Rabbit eats all her hay and goes half the day without hay

Julia25

Alpha Buck

• Feb 15, 2015

• #1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/KINGFISHER-...d=1424016610&sr=1-1&keywords=Bird+ball+feeder

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosewood-Boredom-Breaker-Folding-Hayrack/dp/B002RBP974

I have a 1 year old female mini lop (unspayed). She is living alone (but hopefully for not too long)
Anyway every time I go to restock her hay its all gone!
I am struggling to find a big hay rack so that she will never run out. Any ideas, she lives outside btw.

The url's at the top is where her hay is stored

 

catxx

Mama Doe

• Feb 15, 2015

• #2

Those holders are just too small for the amount of hay bunnies really need. Heap it up for her each day - there should be a pile no smaller than the bun herself. If they're able to eat all of it in a day - there's not enough being provided. Mine have a huge pile in their bed to nest in, piles in two litter trays and a pile on their little Ikea bed too.

 

Zoobec

Moderator

Staff member

• Feb 15, 2015

• #3

I am currently using undershelf storage baskets attached to the side of the shed, mine came from asda but they don't do them anymore, there are similar ones at dunelm http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/set-of-2-under-shelf-storage-baskets-211779. They are used as a hay rack hung over a large underbed storage box used as a litter tray, with more hay in, on top of wood pellet cat litter.

 

Tamsin

Administrator

Staff member

• Feb 15, 2015

• #4

You could try a half-circle hanging basket, or trixie do a 'hay manager' that holds more than those fold out ones: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...=as2&tag=therabhou-21&linkId=XNUU33R2GU2WMSQU

 

S

Stator

Warren Veteran

• Feb 15, 2015

• #5

This one is my favourite:

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/small_pets/runs_fencing/73302/83037

You can also put hay in their litter tray, they like to eat whilst they do their business

 

R

Rupert & Tia

Mama Doe

• Feb 16, 2015

• #6

We have a 'cage' that is about 30cmx20cm that attaches to the side of shed, and we fill it twice a day - which they eat all of each time, but they also have a huge pile on their shelf, and 3 litter trays full, so they do have other hay to eat