Ambrer
Young Bun
Hi there, guys! I just wanted some advice on my rabbit, Chappy.
She just turned one this week and last Tuesday (16th August) She had her annual booster vaccinations. While having her vaccinations done, it turns out my poor girl is pretty overweight - she needs to loose a few hundred grams, that's for sure! (Been spoiling her, whoopsie!) So the vet recommended that she should be eating excel overweight bunny nuggets. I wanted to swap her to this brand of nugget anyway; so this is a good starting point! The vaccines were for both myxomatosis and RVHD.
I started to mix in her new nuggets (40g of the Pets At Home variety, 5g of the new nuggets) to her diet; and she was eating well for the first couple of days. Then, on the Thursday (18th) she suddenly went off her food - I did some research and apparently the vaccine can put them off their food for the first couple of days. She hasn't touched any nuggets since Thursday. Despite her being a little off her food; she was mostly herself - she got a little quiet for a day or so but now she's back to being her usual self!
I've been very closely monitoring her weight over the weekend - she's been holding steady. Over the weekend I managed to get her to have some veggies (pepper, cucumber and celery; she's a very...picky eater) as well as some hay. Hay was VERY surprising as for as long as I've had Chappy, she's NEVER touched hay or grass, she's been like that ever since the day I've brought her home. I had the vet check her teeth while doing the vaccine last week just in case, and her teeth are luckily absolutely fine. I've been making sure she's had plenty of chew sticks (main reason why she's a little...plump.) and chew toys to make sure her teeth stay a good length. Safe to say the vets had never heard of a rabbit who wouldn't eat hay; and I've tried several types of hay! I was going to try timothy hay next but I need to get her weight down first. She's just on plain meadow hay at the moment. It's a nice sight to see her nearly clearing the entire hay rack though; and experimenting the best way to eat hay!
I just wanted to ask if this was normal; and if so, when should she be perking back up? I'm a little worried about her since she usually downs the nuggets first; its very rare that she fails to clear the bowl! I was going to take her back to the vets if she hasn't improved by tomorrow evening. I've been watching her poo output very closely too to make sure that there was nothing wrong and all that is completely normal! Just a little worried as obviously it's the first time she's had the vaccine (the booster, anyway - she was absolutely fine when she had them last year!) so any advice would be welcomed!
She just turned one this week and last Tuesday (16th August) She had her annual booster vaccinations. While having her vaccinations done, it turns out my poor girl is pretty overweight - she needs to loose a few hundred grams, that's for sure! (Been spoiling her, whoopsie!) So the vet recommended that she should be eating excel overweight bunny nuggets. I wanted to swap her to this brand of nugget anyway; so this is a good starting point! The vaccines were for both myxomatosis and RVHD.
I started to mix in her new nuggets (40g of the Pets At Home variety, 5g of the new nuggets) to her diet; and she was eating well for the first couple of days. Then, on the Thursday (18th) she suddenly went off her food - I did some research and apparently the vaccine can put them off their food for the first couple of days. She hasn't touched any nuggets since Thursday. Despite her being a little off her food; she was mostly herself - she got a little quiet for a day or so but now she's back to being her usual self!
I've been very closely monitoring her weight over the weekend - she's been holding steady. Over the weekend I managed to get her to have some veggies (pepper, cucumber and celery; she's a very...picky eater) as well as some hay. Hay was VERY surprising as for as long as I've had Chappy, she's NEVER touched hay or grass, she's been like that ever since the day I've brought her home. I had the vet check her teeth while doing the vaccine last week just in case, and her teeth are luckily absolutely fine. I've been making sure she's had plenty of chew sticks (main reason why she's a little...plump.) and chew toys to make sure her teeth stay a good length. Safe to say the vets had never heard of a rabbit who wouldn't eat hay; and I've tried several types of hay! I was going to try timothy hay next but I need to get her weight down first. She's just on plain meadow hay at the moment. It's a nice sight to see her nearly clearing the entire hay rack though; and experimenting the best way to eat hay!
I just wanted to ask if this was normal; and if so, when should she be perking back up? I'm a little worried about her since she usually downs the nuggets first; its very rare that she fails to clear the bowl! I was going to take her back to the vets if she hasn't improved by tomorrow evening. I've been watching her poo output very closely too to make sure that there was nothing wrong and all that is completely normal! Just a little worried as obviously it's the first time she's had the vaccine (the booster, anyway - she was absolutely fine when she had them last year!) so any advice would be welcomed!