kirbyultra
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone,
My Kirby has slowly stopped touching his veggies over the last few days. He was eating fine before that. He got 2 plates of veggies daily, 1/8 cup of pellets twicea day and a lot of hay daily. He used to jump for joy when it was veggie time and he'd dive at the pellets... but now he only eats a few mouthfuls of pellets and leaves the rest for later. He'll only eat a few pieces of lettuce and leave the plate for later. At first he'd finish his veggies eventually before the next feeding but now he just totally leaves them there untouched (except for the pieces of parsley which he picks out and munches on). He doesn't like to drink water much so I feed him 1 tablespoon of canned pumpkin daily also for some moisture.
The only significant change I can think of is his hay. I started to feed him a new box of Oxbow timothy and he loves it. It's greener and softer than his old hay which was starting to really turn yellow. He dives into it and finishes the usual amount in a fraction of the time. I replace his hay ball with more twice a day to keep up and I had to add another basket rack to hold additional hay so he would eat more.
I know rabbits should eat a lot of hay, but this much? And he's eating so much of it that the fresh greens stopped looking yummy? It's so odd because he used to eat his veggies and pellets like crack!
I looked in his litter box and everything looks good except for a few poops that looked like a string of poop pearls. There were a few like that and the string was 2 to 3 poops long. Looked like fur :nerves1I guess it's a good thing he's eating all that hay, huh?
Do you think it's ok that he's eating a lot less fresh greens now that he's become a hay loving little monster? Do I need to be worried about anything else, you think?
My Kirby has slowly stopped touching his veggies over the last few days. He was eating fine before that. He got 2 plates of veggies daily, 1/8 cup of pellets twicea day and a lot of hay daily. He used to jump for joy when it was veggie time and he'd dive at the pellets... but now he only eats a few mouthfuls of pellets and leaves the rest for later. He'll only eat a few pieces of lettuce and leave the plate for later. At first he'd finish his veggies eventually before the next feeding but now he just totally leaves them there untouched (except for the pieces of parsley which he picks out and munches on). He doesn't like to drink water much so I feed him 1 tablespoon of canned pumpkin daily also for some moisture.
The only significant change I can think of is his hay. I started to feed him a new box of Oxbow timothy and he loves it. It's greener and softer than his old hay which was starting to really turn yellow. He dives into it and finishes the usual amount in a fraction of the time. I replace his hay ball with more twice a day to keep up and I had to add another basket rack to hold additional hay so he would eat more.
I know rabbits should eat a lot of hay, but this much? And he's eating so much of it that the fresh greens stopped looking yummy? It's so odd because he used to eat his veggies and pellets like crack!
I looked in his litter box and everything looks good except for a few poops that looked like a string of poop pearls. There were a few like that and the string was 2 to 3 poops long. Looked like fur :nerves1I guess it's a good thing he's eating all that hay, huh?
Do you think it's ok that he's eating a lot less fresh greens now that he's become a hay loving little monster? Do I need to be worried about anything else, you think?