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too early to worry ?

M

May4

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Hi

Quincy has been with us for 10 days he is 8 months old we was given him by breeder, he doent seem to be drinking much (how much should they drink) not much food goes from his bowl should i give him more time to settle in, going to buy food that the breeder was feeding him tomorrow. The 2 10 week old girls are doing great eating well and drinking lots.
Any advice will be great, thanks inadvance

May :?
 
did the breeder give u any food that she had been feeding him? Its usual practice to slowly change to a different feed over about 10 days so as to not upset their tummy. Different rabbits drink different amounts.. one of mine drinks about 20mls a day, sometimes less but he does eat veggies.. my other one drinks quite a bit more. It could be due to stress of the move also i guess.. is he producing plenty of poops?
 
Hi

Yes breeder gave us some food it lasted about 7 days between the 3 of them, mixed with what we bought we only got some from wilkinsons :cry: and on reading some of the posts today probably wasnt the best. he seems happy and looks very well. He poos quite a lot mostly dry and some times not, but not runny.
May
 
Are they eating hay? If you've read a few posts you will see that should be the main part of their diet. I get mine from a farm as they don't like the shop stuff. If they are eating hay, you can mix the not so good food that they're on with a better quality food e.g. Science Selective. Start adding about 10% of the SS to the mix then gradually increase it until they're on that 100% - most buns seem to love it. But get them on hay, hay and more hay. Good luck, sounds like you have your hands full :thumb:
 
hi

Yes they do have hay dont seem to eat much of this, my friend is getting me some from a farm this week will try them on this.

May
 
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