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Help with feeding!

Hello! new to the forum.
I have bunny of about 3 months who has been on rabbit excel for dwarves & juniors and a week ago I got another bunny who is 10 weeks old and has been on different food. I am not sure how to get younger bunny on excel without the other bunny having to eat some of the the younger bunny's (current) food too! (which is different and being mixed), if I have to mix one food with another....small bunny gets slighty soft stools if he has too much of new food...any suggestions?! thank you.
 
Are both your bunnys in the same hutch 

Good question.

You need to keep the new bun on exactly the same diet as he/she has been used to, no changes, for at very least 2 weeks before you start to make any changes. Rabbits are very delicate when it comes to changes of any kind, new homes, new food etc.

Many rabbits seem to be sensitive to excel, science selective is a good alternative however a rabbit only needs an eggcupful of what ever pellets you chose to feed. The most important part of any buns diet is hay which should make up about 80 - 90% of the diet.
 
Good question.

You need to keep the new bun on exactly the same diet as he/she has been used to, no changes, for at very least 2 weeks before you start to make any changes. Rabbits are very delicate when it comes to changes of any kind, new homes, new food etc.

Many rabbits seem to be sensitive to excel, science selective is a good alternative however a rabbit only needs an eggcupful of what ever pellets you chose to feed. The most important part of any buns diet is hay which should make up about 80 - 90% of the diet.

Thank you. That's the problem tho, they are both in together so one would have to be on one food and one on another...tricky! they do eat mainly hay and I thought would , it be ok to give the couple of days on hay only and then slowly introduce them both to the same food but in very small amounts to start with, gradually increasing. What about that? would that be feasible?
 
The diet of new bunny has to be kept the same for at least the first 2 weeks. Personally I wouldnt want to feed no pellets unless necessary as at this stage they need more calories and obviously wont be getting any veg at this age either. I would feed them separately for now, put one in the run and one in the hutch and feed them that way - it should only take a few minutes. After 2 weeks you can slowly change over. You have to be doubly careful with any change in diet for babies.

What is the new bunny currently fed on? A lot of people just feed babies adult pellets, but unlimited.

What sex are your bunnies and have you had them double checked by a vet? I only ask as pet shops/breeders are notorious for sexing rabbits wrong and also sometimes telling people that unneutered males can live together, and as your rabbits are just approaching sexual maturity it would be good to get them double checked, my vet did this free as part of the health check before their first vaccinations.
 
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The diet of new bunny has to be kept the same for at least the first 2 weeks. Personally I wouldnt want to feed no pellets unless necessary as at this stage they need more calories and obviously wont be getting any veg at this age either. I would feed them separately for now, put one in the run and one in the hutch and feed them that way - it should only take a few minutes. After 2 weeks you can slowly change over. You have to be doubly careful with any change in diet for babies.

What is the new bunny currently fed on? A lot of people just feed babies adult pellets, but unlimited.

W hat sex are your bunnies and have you had them double checked by a vet? I only ask as pet shops/breeders are notorious for sexing rabbits wrong and also sometimes telling people that unneutered males can live together, and as your rabbits are just approaching sexual maturity it would be good to get them double checked, my vet did this free as part of the health check before their first vaccinations.


This last paragraph is what concerns us about them sharing a hutch.

The feeding of different pellets is easily got around - I would hand feed them like treats, it's only an egg cupful so wouldn't take long, that way you"ll know exactly who's eating what and socialising at the same time.
 
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