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Bit concerned about Smudge!

M

Melndan

Mama Doe
He won't eat hay and doesn't seem to want to chew anything. I have given him an apple tree twig and he has some wood chews but isnt entertained at all by them.

The vet has checked his teeth and said they look fine but I am concerned he will have problems if he doesn't start chewing soon.

Any advice anyone?
 
Hiya. How much dried feed are you giving him?? If he is pigging out on pellets/cereal mix he wont bother too much with the hay. Does he have access to grass?? You could pull up a handful for him if he is an indoor only bun. Also have you tried different hays. Some of the Pet Shop stuff is rubbish. If you can locate a Horse Feed Supplier you are likely to get a better quality hay from there ( and it'll be lots cheaper!!). Jane and Buns xx
 
Mine dont seem to chew on wood chews or branches either.. they just arent interested. I had alot of probs finding hay they would eat and found the only thing i could get they would eat was dried grass from petshops which they loved! I have recently found a petshop that splits bales of hay and bags it so it is alot fresher and they go mad for it now. Also, as Jane has said, how much dried food does he have? My two have about 50g (full treatball)between them of their pellet food every evening otherwise its just loads of hay, some veggies at night, and occasionally a handful of dried grass
 
He has less than 50g of SS at the mo as I am weaning him onto it, and he only picks little bits out of the other stuff. He has some veg in the morning.
I have only given him a tiny bit of SS today and just had a look at him and he seems to be munching on some hay ! YAY!!
I did have a bag of meadow hay from the pet shop which was horrible so I bought some nice green stuff from another store in town ( which smelled so different) and I think he might quite like it.
Thanks for your replies xxxx
 
yes the taste of the hay is crucial - my last lot from WWW was green and they couldn't get enough of it - The new batch is full of weeds and smelt foul - they starved for a day rather than eat it! WWW are replacing it ASAP though - hope I get another box of the good stuff!
 
My silly bunny eats the harvest straw I bought her for beding, which is horrid and dry but the nice green Meadow Hay I bought her for eating she wont even look at and in fact uses it to go to the toilet on..... so thats what she thinks of that. Very strange creature but hey who am I to tell her what to eat..... lol

Karen xx
 
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