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Gone off pellets.

Becca

Wise Old Thumper
Smokey the last few days seems to have gone off his pellets.He is eating tons of hay and plenty of veg.
Is this normal?
 
No that's definitely not normal my two usually try to take my hand off for pellets. :?
Mine usually do but smokey has not been interested,tried him with carrot,middle of spring greens and apple all which are quite hard and he ate it so i am thinking it is not his teeth:?
 
I would get him checked out at the vets, something like molar spurs can first show this way. I would guess if it is spurs that it is down to how they eat those different things. Or maybe he is willing to eat through the pain of spurs for fresh food but not pellets.:p

Was it a new bag of pellets?
 
Yes. I agree, would get him checked out at vets.

Tinkerbell stopped eating pellets and I just assumed she had gone off them but she had molar spurs which needed treating.

She started eating them again afterwards!
 
mine have a love/hate with pellets all sat at the door waiting for them, then i put them down and its like 'oh them again':roll: and proceed to pick at them!.
 
mine have a love/hate with pellets all sat at the door waiting for them, then i put them down and its like 'oh them again':roll: and proceed to pick at them!.
That is just like Smokey,he had a full health check up in May.My other two go mad for pellets.Will take him to the vets and get him checked out.
 
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