I'd imagine veg to be a culprit as i've always(up until coming on this forum) fed high pellet and unlimited hay diet and not had any problems with not eating, tummy etc. The only time one of my bunnys hasn't dashed over for pellets is directly after neutering just when recovering,but quickly they are back to there old selfs.
Since being on the forum i've seen weight come off some of my buns when changing them to greens and a 10gram diet of pellets and problems imerged that were not there before(this may just have been co-incidence or i can put it down to the healing process- i.e the body releasing toxins because they are being fed more correctly), so i'd definately say it's important to treat each bunny as an individual having studied the effects of diet on my own buns. I now give my buns a handful of pellets- which works out about 30grams, and the majority hay. They seem to be doing well on this. I also veg minimally at the moment, which seems to be working well.
I never ever feed sugary commercial treats- i do feed the odd carrot- I do give adonia carrots every other day though and i have never had any problems with her, teeth wise, stasis wise- except that she has pasturella.
My other bunnys seemed to be happier overall on a high pellet, unlimited hay diet, than when i changed it around. So to comprimise i've reduced the pellets , increased the times i top up fresh hay( despite hay being out all day long) and feed occasional veg and herbs to supplement the diet. I don't overfeed veg as this does seem to upset there digestive systems and cause runny poos. Pellets have never upset my rabbits digestive systems in all the time i've had rabbits.
I have had problems with rabbits being off hay, never pellets.
Stasis i didn't really know about until i came to this forum and from what i've read it sounds quite serious. I know my rabbits have been off food for 12 hours-24 hours after neutering, but i wouldn't say they have really experienced a gi stasis episode. Although perhaps that period could be classed as stasis.
I really enjoyed reading other peoples views on this.
Ambience xx
Since being on the forum i've seen weight come off some of my buns when changing them to greens and a 10gram diet of pellets and problems imerged that were not there before(this may just have been co-incidence or i can put it down to the healing process- i.e the body releasing toxins because they are being fed more correctly), so i'd definately say it's important to treat each bunny as an individual having studied the effects of diet on my own buns. I now give my buns a handful of pellets- which works out about 30grams, and the majority hay. They seem to be doing well on this. I also veg minimally at the moment, which seems to be working well.
I never ever feed sugary commercial treats- i do feed the odd carrot- I do give adonia carrots every other day though and i have never had any problems with her, teeth wise, stasis wise- except that she has pasturella.
My other bunnys seemed to be happier overall on a high pellet, unlimited hay diet, than when i changed it around. So to comprimise i've reduced the pellets , increased the times i top up fresh hay( despite hay being out all day long) and feed occasional veg and herbs to supplement the diet. I don't overfeed veg as this does seem to upset there digestive systems and cause runny poos. Pellets have never upset my rabbits digestive systems in all the time i've had rabbits.
I have had problems with rabbits being off hay, never pellets.
Stasis i didn't really know about until i came to this forum and from what i've read it sounds quite serious. I know my rabbits have been off food for 12 hours-24 hours after neutering, but i wouldn't say they have really experienced a gi stasis episode. Although perhaps that period could be classed as stasis.
I really enjoyed reading other peoples views on this.
Ambience xx