Liquidtravel
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
About a week and a half ago I got my 6 month old flemish giant neutered. Prior to that he was very active and rarely wanted to stay in his habitat. I would always let him out at regular intervals and he would run around on the hard wood floor like a race car driver sliding around corners. He would always end up under my desk chair nibbling on my pant leg for some petting. Whenever I put him back in his habitat, if I left the room, he would think of very ingenious ways to escape and come after me.
Now however, after being neutered, he almost never leaves his habitat. He sleeps most of the day and eats a lot more. He seems healthy enough, at least I can't see any outward signs of illness but he doesn't seem to want to be active at all. When he does venture out, he slides on the floor. As I mentioned, this was not a problem in the past and he seemed to like the sliding. Now however, as soon as he starts to slide he runs back to his habitat. Now he never comes to my desk chair but I still do go to his cage all the time to pet him.
Something else I have noticed is that whenever I load up his hay box, he seems to pull everything exposed at the top of the box into his liter box and mix it around with his bedding. I see him often sitting in his liter box munching on the hay. Then, he will push the remaining hay deep into the hay box like a trash compactor to the point of not being able to reach it. I will then fill it up again and he does it all over again.
On average, I would say he is eating more pellets than hay but I can't be sure. I do also give him carrots on a daily basis and just recently found that I might be giving him too many carrots per day considering his age and just in general. I am not sure if too many carrots would make him lethargic or not.
For the most part of the last week and a half, he spends most of the day laying next to the open gate on his habitat (on the inside). I can hear him moving around inside but rarely does he come out unless I pick him up and physically move him to another area which I have don't only a couple of time which I can't tell if he likes or not. Just trying to get him some exercise.
all thoughts are welcome to help with my bunnies blues....
About a week and a half ago I got my 6 month old flemish giant neutered. Prior to that he was very active and rarely wanted to stay in his habitat. I would always let him out at regular intervals and he would run around on the hard wood floor like a race car driver sliding around corners. He would always end up under my desk chair nibbling on my pant leg for some petting. Whenever I put him back in his habitat, if I left the room, he would think of very ingenious ways to escape and come after me.
Now however, after being neutered, he almost never leaves his habitat. He sleeps most of the day and eats a lot more. He seems healthy enough, at least I can't see any outward signs of illness but he doesn't seem to want to be active at all. When he does venture out, he slides on the floor. As I mentioned, this was not a problem in the past and he seemed to like the sliding. Now however, as soon as he starts to slide he runs back to his habitat. Now he never comes to my desk chair but I still do go to his cage all the time to pet him.
Something else I have noticed is that whenever I load up his hay box, he seems to pull everything exposed at the top of the box into his liter box and mix it around with his bedding. I see him often sitting in his liter box munching on the hay. Then, he will push the remaining hay deep into the hay box like a trash compactor to the point of not being able to reach it. I will then fill it up again and he does it all over again.
On average, I would say he is eating more pellets than hay but I can't be sure. I do also give him carrots on a daily basis and just recently found that I might be giving him too many carrots per day considering his age and just in general. I am not sure if too many carrots would make him lethargic or not.
For the most part of the last week and a half, he spends most of the day laying next to the open gate on his habitat (on the inside). I can hear him moving around inside but rarely does he come out unless I pick him up and physically move him to another area which I have don't only a couple of time which I can't tell if he likes or not. Just trying to get him some exercise.
all thoughts are welcome to help with my bunnies blues....