Jo93
Young Bun
I brought Twix home for the first time on Saturday and so he has only been with us for just over 2 days, but I'm already worried he isn't eating enough hay
Everything I read talks about how his diet should be 80% hay but he seems so disinterested in it! Having done my research before bringing the little guy home, I was planning on just feeding him hay, and then slowly introducing different vegetables/herbs to see what he likes and what is ok for his stomach. However, the store recommended that we buy and give him some pellets as those are all he's known for the first 9 weeks of his life, whilst living in the store. I was dubious at first, but agreed.
He now absolutely loves the pellets, but won't touch his hay! He will scoff down the small bowl of pellets but has only picked at the hay. It's just a standard bag of Timothy Hay from the pet store.
I think I will eventually reduce his pellets until he doesn't want them anymore, but I'm wondering about ideas of how to get him to eat more hay? Different types? Or putting it somewhere else?
Any suggestions would be really helpful! Thanks!
Everything I read talks about how his diet should be 80% hay but he seems so disinterested in it! Having done my research before bringing the little guy home, I was planning on just feeding him hay, and then slowly introducing different vegetables/herbs to see what he likes and what is ok for his stomach. However, the store recommended that we buy and give him some pellets as those are all he's known for the first 9 weeks of his life, whilst living in the store. I was dubious at first, but agreed.
He now absolutely loves the pellets, but won't touch his hay! He will scoff down the small bowl of pellets but has only picked at the hay. It's just a standard bag of Timothy Hay from the pet store.
I think I will eventually reduce his pellets until he doesn't want them anymore, but I'm wondering about ideas of how to get him to eat more hay? Different types? Or putting it somewhere else?
Any suggestions would be really helpful! Thanks!