Toffee pops
Alpha Buck
My house bun toffee wont eat hay,we have tried many ways to temp him from putting hay in cardboard boxes, hay racks and cutting his rabbit food right down, has anyone experianced the same as me or got any suggestions?.
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House bun wont eat hay
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cpayne
Warren Veteran
Have you tried the samples ones from hay for pets to see what type of hay he likes. Doughnut loves the timothy hay, no interest in the other two. The excel herbage is quite a tempting hay too.
what about putting a few bits of grated carrot in it, so that once he eats a bit of carrot he may also have a bit of hay and that may get his interest.
What ones have you tried so far?
what about putting a few bits of grated carrot in it, so that once he eats a bit of carrot he may also have a bit of hay and that may get his interest.
What ones have you tried so far?
cpayne
Warren Veteran
That's interesting, doughnut loves the yellow stalky bits! Every bun has different tastes. It's just finding what they like.
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Alpha Buck
Yes his teeth are fine i think its all the boxes he eats,but that cant be good for him.
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Alpha Buck
Hes tried the meadow hay not intersted and the same with pets at home hay and a bale that i get so im totally lost, but will try some samples that u said and the carrots thing thx.
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Alpha Buck
Ok thankyou will do.
cpayne
Warren Veteran
Doughnut doesn't really like meadow hay, she likes the stalky stuff so timothy hay is her choice. I put all three samples down from hay 4 pets and she just went mad for the timothy and rye. No interest in ings or meadow but i know a lot of bunnies on her love the ings.
What type of hay did you get from pets at home?
What type of hay did you get from pets at home?
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Alpha Buck
Im not sure hun, thx for your advice i will get some samples and go from there.
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Alpha Buck
He has a handful a day which is way to much,and cabbage or sprouts as a treat most days.
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Alpha Buck
Ok thx.
I would advise very gradually cutting down his pellets until he is having an eggcupful a day. That way he should be hungry and will encourage more hay eating. Leafy green veg are good!
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Alpha Buck
Ok thx.
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Alpha Buck
No, hes just allways been fussy about hay we thought we had cracked it then his girlfriend started poohing an peeing in the hay box so i bought a rack but hes not interested and if i put a box back bella will go back to poohing init as shes very teritorial lol.
Peterbunny
Mama Doe
I'd also suggest getting a sample pack from Hay for pets :thumb: Peter wasn't a big hay eater, initially I bought him P@H timothy hay, then I went onto burgess yet he still wasn't keen and a lot was getting wasted. I then tried a sample pack and he loved them all! I now get a large bag (believe its tim and rye??) and it lasted ages! I was worried that it was an expensive way of buying hay but its worked out far cheaper and he spends all day munching on it!
