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Changing pellets while bunny is poorly

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katie88

Mama Doe
Bit of a weird question here. So as some of you may know marbles has been poorly with head tilt/ear infection. She hasn't eaten a single pellet in two weeks, minimal hay but has been eating veg and forage.

Anyway she had an overnight stay at the vets on Thursday night and apparently she ate half a bowl of pellets while she was there! :roll: Normally at home she has excel pellets but the vet gave her supreme science selective. So they gave me some samples to bring home to see if I can encourage her to eat some. Last night I gave her a mixture of excel and supreme science and she has basically picked out all the SS.

So my question is, seeing as she hasn't eaten excel for over two weeks, is it ok to just do a clean swap over to SS? I know you would normally do a gradual changeover but at the moment I'm just happy she's eating something and sshe's not eating the excel anyway? Not sure what to do. Help!
 
If they gave her them at the vets and there were no adverse side effects (stasis/ gas etc) then I would give them a go. I would give them gradually though (even just at first) rather than giving a whole bowl , just in case.

I would also be tempted to say to your vets about giving her stuff like pellets without making sure it was okay. In a bun with a sensitive gut a whole bowl of pellets that they'd never had before could make them potentially quite ill :(
 
Rosie42 said:
If they gave her them at the vets and there were no adverse side effects (stasis/ gas etc) then I would give them a go. I would give them gradually though (even just at first) rather than giving a whole bowl , just in case.

I would also be tempted to say to your vets about giving her stuff like pellets without making sure it was okay. In a bun with a sensitive gut a whole bowl of pellets that they'd never had before could make them potentially quite ill :(
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Yeah, this was exactly my thought. I was worried that I hadn't taken any of her food with me as I wasn't expecting her to be hospitalised. They asked me what pellets she had and I said excel and the nurse said we've got some of them so don't worry. Then when I collected her they told me she'd had half a bowl of pellets I assumed she meant excel. I said I was getting to the end of my bag so perhaps it was that, the nurse said she'd give me some samples to take away, and she came out with these ss samples! So I was a bit confused because they explicitly asked me what she normally has.

I'm really pleased she's eaten something but just a bit torn about what to do. I guess I could carry on giving both but I think she's just going to pick the ss out anyway.
 
I would e offering both until se recovers if she picks she picks but at least your doing the gradual change you don't want to take risks with the tummy when poorly
 
little-laura said:
I would e offering both until se recovers if she picks she picks but at least your doing the gradual change you don't want to take risks with the tummy when poorly
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Thank you :) This is what I will do. Goodness, anyone who thinks rabbits are low maintenance is WRONG! :lol:
 
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