Fellie
Warren Veteran
Hi :thumb:
Harley is now on SS - just a small handful (and I've got little hands) each morning with forage, and there seems to be alot less cecals on the hutch floor now so assuming she is eating them like she should.
But she doesn't seem to eat any hay - or very little. I've tried her on 3 types so far - from horribly expensive American 3 tie to the cheap straw I use for their litter boxes - and she just is not interested.
I put foragy bits in her hay to try and encourage her - doesn't work. I plonked her into the big container last night where we store the hay (a large shallow storage box that she could jump out of easily) - not interested. I've cut up her hay and mixed it with her morning pellets - she just ignores it and eats the pellets.
Am getting quite worried now as I don't want her to get teeth problems and her poops are small and dark - plenty of them but they just don't look that healthy.
She is starving when we get home in the evening - I give her a bit more forage then as well. But as hungry as she obviously is - she just won't eat hay. She's of a healthy weight I think - can't feel any ribs and she is certainly solid enough when I pick her up but just don't like her being hungry and not being able to help.
Any ideas of what else I can try?
Harley is now on SS - just a small handful (and I've got little hands) each morning with forage, and there seems to be alot less cecals on the hutch floor now so assuming she is eating them like she should.
But she doesn't seem to eat any hay - or very little. I've tried her on 3 types so far - from horribly expensive American 3 tie to the cheap straw I use for their litter boxes - and she just is not interested.
I put foragy bits in her hay to try and encourage her - doesn't work. I plonked her into the big container last night where we store the hay (a large shallow storage box that she could jump out of easily) - not interested. I've cut up her hay and mixed it with her morning pellets - she just ignores it and eats the pellets.
Am getting quite worried now as I don't want her to get teeth problems and her poops are small and dark - plenty of them but they just don't look that healthy.
She is starving when we get home in the evening - I give her a bit more forage then as well. But as hungry as she obviously is - she just won't eat hay. She's of a healthy weight I think - can't feel any ribs and she is certainly solid enough when I pick her up but just don't like her being hungry and not being able to help.
Any ideas of what else I can try?
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