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Forum DIET & CARE Sore hock and needing a diet?

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    • dutchmclovin
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        Hey guys! Happy Monday

        Aaliyah has a sore hock. I went to the Tudor Championship this weekend and had a friend watch my buns. When I got home last night I checked over my buns and noticed her sore hock. Now, she’s on carpet (bun friendly organic material) and fleece blankies. She has linoleum floor under that and she hates it. Her entire area is covered by fleece or rug. I’ve read on sore hocks that it can be caused by weight, and she is quite chubby right now. She’s a netherland dwarf and weighs about 3 3/4 pounds.  She does have a 5° head tilt, but she had no sores when I got her from the scantuary a few weeks ago. I got her new food (the food I was told she was eating, oxbow BBT adult) and I noticed she wasn’t eating it. I emailed the scantuary to make sure everything was right, and she changed her story to she was feeding them alfalfa pellets. Aaliyah is 2 years old. Shouldn’t she be eating Timothy pellets? She gets a 1/4 cup a day along with all the hay she wants (though she’s not really a fan) and doesn’t get greens much due to her weight. So how do I switch her to the new food while trying to reduce her weight to fix her store hock? She doesn’t seem to be in pain but I don’t want it to get to that point. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’m really stumped on this one! Thanks guys!


      • Mocha
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          She defiantly needs to be eating Timothy pellets! The alfalfa ones are probably making her overweight. Carefully switch to timothy ones over a period of 1 week. She needs to eat at least her body size of hay each day. She can eat as much grass hay as she wants and she won’t get fat. Switch to timothy pellets and encourage her to eat more hay. Maybe she doesn’t like the type of hay you are feeding her. Try feeding orchard grass or oat hay (my bunnies LOVE oat hay)

          How long do you let her excercise each day? Sore hocks can also be caused by long nails, so cut them as short as you can. How are you treating the sore’s now?


        • Sarita
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            Definitely needs timothy pellets but pellets are more caloric than greens so it would be a good idea to reduce the pellets and increase the greens.

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