HedwigGirl
Young Bun
So my rabbit has never really liked timothy hay, he never seemed to eat any, so we switched him to Orchard Grass hay. To encourage him even more, we mixed in some greens with it. He really seemed to love this, and had fun foraging through, and we could see him eating some hay in the process, and figured that some was better than none. Some of his poops had a golden-ish tinge, so I figured all was well.
Recently, he stopped eating his dry food, or hardly ate any. He ate greens, grass, and some hay. I figured this was okay as long as he was eating something. I decided to just keep observing him. He also had some diarrhea, and because we have had a ton of rain here, I thought that wet greens might have something to do with it. But now. It. Has been happening for a couple days and I'm starting to get worried.
Additionally, during the summer, he likes to lay stretched out on the bottom level of his hutch on the cool earth. But the past couple of days he hasn't been coming to the top level at all during the day (we keep him in the top at night). Today, I let him go down to the bottom level before I gave him greens, and so when I checked later in the day to give him a frozen water bottle, he hadn't eaten them. I moved them and his dry food down to encourage eating. He hasn't eaten anything and now he is just sitting on the waterbottle (never done this before) and won't come out of his hutch. I'm going to give him Critical Care. Does this seem like a hairball (he's had one before and this seems stranger) or something that I should take to the emergency vet right away?
We're going to call the vet, but they're closed now anyway. Please help if you can!!
Recently, he stopped eating his dry food, or hardly ate any. He ate greens, grass, and some hay. I figured this was okay as long as he was eating something. I decided to just keep observing him. He also had some diarrhea, and because we have had a ton of rain here, I thought that wet greens might have something to do with it. But now. It. Has been happening for a couple days and I'm starting to get worried.
Additionally, during the summer, he likes to lay stretched out on the bottom level of his hutch on the cool earth. But the past couple of days he hasn't been coming to the top level at all during the day (we keep him in the top at night). Today, I let him go down to the bottom level before I gave him greens, and so when I checked later in the day to give him a frozen water bottle, he hadn't eaten them. I moved them and his dry food down to encourage eating. He hasn't eaten anything and now he is just sitting on the waterbottle (never done this before) and won't come out of his hutch. I'm going to give him Critical Care. Does this seem like a hairball (he's had one before and this seems stranger) or something that I should take to the emergency vet right away?
We're going to call the vet, but they're closed now anyway. Please help if you can!!
