William
Wise Old Thumper
After Timmy was neutered almost 2 months ago he wouldn't eat for 4 days and then when he did he wouldn't eat anything but pellets so I've been struggling to convert him back to hay. I'm trying all sorts of things and nothing is working very well.
I've been planning to bond them at the beginning of December but I don't think I can if he isn't eating hay because I would have to give him pellets and then my other 2 would eat them. They're great hay eaters so I don't want to risk them getting addicted to pellets. I was thinking maybe if he saw them eating hay he would. i noticed whenever I feed Jack hay Ben starts eating it (and vice versa). But I don't want to risk having to split up Timmy if he's refusing to eat hay. And I don't want to not be able to see when/how much he's pooping- then I won't know whether he's eating or not.
I'm going to move jack and Ben right next to Timmy and hand feed them all hay and see if Timmy starts eating it because they are. But if that doesn't work should I hold off on bonding? I don't know if I'm making the right decision with this. Would he starve himself instead of just eating hay? I'm just scared of him going into stasis like he nearly did a couple months ago.. :?
I've been planning to bond them at the beginning of December but I don't think I can if he isn't eating hay because I would have to give him pellets and then my other 2 would eat them. They're great hay eaters so I don't want to risk them getting addicted to pellets. I was thinking maybe if he saw them eating hay he would. i noticed whenever I feed Jack hay Ben starts eating it (and vice versa). But I don't want to risk having to split up Timmy if he's refusing to eat hay. And I don't want to not be able to see when/how much he's pooping- then I won't know whether he's eating or not.
I'm going to move jack and Ben right next to Timmy and hand feed them all hay and see if Timmy starts eating it because they are. But if that doesn't work should I hold off on bonding? I don't know if I'm making the right decision with this. Would he starve himself instead of just eating hay? I'm just scared of him going into stasis like he nearly did a couple months ago.. :?