed from a syringe

 

He’ll never notice if I help myself to a little nibble.

Penelope the pig and a squirrel eating lettuce

 

Eat like you mean it!

Foraging pig

 

The potbellied pigs at Best Friends receive fresh heads of romaine lettuce, along with vegetables and pellets at every meal.

Find out more about a proper pig diet and care

 

It’s green. That makes it a salad.

Colonel Potter and Major Houlihan the parrots chewing on a toy

 

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Photos by Best Friends staff