bluedragon
Young Bun
I'm really not sure what to make of it, maybe it is just the weather?? Of our two boys JJ has always been the more skittish one (he's a brown regular longer rear leg/wildish looking type) the other is a white lop.
Now some background. Up until now since many months they've both been perfectly fine and active. Every morning they are usually in the playpen waiting for their morning pellets. This morning at 09:00 they weren't, in itself not entirely unusual as it's quite hot so they were in their hutch.
The playpen is permanently connected via tunnel to the hutch. It does have a see through roof and put sheeting around couple of the sides so there is some shade.
So I went up to give their pellet bowl and used my clicker as every morning to let them know. Bubs comes running out as usual and pawing/sniffing at the playpen sides but for some reason JJ didn't. Usually they both do. So I go check and he's totally lying out/flopped out in the litter tray (which is a large underbed storage thing). He's awake/eyes open and looking around etc. so I thought maybe just tired or hot? Or possibly full? As they were REALLY scoffing the hay down past few days.
Anyway he didn't come out to get his pellets but with a bit of coaxing and gentle push from behind he did come out, but didn't really eat many pellets and went back inside after a while.
I then went and pulled some fresh grass for them (from a patch of new grass sown some months ago) and try to feed that to him. Bubs comes in and starts eating from hand too, but JJ basically seemed to just try to push my hand/food away with the side of his nose! By now he's not flopped anymore and sitting like normal, ears up etc. no obvious sign of any problems.
He did eat but only by pushing it away with his nose and at same time grabbing some from like a sideways bite.
Then I tried to put the pellet bowl under his nose and he didn't want any of that! Just bit at the bowl edge a bit and tried to push it away as well. He has NEVER turned down pellets or grass before.
So I tried to give some to him by hand and he took them one by one.
At this point decide to let them both out in the garden and he gets out and starts to nibble here and there, roam around a bit and did a binky as well. Seemed to be "better" so after a while shepherded them both back into their playpen/hutch.
Now I went to check on them again some hours later and he's totally flopped out in the litter again (this time asleep though for a moment I got rather worried until he woke up quickly!), but this time took some of the grass I had in my hand (but only after I put it right under his nose)
So what's going on? Is it just because it's too hot and/or he's full?
When let out he seemed to be ok roaming around and nibbling etc. I'm just concerned this is first time ever he's not been waiting in the playpen in the morning and didn't come rushing to eat the pellets or all that interested either...
Here are some pics of him just now he moved around the litter tray I guess to get comfortable/flop around?
Now some background. Up until now since many months they've both been perfectly fine and active. Every morning they are usually in the playpen waiting for their morning pellets. This morning at 09:00 they weren't, in itself not entirely unusual as it's quite hot so they were in their hutch.
The playpen is permanently connected via tunnel to the hutch. It does have a see through roof and put sheeting around couple of the sides so there is some shade.
So I went up to give their pellet bowl and used my clicker as every morning to let them know. Bubs comes running out as usual and pawing/sniffing at the playpen sides but for some reason JJ didn't. Usually they both do. So I go check and he's totally lying out/flopped out in the litter tray (which is a large underbed storage thing). He's awake/eyes open and looking around etc. so I thought maybe just tired or hot? Or possibly full? As they were REALLY scoffing the hay down past few days.
Anyway he didn't come out to get his pellets but with a bit of coaxing and gentle push from behind he did come out, but didn't really eat many pellets and went back inside after a while.
I then went and pulled some fresh grass for them (from a patch of new grass sown some months ago) and try to feed that to him. Bubs comes in and starts eating from hand too, but JJ basically seemed to just try to push my hand/food away with the side of his nose! By now he's not flopped anymore and sitting like normal, ears up etc. no obvious sign of any problems.
He did eat but only by pushing it away with his nose and at same time grabbing some from like a sideways bite.
Then I tried to put the pellet bowl under his nose and he didn't want any of that! Just bit at the bowl edge a bit and tried to push it away as well. He has NEVER turned down pellets or grass before.
So I tried to give some to him by hand and he took them one by one.
At this point decide to let them both out in the garden and he gets out and starts to nibble here and there, roam around a bit and did a binky as well. Seemed to be "better" so after a while shepherded them both back into their playpen/hutch.
Now I went to check on them again some hours later and he's totally flopped out in the litter again (this time asleep though for a moment I got rather worried until he woke up quickly!), but this time took some of the grass I had in my hand (but only after I put it right under his nose)
So what's going on? Is it just because it's too hot and/or he's full?
When let out he seemed to be ok roaming around and nibbling etc. I'm just concerned this is first time ever he's not been waiting in the playpen in the morning and didn't come rushing to eat the pellets or all that interested either...
Here are some pics of him just now he moved around the litter tray I guess to get comfortable/flop around?
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