vengeful.veggie
Alpha Buck
Since we've had Verity, we've noticed various things about her. One thing that's really worrying me is how she is with food. There's good quality hay at all times, they get a small handful of pellets in the morning and the evening, and they have greens a little while after their pellet meals as well as various healthy treats.
Verity now knows that pellets are coming when she hears me getting them out the container and she runs up to me and impatiently waits. As soon as they're in he bowl and on the floor, she gobbles them up. Benjamin likes to take his time with his food and sometimes leaves it then comes back to it when he feels like it. Verity often tries to steal his pellets when she's finished with hers, sometimes even when she's not finished! She makes sure she eats every one of her pellets and sometimes licks the bowl. She consumes them so quickly I'm not even sure if she chews them properly.
It's the same with greens, she gobbles them so quickly I don't know how she can enjoy it. She can finish withing seconds sometimes where Ben is still sitting there chewing and barely started, then again she tries to steal his. Sometimes I have to seperate them so that she doesn't steal his food
She takes every treat you give her too. I'm thinking maybe with her old owner (not you Jill!) that she may have not got enough food, perhaps due to being in a small hutch with another rabbit and babies? I don't really know.. But I know it's not normal. We found it cute and a little funny before, but now that it hasn't stopped; my boyfriend and I are rather worried about her.
Maybe she doesn't know if food's going to come again? Please help by giving any suggestions that come to mind, thank you.
Verity now knows that pellets are coming when she hears me getting them out the container and she runs up to me and impatiently waits. As soon as they're in he bowl and on the floor, she gobbles them up. Benjamin likes to take his time with his food and sometimes leaves it then comes back to it when he feels like it. Verity often tries to steal his pellets when she's finished with hers, sometimes even when she's not finished! She makes sure she eats every one of her pellets and sometimes licks the bowl. She consumes them so quickly I'm not even sure if she chews them properly.
It's the same with greens, she gobbles them so quickly I don't know how she can enjoy it. She can finish withing seconds sometimes where Ben is still sitting there chewing and barely started, then again she tries to steal his. Sometimes I have to seperate them so that she doesn't steal his food
She takes every treat you give her too. I'm thinking maybe with her old owner (not you Jill!) that she may have not got enough food, perhaps due to being in a small hutch with another rabbit and babies? I don't really know.. But I know it's not normal. We found it cute and a little funny before, but now that it hasn't stopped; my boyfriend and I are rather worried about her.
Maybe she doesn't know if food's going to come again? Please help by giving any suggestions that come to mind, thank you.