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help skinny bun stopped eating

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willowflower

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hi i'm a very new rabbit owner and my rabbit has me really worried.
when i first got him my vet said he was overweight that i was to cut him down to four handfuls of food a day. i did this and he lost weight but now he's just stopped eating his pellets and his hay. (he will still eat veg)
i'm in a panic because he goes in to be neutered tomorrow and the vet says his weight is fine but you can see all of his ribs and he's went kind of hollow
help please
 
four handfulls a day :shock: Isnt that alot? I give mine one handfull and i still think that's to much the vet said only half a handfull, what do you feed them on? :D
 
he's fed on the supa rabbit excel. thats what my vet recommended she thinks my rabbit is maybe crossed with a giant breed he's only six months and already the same size as the cat.

thing is he used to empty the bowl completely eat all the hay and the vegetables.

i'm worried because he's so thin he might not make it through the op
 
Don't take him to be neutered if he is not eating, it is very important that he is in good health when it is done, or the anesthetic risk is much higher, and he could have serious digestive trouble afterwards too.

One handful of pellets a day is all a rabbit needs, plus unlimited hay and grass plus a bit of veg for a treat treat.

If he has lost weight while having that much food there is probably something wrong with him - has he had his teeth checked? That is a common reason that rabbits stop eating their hard food. Or he may be having a bit of digestive bother. Either way he needs to see the vet, but not to be castrated until he is well enough.

edit -Ah if he is young he will need more food if he is still growing, but he still shouldn't have lost weight on that much. Excel is not a good feed. It is infuriating that vets recomend it:( It is too high in protein and doesn't have enough fibre. Rabbits often don't eat their casecotrophs when on that food. Science selective is a far better better food.
 
doorkeeper said:
Don't take him to be neutered if he is not eating, it is very important that he is in good health when it is done, or the anesthetic risk is much higher, and he could have serious digestive trouble afterwards too.

One handful of pellets a day is all a rabbit needs, plus unlimited hay and grass plus a bit of veg for a treat treat.

If he has lost weight while having that much food there is probably something wrong with him - has he had his teeth checked? That is a common reason that rabbits stop eating their hard food. Or he may be having a bit of digestive bother. Either way he needs to see the vet, but not to be castrated until he is well enough.

edit -Ah if he is young he will need more food if he is still growing, but he still shouldn't have lost weight on that much. Excel is not a good feed. It is infuriating that vets recomend it:( It is too high in protein and doesn't have enough fibre. Rabbits often don't eat their casecotrophs when on that food. Science selective is a far better better food.
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I've always used excel, it was recomended to me on here? :?
 
Just added a poll onto rabbit chat, about Excell, i would hate to think im feeding the wrong type of food :?
Thanks :D
 
Pepsi.. excel is an ok feed but there are other feeds which are higher in fibre than excel which mean they are alot better for rabbits :wink: The higher level of protein sometimes causes rabbits to have excess caecal poops which other feeds usually stop.
 
my two are on excel lite. it's much higher in fibre for them. they only have a small handful a day and then lots of hay and some veg.
 
Diddeen said:
Pepsi.. excel is an ok feed but there are other feeds which are higher in fibre than excel which mean they are alot better for rabbits :wink: The higher level of protein sometimes causes rabbits to have excess caecal poops which other feeds usually stop.
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I just did a poll, and after seeing the result i am def conciderin changing over to A&P. Thanks :D
 
A&P is the best -I use it :D But as it comes in such huge sacks and can be hard to get hold of I usually recomend SS as it is good too. I used to use Excel but the mess was dreadful, uneaten caecotrophs everywhere :roll:
 
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