How do you deal with a picky eater?

[Oreobunn]

I’ve always fed Moby the same pellets but a few months ago the pet store didn’t have the usual pellets I buy, so I had to get a different kind. When that started to run out I went to the pet store and they had the usual pellets I buy so I got them but Moby wouldn’t eat them at all, so I had to go back to the store to buy the other kind again and BAM he ate them, si it’s like what the heck? Why won’t he easy the stuff that he’s always eaten? There are a few differences in the pellets including seeds, dried corn and other little bits, but it costs $7 more dollars than the usual stuff and it’s not even the same size, it’s a bit smaller and it’s not exactly in the budget to keep buying it. He has his Timothy hay, his celery, his kale, his lettuce (usually he only has lettuce) and he has his seed chew stick, and we give him banana or strawberry, sometimes blueberry or a little piece of pineapple but we can’t just feed him fruit all the time, and the odd thing is that he loves lettuce but he only eats it when you hold it and feed it to him and then he mows down, so I’m not real sure how to handle this because we can’t keep buying these pellets but if I put the normal ones in he won’t eat them and I’m not exactly always there to hand feed him his celery so I’m worried he won’t eat enough if I switch back to the regular pellets and it sucks because I didn’t know Moby could be such a diva. Have y’all ever had experience with one of your rabbits with something like this? Any tips? Is this not normal? Also I’m super curious why he is like this with his food

[sarahthegemini]

He’s not being a diva, he’s being a normal bunny! Unfortunately, bunnies often prefer unhealthy foods, I, e. Pellets with seeds and corn bits in. That’s probably why he turned his nose up to the original ones but gobbled the unhealthy ones up. Start transitioning him back on to the original pellets but go slow.

As for the veggies, have you tried just leaving them in a food bowl to see if he’ll take them eventually?

[Bam]

Totally agree with sarah. the new kind you got were probably less healthy. If a kid gets to choose between junk food and a healthy meal with lots of veg and no grease, most kids will choose the junk food. Same goes for buns. So it’s in his best interest that he gets back on the old pellets, but you’ll need to do the transition slowly so he doesn’t stop eating altogether and go into stasis.

It sounds like has developped a little bit of a sweet tooth. That’s normal, but as you know, buns need a low cal high fiber diet. It can be tricky to switch them over to healthier food though, so it must be done slowly. Does he eat his hay?

[Oreobunn]

He usually eats his hay but sometimes he buries it in his cage and I’m not really sure why he does this. Usually he will only eat about a large fist full throughout the day, but the rest can get all over the floor, I don’t know how but he is pretty finicky but he has been like that since the first day I’ve had him

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