I've changed my bun's diet as when I recently adopted him he was eating Mayfield Fruity & leaving lots of caecotrophs.
My vet said he wasn't getting enouh fibre in his diet & recommended I switch to Burgess Excel pellets so I've changed his food gradually to this & he loves the pellets but I still have the problem of him leaving his caecotrophs.
I also received lots of helpful advice here regarding his diet
His diet consists of about 15g of Excel morning & night (9am & 10pm) with a small bowl of veg for tea (4pm) - and unlimited hay in his litter tray & readigrass in his manger.
He is eating at least his bodysize in hay & grass a day, if not more.
Otherwise he seems well & happy. He's a house bunny & loves having the run of my lounge, although I can only let him out supervised for a few hours a day as I don't yet fully trust my kittens not to hurt him when they're playing.
I'm not sure if this is related to his previous condition as he's a rescue bunny that was in forced GI stasis last October because he was abandoned without food or water.
Is there anything else I could do to change his diet to encourage him to eat his caecotrophs? & should I take him back to the vet?
I'm not sure if this is something of concern or if I'm worrying needlessly.
My vet said he wasn't getting enouh fibre in his diet & recommended I switch to Burgess Excel pellets so I've changed his food gradually to this & he loves the pellets but I still have the problem of him leaving his caecotrophs.
I also received lots of helpful advice here regarding his diet
His diet consists of about 15g of Excel morning & night (9am & 10pm) with a small bowl of veg for tea (4pm) - and unlimited hay in his litter tray & readigrass in his manger.
He is eating at least his bodysize in hay & grass a day, if not more.
Otherwise he seems well & happy. He's a house bunny & loves having the run of my lounge, although I can only let him out supervised for a few hours a day as I don't yet fully trust my kittens not to hurt him when they're playing.
I'm not sure if this is related to his previous condition as he's a rescue bunny that was in forced GI stasis last October because he was abandoned without food or water.
Is there anything else I could do to change his diet to encourage him to eat his caecotrophs? & should I take him back to the vet?
I'm not sure if this is something of concern or if I'm worrying needlessly.