New Bunny Probs

Aspen'n'company · Aug 16, 2005

Hi all.

As you know I adopted Holly 4 days ago. She is behaving fine, however she does have a few issues. First she won't eat as much hay as she should. She barely even touches her hay. What can I do to increase the amount of hay she eats?

Second, my bonded trio of Nethies are very agressive to her. I don't wish to bond her into the group but is there anything I could do to keep the Nethies from picking a fight?

Thanks!

taylor v 109 · Aug 16, 2005

I do not know how old holly is but if she is an adult then i would cut her dried food down so that she gets hungrey then she will in the end eat more hay. As for the other thing if there not to be bonded then i can see no way that the other rabbits will stop being agressive toward her

Happy Hopping · Aug 17, 2005

That's a diet change problem. I have seen rabbit who won't even drink water because the original birthplace of the rabbit was drinking well water, and when he move to the new place, it's tap water.

In your case, the hay has changed. Find out what was the original hay?

timothy,
Alfalfa

Are they 1st cut or 2nd cut

Are they rain on or no rain?

Then match the exact same hay 50% with 50% your own new hay for 10 days. Gradually reducing the amt. of old hay w/ your new hay.

Aspen'n'company · Aug 17, 2005

I went to the Pet store I adopted her from today and picked up all of her old goodies her previous owners left for her. They included her old hay so I have mixed that with my hay, and I mixed her old pellet with whay I use. She is starting to eat more now so I don't think switching her over will be too hard.

I don't know how old she is but I know she is young. I am guessing alittle over a year, but she might be even younger than that. I do now she is old enough to have been spayed though.

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