Diet for a skinny baby bunny help

[Floppybuns]

So if you saw on my other post I got a new baby bunny we are pretty sure he isn’t anywhere near the nine weeks that they said he was.  So I was wondering what the best food is to feed him? He is very skinny and I’d say he is underweight. So far he has been eating lots of hay but doesn’t really understand the concept of pellets so doesn’t eat them. Any suggestions on other hay/food I can give him? 

Thanks! 

[Roberta]

I wonder if it would be worth mixing some milk replacement formula and seeing if he would lap it ?

[Eepster]

Alfalfa hay and alfalfa based pellets are best for young rabbits. Oxbow makes a alfalfa based pellet specifically for young rabbits. http://www.amazon.com/Oxbow-Essentials-Bunny-Basics-Alfalfa/dp/B001CQEKF2

[Floppybuns]

Roberta- What sort of milk replcement formula? Is there a special one of bunnies? He always seems to be hungry but when he takes a pellet he just spits it back out.
Eepster- I have tried to get the young oxbow pellets but have’t had any luck in Western Australia but i’ll keep looking.

Thanks guys

[Roberta]

Wombaroo and Divetilac make formula for rabbits
http://www.mypetwarehouse.com.au/WOMBAROO-RABBIT-MILK-360GM-p-14045?gclid=CJ6ysfG5r70CFQYepAodQRUATg
http://www.vetpharmacyonline.com.au/-divetelact-milk-replacer-143/

I believe the Wombaroo is the better product and possibly more readily available (Vetwest, My Pet Warehouse etc), I had to buy in the D-Vetelact in a mtter of urgency before and I found it at Pet City.

[Roberta]

Just wondering if he needs his teeth checked, my rescue and oops babies were all stealing their Mums pellets from a couple of weeks old.

[Floppybuns]

Thanks Roberta We are off to the vets for a check up in a few hours so i will have them take a look

[Floppybuns]

Ok we are back from the vet!! It went well! little bunny was so calm! Peach and Shamus were freaking out like they always do when we go in the car or to the vets but tiny bunny was so chilled!
The vet checked his front teeth and molars and he is all good there. When weighed he was only 280 grams! sheesh! the vet agreed with us and doesn’t beleive he is 9 weeks maybe only 4-5 weeks. He is a bit skinny but other than that he is all healthy! The vet is pretty sure he is a he but we will double check again when he is a bit bigger

[Sarita]

I would just give him unlimited pellets and hay – that will help “fatten” him up. He doesn’t need any milk if he is eating on his own.

[jerseygirl]

Did you see if he had greenish coloured pellets at the store?
You could give Peters Lucerne pellets & see if that’s what he’s been used to.

[Floppybuns]

He has started eating the pellets i have yay. Ay first he just spat them out but then i soaked a few in some water for two seconds and he scoffed them down!! So i have left a fair few soaked and will slowly stop soaking them and see if he keeps eating them Thans for the help guys!

[Deleted User]

That’s wonderful news Floppybuns! (still can’t believe you can’t get Oxbow ‘young’ rabbit food in WA? There must be a reason (especially seeing I can get it in QLD), but got me buggered what that reason could be?). Anyhow, he is eating what you have, so that’s great!!!!!! Wishing your new guy the best of health, cheers.

[N.]

hi i really would like help, i just got a bunny, i was told hes 11 weeks old, he seems pretty boney i can feel his ribs and “butt bone” the lady said hes just young and he will gain weight something about him growing so much his weight had to even out i dont know, i havent seen him drinking a lot he is eating hes using the bathroom a lot, a lot more “little pelets” lol. my friend had a bunny a couple years ago and she got very sick the vet had no idea why and it was sick it was bad she ended up passing away im just so nervous ive heard a lot like bunnies are prone to things and sadly, die or get sick easily and a lot of scary things

[Sarita]

Hi N, please start a new thread with your question instead of piggybacking on old threads – we ask that members do not pull up and reply to old threads. You should have your rabbit on unlimited pellets and hay…going to lock this thread and ask you to start a new thread.

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