cant get muffin to eat her pellets!

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- 12/25/2017 at 10:55 PM
  muffinbunny
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  so on the 19th I got my bunny muffin for an early Christmas present, she is a lionhead but since I got her she wont eat her pellets, before we left today I gave her some broccoli and she ate every piece, so I know she is hungry but why wont she eat pellets????
- 12/26/2017 at 4:30 AM
  sarahthegemini
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  What pellets are they? The same as what she was on before you got her? How old is she? She’s getting hay, right?
- 12/26/2017 at 4:44 AM
  Bam
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  As long as she’s eating hay and greens, she won’t starve. If the pellets are a type she’s not used to, it may take some time before she tries them. Bunnies can be very reluctant when it comes to trying new food.
- 12/27/2017 at 11:49 AM
  joea64
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  Is she eating her hay? If so, that’s the most important part of a bunny’s diet; she should get at least an amount equivalent to her body volume/size every day. Greens are also good – be careful with the broccoli, since it’s fairly high in starch and sugars and a bun’s intake of those should be limited (the House Rabbit Society recommends about 1 tablespoonful per 2 pounds body weight per day when offered). Check back with the people from whom you got her and see if you can find out what brand/kind of pellets she was getting from them, and see if you can source it yourself. New pellets (and other new food) should be offered to your rabbit gradually, by mixing them in little by little with the old pellets until your bun is finally switched over completely to the new ones.
- 12/28/2017 at 3:08 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  How old is Muffin?
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