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Please someone help me, im worried about my bunny!

Laurapaarl

Laurapaarl

Young Bun
Hello,
Im really worried about my four and a half month old french lop,
He seems really happy and is acting normal, hopping about and playing...
But he barely eats any of his pelleted food, when usually he eats a whole bowl in half a day.
Is this a problem? or does he just not feel like eating?
i only ask because his teeth look fine and he acts normal.

Thank you anyone who does help
xxx
:cry:
 
But he barely eats any of his pelleted food, when usually he eats a whole bowl in half a day.

To be able to assist we need more infomation. Is he eating other things but just leaving his pellets? Or is he just reluctant to eat.

If he is reluctant to eat, it would be advisable to seek vetinary attention today just in case this goes on to become a gut stasis and you will then require an emergency vet appointment which will be expensive. A vet can give at this stage a gut stimulant to try an avoid problems. If it is left and your rabbit developes stasis, you may require gut stimulants, Sub cut fluids, syringe feeding, analgesia ......... so best treated now rather than being left to develope and cause you an expensive vet bill.

Bits of genereal information rabbits should only get a small amount of pellets a day, 50 g is usually average for a normal medium size bun anything over that amount wil result in a drop in the amount of hay that they will eat.

Most teeth problems are not visible with the naked eye. The use of an otoscope to look at the bank teeth is required, teeth problems usually affect the back teeth more than the front teeth.
 
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