Orchid
Well-Known Member
I'm bound to be a nervous nancy about things so please forgive me now.
So Sloane didn't eat some of her cecals last night.
To refresh my memory on things I have been going over the boards and posts and rereading things. I just checked out this one:
http://www.rabbitsonline.net/f27/bunny-not-eating-cecotropes-65493/
As to eating and how much and what...
When I asked what she was eating and for some of it to switch over etc I was told it was just a general whatever pellet.
We brought her home Wednesday afternoon.
She is about 8 weeks oldish..
So I went and bought her Oxbow Bunny Basics Young Rabbit Food with Alfalfa.
I figured because she was so very tiny I would just start with a 1/4 cup. By the morning that bowl is empty.
So I refill it and by every morning so far that is how that goes. Nibbles at it throughout the day.
Every day we put out different Oxbow hays in different locations.
Botanical, Oat, Alfalfa, & Timothy. She has nibbled and munched pretty much all of them. Oat one day better than another, than Alfalfa etc.
She seems to drink well.
She has this willow basket with hay in it and it seem her choice place to go to pee. So I know she is peeing.
I was giving her some pieces of romaine. I didn't today because she didn't eat her cecals last night and if there is tummy trouble I don't want to cause more issues.
I did give her a small bit of carrot after trimming her baby dagger nails last night.
All day today she seems fine.
She has run and played, binkys and such. I have seen her drink and eat her pellets. She has gone to her basket and nibbled at the hays over that way.
So while I am not too too worried, I just thought I would ask the super experienced of you awesome bunny lovers and see what you think.
You know...
Is a 1/4 cup okay for now? Is it too much, too little?
Would it keep her from eating more of her hay...kind of thing?
Should I not worry about those cecals too much for now?
I ordered Sweet Meadow hay for her. I think it will be better, fresher hay than what I am finding around me at the moment.
I can't tell you how much she weighs. I don't have a scale in my house.
I'm not good with guessing either. I could tell you 2 lbs and be so off. She is really little though.
She does have a vet appointment set for the 5th...Unless of course something horrible happens and we would go sooner...
Thanks in advance
So Sloane didn't eat some of her cecals last night.
To refresh my memory on things I have been going over the boards and posts and rereading things. I just checked out this one:
http://www.rabbitsonline.net/f27/bunny-not-eating-cecotropes-65493/
As to eating and how much and what...
When I asked what she was eating and for some of it to switch over etc I was told it was just a general whatever pellet.
We brought her home Wednesday afternoon.
She is about 8 weeks oldish..
So I went and bought her Oxbow Bunny Basics Young Rabbit Food with Alfalfa.
I figured because she was so very tiny I would just start with a 1/4 cup. By the morning that bowl is empty.
So I refill it and by every morning so far that is how that goes. Nibbles at it throughout the day.
Every day we put out different Oxbow hays in different locations.
Botanical, Oat, Alfalfa, & Timothy. She has nibbled and munched pretty much all of them. Oat one day better than another, than Alfalfa etc.
She seems to drink well.
She has this willow basket with hay in it and it seem her choice place to go to pee. So I know she is peeing.
I was giving her some pieces of romaine. I didn't today because she didn't eat her cecals last night and if there is tummy trouble I don't want to cause more issues.
I did give her a small bit of carrot after trimming her baby dagger nails last night.
All day today she seems fine.
She has run and played, binkys and such. I have seen her drink and eat her pellets. She has gone to her basket and nibbled at the hays over that way.
So while I am not too too worried, I just thought I would ask the super experienced of you awesome bunny lovers and see what you think.
You know...
Is a 1/4 cup okay for now? Is it too much, too little?
Would it keep her from eating more of her hay...kind of thing?
Should I not worry about those cecals too much for now?
I ordered Sweet Meadow hay for her. I think it will be better, fresher hay than what I am finding around me at the moment.
I can't tell you how much she weighs. I don't have a scale in my house.
I'm not good with guessing either. I could tell you 2 lbs and be so off. She is really little though.
She does have a vet appointment set for the 5th...Unless of course something horrible happens and we would go sooner...
Thanks in advance