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Forum BEHAVIOR Bunny not eating as usual

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    • idunnom89
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        Hello there,

        So my bunny that is 4months old isn’t eating as much as usual. He throws his food away and eats some of them. I give him hay and foodmix (made for bunny) he is drinking as much as usual but now he is not eating fibre or the black things his pee is diffrent etc. He still is playing but he always sprints to the grass for some reason, he normally does not. He is further healthy. And neutred.
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      • BanditCamp
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          What type of grass is he on? My rabbit refuses to eat the haystalks so he often throws them out of his litter. Hes most likely eating just not the big parts, bandit used to eat all the hay til it’s gone but now it’s a bit different as he’s older


        • idunnom89
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            The grass in my garden but i don’t let him and he does not eat his food properly he only eats those red cleaver thing not those black or other things :/


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              Posted By BanditCamp on 4/04/2017 8:51 AM
              What type of grass is he on? My rabbit refuses to eat the haystalks so he often throws them out of his litter. Hes most likely eating just not the big parts, bandit used to eat all the hay til it’s gone but now it’s a bit different as he’s older

              Now he just wants to eat grass, and i donn’t want him to get diarea. And he is not listening to me. How can i make him clear something is not allowed?


            • Muchelle
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                He might be needing greens, he’s old enough for them anyways. You might try to slowly switch him to pellets, hay + salad/fennel/celery. Start with small bits and monitor his poop, but I don’t think at that age he should have problems.What pellet are you giving him?


              • Bam
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                  Rabbits won’t listen to their humans. You should try and get him off the food mix and on to regular pellets. Even if a food mix is made and sold for rabbits, it’s not rabbit appropriate. All rabbits will pick out the yummiest pieces and leave the rest, because that’s in the rabbit’s nature. Then the rabbit doesn’t get all the nutrients it needs.

                  At 4 months, a rabbit can eat grass, but it needs to be introduced slowly. He should absolute not gorge himself. Grass is good bunny food, but the tummy needs to get used to it, or the bunbny will get tummy problems. He probably thinks the grass smells irresistibly, because grass is what wild rabbits eat. If there are wild animals that have access to your lawn, particularly raccoons, your bun should not be allowed to graze there due to the risk of him picking up really nasty internal parasites.


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                    Posted By Muchelle on 4/06/2017 5:54 AM

                    He might be needing greens, he’s old enough for them anyways. You might try to slowly switch him to pellets, hay + salad/fennel/celery. Start with small bits and monitor his poop, but I don’t think at that age he should have problems.What pellet are you giving him?

                    The one that has everything in it


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                      Posted By bam on 4/06/2017 7:42 AM
                      Rabbits won’t listen to their humans. You should try and get him off the food mix and on to regular pellets. Even if a food mix is made and sold for rabbits, it’s not rabbit appropriate. All rabbits will pick out the yummiest pieces and leave the rest, because that’s in the rabbit’s nature. Then the rabbit doesn’t get all the nutrients it needs.

                      At 4 months, a rabbit can eat grass, but it needs to be introduced slowly. He should absolute not gorge himself. Grass is good bunny food, but the tummy needs to get used to it, or the bunbny will get tummy problems. He probably thinks the grass smells irresistibly, because grass is what wild rabbits eat. If there are wild animals that have access to your lawn, particularly raccoons, your bun should not be allowed to graze there due to the risk of him picking up really nasty internal parasites.

                      Yeah ok, thanks


                    • idunnom89
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                        Btw my rabbit has eaten or chewed on his ladder and his wooden hut (he lives outside) is that normal?


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                          Posted By bam on 4/06/2017 7:42 AM
                          Rabbits won’t listen to their humans. You should try and get him off the food mix and on to regular pellets. Even if a food mix is made and sold for rabbits, it’s not rabbit appropriate. All rabbits will pick out the yummiest pieces and leave the rest, because that’s in the rabbit’s nature. Then the rabbit doesn’t get all the nutrients it needs.

                          At 4 months, a rabbit can eat grass, but it needs to be introduced slowly. He should absolute not gorge himself. Grass is good bunny food, but the tummy needs to get used to it, or the bunbny will get tummy problems. He probably thinks the grass smells irresistibly, because grass is what wild rabbits eat. If there are wild animals that have access to your lawn, particularly raccoons, your bun should not be allowed to graze there due to the risk of him picking up really nasty internal parasites.

                          Oops forgot to quote you. Read my thing i posted before this


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                            Posted By idunnom89 on 4/06/2017 5:29 AM

                            Posted By BanditCamp on 4/04/2017 8:51 AM
                            What type of grass is he on? My rabbit refuses to eat the haystalks so he often throws them out of his litter. Hes most likely eating just not the big parts, bandit used to eat all the hay til it’s gone but now it’s a bit different as he’s older

                            Now he just wants to eat grass, and i donn’t want him to get diarea. And he is not listening to me. How can i make him clear something is not allowed?

                            Rabbits do not speak human. You need to block access to anything potentially dangerous, not tell him and expect him to understand. 

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