Few questions!! Hi guys!

[Xxventanaxx]

Hi guys!! Been a while since I visited here. Lux has been with us for a year now already!!!! Can’t believe how much joy a rabbit brings you. My question is for the last 6 months she has been eating oxbow baby rabbit food. About 4 days ago we ran out and went to get more at the only pet store we know that has it and they were out so we got adult oxbow. She ate it the first day because we had a little bit of the oxbow baby food left but now she doesn’t want to touch it since it’s only the adult food. She’s eating her Timothy hay great and loves her veggies. Will she be ok since I tried her on a new food without really slowly introducing it? I’m going to the store tomorrow to buy her baby food and do a half and half mix until she gets used to it more. I just don’t want anything to happen to her. Belly is nice and squishy and no poop problems so I know her digestive track is ok.

Also she has been laying with her head down a lot lately. I don’t know if I didn’t notice it before but is that ok? She runs around about an hour or two sometimes more a day and goes under her favorite chair and lays her head down. She still binkeys a lot which is good.

Also she is shedding like crazy!!! Like worse then a dog. How do I stop this and can I brush her? Thanks!

[Bam]

Hi Xxventanaxx! Good to hear from you and Lux!

I don’t think the adult food will cause a problem as long as she eats hay and veg – it’s when a bunny refuses to eat anything you have a problem. The adult food is less rich (0less yummy) than the baby food, so many buns, probably most, will need some time to adjust to it.

Putting her head on the ground is just a sign of relaxation. A bunny can get very flat when it relaxes! If she does it near you, she’s probably asking for pets.

As for the shedding, some sheds are more terrible than others. I brush mine with a self-cleaning slicker, I also pluck out tufts of hair with my fingers, and to finish it off, I use a lint-roller. It consumes quite a lot of gluey paper, but it’s worth it because it minimizes the hair in the environment. My buns are “normal-haired”, not lionheads, it wouldn’t work very well on long-haired buns. I use a generic brand lint-roller, name brands have too stiff glue (=better quality, but not better for bunny fur).

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