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My best tip for getting a rabbit to eat again after stasis or surgery

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Herbs! It basically saved our bunny from dying last year - she loves basil, and especially the thai sweet kind. She is such a cultured lady. Wouldn't eat anything else.

I believe next best is in fact the nuggets of food.

A lot of veg and hay won't be touched. Just my thoughts.

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Agreed :thumb: I do a bunny buffet of different herbs, hays and forage. The room ends up being a tip and Nutmeg has a field day but it normally gets Smudge eating. :D
 
Totally agree, I sware my Parsnip's recovery was helped a great deal when all he would eat was Parsley!! Apprantly a known tonic in rabbits :thumb: Now he has a small handfull every morning along with the usual which he adores :love::love:
 
We're herbs, grass, dandelion leaves and bramble leaves this end, depending on what time of year it is and what they have had done.

I find most important for them all is to be chilled and relaxed, and then they will eat. Unless it's a spay, we have big cuddle times when they get home and they get a special blanket that seems to help them all, for reasons unknown, and they seem to start eating pretty quick.

Pellets are usually the last thing to come back in my experience though.
 
Sky-O said:
We're herbs, grass, dandelion leaves and bramble leaves this end, depending on what time of year it is and what they have had done.

I find most important for them all is to be chilled and relaxed, and then they will eat. Unless it's a spay, we have big cuddle times when they get home and they get a special blanket that seems to help them all, for reasons unknown, and they seem to start eating pretty quick.

Pellets are usually the last thing to come back in my experience though.
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Found this with Smudge too, except in his case it's being left alone and lots of quiet. :)
 
Elena said:
Found this with Smudge too, except in his case it's being left alone and lots of quiet. :)
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:thumb: Different things for different bunnies definitely. I would never try and give Roger snuggles, that would make things much worse for him. He would be left alone too.
 
I did the same after my rabbits were spayed Jezebel was fine eating pellets and food galore.

Fluffy refused so I put together lots of different veg and herbs which she started to pick at slowly then the next day she was eating lots of veg
 
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