Whit1838
Member
Good morning, I'm new to the forums and am a first time rabbit mom.
My boyfriend brought home a 4 year old dwarf netherland rabbit named Zeus about three weeks ago and I've become his primary care giver. I don't mind- I love this little guy and we're slowly becoming buddies.
He came to us with a diet mainly compromised of alfalfa pellets, yogurt treats, oats, and Timothy hay. I googled like a fiend and discovered most of those foods are not good for him. I slowly removed the oats and yogurt drops (as of now he doesn't get any) and replaced them with veggies but this bun is set in his ways and won't try most of his new vegetables. He picks them up, drops them out of his food tray, and goes for the pellets. As of two days ago I've removed the pellets completely due to loose/runny cecotropes.
I've ordered oat hay and orchard hay which will be here in a couple of days but he seems so hungry I feel terrible. I don't see him eating much timothy hay. Can I keep offering romaine lettuce that he isn't used to while he's having loose cecotropes?
He has an appointment with the vet later this week for a check up but I don't want him to starve until then.
Any advice would be awesome!
(Sorry for the novel)
My boyfriend brought home a 4 year old dwarf netherland rabbit named Zeus about three weeks ago and I've become his primary care giver. I don't mind- I love this little guy and we're slowly becoming buddies.
He came to us with a diet mainly compromised of alfalfa pellets, yogurt treats, oats, and Timothy hay. I googled like a fiend and discovered most of those foods are not good for him. I slowly removed the oats and yogurt drops (as of now he doesn't get any) and replaced them with veggies but this bun is set in his ways and won't try most of his new vegetables. He picks them up, drops them out of his food tray, and goes for the pellets. As of two days ago I've removed the pellets completely due to loose/runny cecotropes.
I've ordered oat hay and orchard hay which will be here in a couple of days but he seems so hungry I feel terrible. I don't see him eating much timothy hay. Can I keep offering romaine lettuce that he isn't used to while he's having loose cecotropes?
He has an appointment with the vet later this week for a check up but I don't want him to starve until then.
Any advice would be awesome!
(Sorry for the novel)