thekinderbunny
New Kit
Hi All,
I was really unsure whether to post this in the medical section or diet section, but its a bit of both!
On Saturday we did a full day bonding session with Marmite & Kinder. Kinder is naturally stressy and gets hyped about silly things, where as Marmite is the opposite - nothing bothers her.
Since then, Kinder has refused to eat her pellets. She used to finish the whole bowl (of a set amount of grams) each day - and now I'm lucky if she eats a few.
She is however eating - she's had a variety of forage, vegetables and herbs. I also bought her camomile hay, to go along with her timothy hay, and she also has had blackcurrant leaves, apple twigs and herbal dried forage too. She is pooping as normal, and is active - running around and binky-ing. She also is chewing willow sticks and other wooden toys.
I tried mixing some burgess pellets in with her normal science selective - still nothing.
She's still being her usual self, no extra aggressiveness or lethargy.
Its a mystery, as everything is normal, except her turning her nose up.
I have a vet who I trust extremely well and their practice is just at the top of my street if I should need to go.
Any suggestions on what it could be?
I did worry about GI stasis but her poop is normal, and as for her teeth, would she be eating willow sticks and other wooden toys if her teeth where that sore that she couldn't eat pellets?
Right now she's doing the dead bunny so she's clearly happy! - I'm just worried sick. My previous rabbit was fussy and I had to change her pellets every 6 months, what a nightmare. Kinder is only just over a year old too, and has recently been on a sugar free and pellet controlled diet with unlimited hay.
Thank you in advance
Also I should add, I've been keeping Kinder in the living room (I work from home) so I can keep an eye on her. I have observed some excessive grooming of her private area, she almost rolls backwards because of this!
I was really unsure whether to post this in the medical section or diet section, but its a bit of both!
On Saturday we did a full day bonding session with Marmite & Kinder. Kinder is naturally stressy and gets hyped about silly things, where as Marmite is the opposite - nothing bothers her.
Since then, Kinder has refused to eat her pellets. She used to finish the whole bowl (of a set amount of grams) each day - and now I'm lucky if she eats a few.
She is however eating - she's had a variety of forage, vegetables and herbs. I also bought her camomile hay, to go along with her timothy hay, and she also has had blackcurrant leaves, apple twigs and herbal dried forage too. She is pooping as normal, and is active - running around and binky-ing. She also is chewing willow sticks and other wooden toys.
I tried mixing some burgess pellets in with her normal science selective - still nothing.
She's still being her usual self, no extra aggressiveness or lethargy.
Its a mystery, as everything is normal, except her turning her nose up.
I have a vet who I trust extremely well and their practice is just at the top of my street if I should need to go.
Any suggestions on what it could be?
I did worry about GI stasis but her poop is normal, and as for her teeth, would she be eating willow sticks and other wooden toys if her teeth where that sore that she couldn't eat pellets?
Right now she's doing the dead bunny so she's clearly happy! - I'm just worried sick. My previous rabbit was fussy and I had to change her pellets every 6 months, what a nightmare. Kinder is only just over a year old too, and has recently been on a sugar free and pellet controlled diet with unlimited hay.
Thank you in advance
Also I should add, I've been keeping Kinder in the living room (I work from home) so I can keep an eye on her. I have observed some excessive grooming of her private area, she almost rolls backwards because of this!
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