yaretzi
Wise Old Thumper
Every year about this time, either N or T look so miserable. They're both moulting (quite heavily some days) but Tapla seems fine, meanwhile Nena is not hugely interested in food. She accepts anything you give her and has a little nibble then drops it and looks for something better - then resigns herself to it and eats. Then she hops off for a few mins and comes back to it. Sounds like normal behaviour but N&T have always been total piggies. This happens every year so I'm like 80% sure she's fine but I'm still worried. She wolfs down her pellets, eats probably almost as much veg as usual and she seems to be eating hay/readigrass fine but I'm not sure whether to pop her to the vets. Thing is, both N&T get hugely stressed after a vets visit in a hot car so if it is just her feeling sorry for herself it's really not going to help her...
N&T are on grass all year round and it's very very very short at the moment as I'm aware the spring hay can be rich. I know buns can feel a bit rubbish whilst moulting and when the weather has changed (I'm suffering from the quick weather change too to be honest!). They've never had any dental problems and are checked at least yearly for spurs/beginnings of spurs. She wolfs down her pellets so I'm not convinced it's a dental thing. If she was refusing any food of any type she'd be straight to the vets but she's just a little less interested. I'm thinking it might be all of the above, plus the fact that the veg looks decidedly limp and rubbish at the moment and probably doesn't taste that great...
It'd be good to know if any of your bunnies are feeling miserable too?
N&T are on grass all year round and it's very very very short at the moment as I'm aware the spring hay can be rich. I know buns can feel a bit rubbish whilst moulting and when the weather has changed (I'm suffering from the quick weather change too to be honest!). They've never had any dental problems and are checked at least yearly for spurs/beginnings of spurs. She wolfs down her pellets so I'm not convinced it's a dental thing. If she was refusing any food of any type she'd be straight to the vets but she's just a little less interested. I'm thinking it might be all of the above, plus the fact that the veg looks decidedly limp and rubbish at the moment and probably doesn't taste that great...
It'd be good to know if any of your bunnies are feeling miserable too?