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While I was away for two weeks, my parents bought my rabbit some Wild Harvest pellets with a bunch of junk in them and low fiber content. I ended up getting him Oxbow Adult pellets, but he doesn't seem to like it. I've tried mixing in the old pellets with the Oxbow and he avoids it.

Now, he was just at the vet and they said he was overweight (my parents overfeed him), so I'm not that concerned about his lack of pellet eating. I just got him Small Pet Select's hay and he loves it, which is a pleasant turn out since he's always been a picky hay eater. I'm just wondering how I should supplement his diet since he's not eating the pellets? Should I try to encourage him to eat them, or should I provide more veggies? He currently gets romaine lettuce, a bit of kale, and sometimes parsley or dill. I'm going to look for some mixes so he gets more variety.
 
Pellets aren't necessary for rabbits diet. Some people don't feed their rabbit pellets as I know a phew friends that don't. If you decide to go off of pellets I recommend giving your rabbit extra hay veggies and every once and a while treats. Well I hoped this helped. If you want your rabbit to still eat some pellets maybe try a different brand. Hope this helps!!!!
 
In my opinion the best thing to do with any selective diet like that is to seek out vet advice to ensure you're substituting all the necessary nutrients. I think of it as on the same level as a person going on a diet, or becoming vegetarian etc. So if you do cut out pellets, yes you will need to increase the leafy greens, but you also need to make sure that you're feeding a very good variety of them.
 
Interesting that you are concerned that lack of pellet eating would be resulting in obesity, when it is usually the opposite. Pellets are very potent bundles of calories, and the eating of them, particularly if unlimited, is the most common cause of obesity in pet rabbits. Diets of just grass hays and leafy greens are recommended for all rabbits, but particularly those that are overweight.
 

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