loubylou85
Young Bun
Olly has been with us for just over 2 years and has been a single house bun for about a year, with a diet of mostly hay and fresh veg, with a small bowl of nuggets early evening. 2 or 3 months ago we got Phoebe who can munch her way through food like there's no tomorrow. We think that Phoebe is far more forceful about getting more than her fair share of the food than Olly and he's starting to miss out on the fresh stuff. Before when he was a batchelor - he could take his time over his food, but now any hesitation and Phoebe has polished off her bowl of food and made a start on his. And if there's food hanging out of his mouth, waiting to be munched - then she'll have that too! :lol: Unfortunately, he doesn't always stand up to her and so she usually gets away with it. :evil:
So far we've tried feeding more often, in smaller amounts, so that he has more chance to get at the food but sometimes he seems to show no interest in eating at all, or will only take nuggets which result in him becoming constipated if he has too many. A few times now he has stopped eating altogether. He has never been one to drink very much despite it always being there on offer for him - everything comes from his fresh veg - which doesn't help. Luckily - turning his nose up to the nuggets or to his favourite treat Apricot Wheats is a sure sign that all is not well and so out comes the Critical Care or pineapple juice after which he is fine.
At the moment we are making sure he gets 'hand-fed' as much veg as possible away from Phoebe - but we don't want to start a new habit.
Has anyone had any similar experiences, or does anyone have any suggestions?
So far we've tried feeding more often, in smaller amounts, so that he has more chance to get at the food but sometimes he seems to show no interest in eating at all, or will only take nuggets which result in him becoming constipated if he has too many. A few times now he has stopped eating altogether. He has never been one to drink very much despite it always being there on offer for him - everything comes from his fresh veg - which doesn't help. Luckily - turning his nose up to the nuggets or to his favourite treat Apricot Wheats is a sure sign that all is not well and so out comes the Critical Care or pineapple juice after which he is fine.
At the moment we are making sure he gets 'hand-fed' as much veg as possible away from Phoebe - but we don't want to start a new habit.
Has anyone had any similar experiences, or does anyone have any suggestions?