Not sure where to start really. My neighbour - and friend - has a beautiful male rabbit (possibly a Harlequin though am probably totally wrong) he's lop eared anyway and a lovely colour. The problem is his general condition. We're looking after him for the next week as she's on holiday and I've seem him before but it's only upon closer inspection that I've realised he, in my humble opinion, is in quite poor condition. His poos are miniscule - not too much bigger than pudding rice - other than the odd daily one which, to put it bluntly, must have hurt on the way out :shock:; I think it's a totally squashed together caecotroph (that is not spelled correctly for which I am sorry 
) but he doesn't eat it. He barely eats hay but does eat muesli though is a picky eater. He will eat cabbage. His fur seems quite fine but maybe that's the breed, but there's like dandruff in it which indicates his skin isn't the best. He's a lonely bunny so we gave him 2 cuddly toys today. He's not been neutered, never had any jabs and is not insured. I think it's his teeth. He is so thin that when you stroke him you can feel all his bones. He is active; he will run around the garden (never seen him eat grass but neighbour says he does) and he loves playing with footballs (thinks they're a lady bunny ... ) I think he may have a gut problem so am having to resist feeding him anything that might upset him further (can't afford a vet's bill for a rabbit that's not even mine!) as I gave him some readigrass the other day which he ate - but the next day he had runny poo :shock: so that went in the bin. I'd only given him a pinch of it as well.
Any ideas what I can give him to eat other than his muesli? He likes the green flat things (peas?) as he sorts them out first. I can't afford to upset his stomach though.
He's such a gorgeous, cute little rabbit it makes me quite upset - I had a disturbed night last night thinking about him, poor thing. My neighbour isn't being mean with him; she simply didn't do any research before getting him The upside is that he used to live outdoors but she's brought him indoors now, so he's a bit cosier at least. To be blunt, I don't think he would have survived the winter/cold as he's evidently not quite well.
*sighs* not much I can do I guess. I've told her about insurance and getting him to the vet and she said she will as I also told her about the rabbit awareness week in May and our local vet is taking part for free rabbit health checks. She's had him over a year so I guess another month won't make much difference - I just hope that once she's told what treatment he needs, she takes action.
Anyway, thanks for reading; just needed to get it off my chest as my husband's sick of me going on :lol:
) but he doesn't eat it. He barely eats hay but does eat muesli though is a picky eater. He will eat cabbage. His fur seems quite fine but maybe that's the breed, but there's like dandruff in it which indicates his skin isn't the best. He's a lonely bunny so we gave him 2 cuddly toys today. He's not been neutered, never had any jabs and is not insured. I think it's his teeth. He is so thin that when you stroke him you can feel all his bones. He is active; he will run around the garden (never seen him eat grass but neighbour says he does) and he loves playing with footballs (thinks they're a lady bunny ... ) I think he may have a gut problem so am having to resist feeding him anything that might upset him further (can't afford a vet's bill for a rabbit that's not even mine!) as I gave him some readigrass the other day which he ate - but the next day he had runny poo :shock: so that went in the bin. I'd only given him a pinch of it as well.Any ideas what I can give him to eat other than his muesli? He likes the green flat things (peas?) as he sorts them out first. I can't afford to upset his stomach though.
He's such a gorgeous, cute little rabbit it makes me quite upset - I had a disturbed night last night thinking about him, poor thing. My neighbour isn't being mean with him; she simply didn't do any research before getting him
The upside is that he used to live outdoors but she's brought him indoors now, so he's a bit cosier at least. To be blunt, I don't think he would have survived the winter/cold as he's evidently not quite well.*sighs* not much I can do I guess. I've told her about insurance and getting him to the vet and she said she will as I also told her about the rabbit awareness week in May and our local vet is taking part for free rabbit health checks. She's had him over a year so I guess another month won't make much difference - I just hope that once she's told what treatment he needs, she takes action.
Anyway, thanks for reading; just needed to get it off my chest as my husband's sick of me going on :lol:
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