Tiggertime
Young Bun
Me little Tigger is approaching 2, and is at times what you might call a fussy eater.
He was a rescue bunny and we've had him since he was about 3/4 months, no specific breed as we think he's a bit of mix. He's been on Burgess Junior dry pellets as he was tiny when we first brought him home and they thought he was going to be a pocket bunny, but I think his growth has exceeded expectations. Health wise, touch wood, we think he's fine. His weight's good, and his teeth were fine on a very recent tummy related trip to the vets. His diet includes kale, cavolo nero, spring greens, herbs, and fruit/fenugreek crunchies/niblots as treats. He also has the full lawn to go at. Along with this he's given plenty of hay and we've tried them all.
And it's hay we think that is the issue - we just can't get enough of it into him. Plenty in his bed, where he sits, in toys, in hangers etc and we just don't know what to do.
This brings us to his poos - too often they're very small, or elongated, or strung together or a mix of the above, and we're worried he's becoming prone to blockages.
We've finally introduced a friend in the past two weeks which he seems quite excited about and dates have been going well. Her poos and hay intake is superb. His - much of the same. In fact on the first weekend he had a blockage and we had to take him to the the vet where he was given a painkilling injection and prescribed Metoclopramide. He picked up fairly quickly and is eating plenty, but his poos still aren't great. Then this morning I was worried a poor tummy again as he wasn't quite himself. He eventually pooed - small, one elongated, two stuck together - so perhaps a slight blockage again.
Sophia being a slightly bigger bunny is on Burgess adult - would a move to the adult food perhaps help Tigs? Do we lower his wet food intake? Reduce his dry food? Given he can be fussy we're worried he doesn't eat enough so we're wary of giving him any less than he's on.
Apologies for the long post I just wanted to give a picture of everything we've tried for him so far and appreciate any advice.
EDIT: Forgot to mention he is molting quite a bit at present so is getting two brushes a day from his Mam.
He was a rescue bunny and we've had him since he was about 3/4 months, no specific breed as we think he's a bit of mix. He's been on Burgess Junior dry pellets as he was tiny when we first brought him home and they thought he was going to be a pocket bunny, but I think his growth has exceeded expectations. Health wise, touch wood, we think he's fine. His weight's good, and his teeth were fine on a very recent tummy related trip to the vets. His diet includes kale, cavolo nero, spring greens, herbs, and fruit/fenugreek crunchies/niblots as treats. He also has the full lawn to go at. Along with this he's given plenty of hay and we've tried them all.
And it's hay we think that is the issue - we just can't get enough of it into him. Plenty in his bed, where he sits, in toys, in hangers etc and we just don't know what to do.
This brings us to his poos - too often they're very small, or elongated, or strung together or a mix of the above, and we're worried he's becoming prone to blockages.
We've finally introduced a friend in the past two weeks which he seems quite excited about and dates have been going well. Her poos and hay intake is superb. His - much of the same. In fact on the first weekend he had a blockage and we had to take him to the the vet where he was given a painkilling injection and prescribed Metoclopramide. He picked up fairly quickly and is eating plenty, but his poos still aren't great. Then this morning I was worried a poor tummy again as he wasn't quite himself. He eventually pooed - small, one elongated, two stuck together - so perhaps a slight blockage again.
Sophia being a slightly bigger bunny is on Burgess adult - would a move to the adult food perhaps help Tigs? Do we lower his wet food intake? Reduce his dry food? Given he can be fussy we're worried he doesn't eat enough so we're wary of giving him any less than he's on.
Apologies for the long post I just wanted to give a picture of everything we've tried for him so far and appreciate any advice.
EDIT: Forgot to mention he is molting quite a bit at present so is getting two brushes a day from his Mam.
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