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How to make Acorn eat slower.

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Mama Doe
I wasn't sure if this went in diet and digestion or Health so I just picked this one :?
Any ways I know it sounds like a stupid question because there rabbits but Acorn (f) eats so fast, she eats every meal as its her last, she wasn't a rescue so I know she has never been with out food and jack came from the same place and he's fine. I'm Mainly scared when she eats her pellets. I've heard a lot of choking threads lately and I'm so scared that she's going to choke. I've read all the choking threads about what to do but I'm scared that if she does choke I'll do something wrong or not right:( so does anyone have any ideas on how to make her slow down.
 
You can scatter feed,just scatter it around the floor or mix it in with a pile of hay. The bun can't eat as quick then as it has to search out every single bit.

Otherwise you could use treat balls which again make bunsters work for their food and they dispense food slowly (ish)!!!
 
And I know it's generally for dogs but there is a food bowl with not spikes, but like turrets inside the bowl, making it harder for a dog to gulp its food. Whether they would work for a rabbit I have no idea, but it might be worth a shot.
 
you could always add warm water to the pellets, mash them and make her lap it up.

Most rabbits pounce on their food its a good way to tell there well!

You could also feed half in the morning and half in the evening little and often to reduce overloading her guts with fatty pellets
 
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