youthnovels
Wise Old Thumper
... Sorry I know it's only my second post but I could really do with some help!
I got a new doubled maned lionhead bun, age 12weeks from a local breeder last Monday. I took time to discuss what the rabbits had been fed on etc etc. The breeder advised he'd been feeding them on traditional standard pet shop museli. Not what I really wanted to hear as my other bun is fed on pellets/lots of greens & hay.
However, I went to the local shop and got some museli, mixed it in with a tiny bit of the pellets I intend to feed him on eventually. Now to the problem, the new bun has a habbit of digging through the food and eating the tiniest bit of it. Literally just the seeds. Everything else just gets scattered across his cage.
I decided to get another type of museli, a Burgess one, this time I decided not to mix it in with the pellets. However, once again he's eaten literally nothing just thrown it around the cage. I've tried giving him greens, even the odd treat and it all gets sniffed at then left. He has eaten some timothy hay but I've noticed the colour of his poos is going a very light straw colour which worries me as well!
Other than him not eating though he's very lively and friendly. Stands up at the front of the cage to greet me and loves a cuddle. It's not like he's terrified? I'm so confused and REALLY don't know what to do!
Please help!
I got a new doubled maned lionhead bun, age 12weeks from a local breeder last Monday. I took time to discuss what the rabbits had been fed on etc etc. The breeder advised he'd been feeding them on traditional standard pet shop museli. Not what I really wanted to hear as my other bun is fed on pellets/lots of greens & hay.
However, I went to the local shop and got some museli, mixed it in with a tiny bit of the pellets I intend to feed him on eventually. Now to the problem, the new bun has a habbit of digging through the food and eating the tiniest bit of it. Literally just the seeds. Everything else just gets scattered across his cage.
I decided to get another type of museli, a Burgess one, this time I decided not to mix it in with the pellets. However, once again he's eaten literally nothing just thrown it around the cage. I've tried giving him greens, even the odd treat and it all gets sniffed at then left. He has eaten some timothy hay but I've noticed the colour of his poos is going a very light straw colour which worries me as well!
Other than him not eating though he's very lively and friendly. Stands up at the front of the cage to greet me and loves a cuddle. It's not like he's terrified? I'm so confused and REALLY don't know what to do!
Please help!
Means he is eating lots of hay/fibre
