Ever since I started limiting Schnuffel's pellet intake (after the episode where he was producing cecal after cecal and I rushed him to the vet), he is always hungry.
He's always begging for pellets (I offer them to him a few times a day in very small quantities and I offer them as treats). I feel bad because I read that young bunnies should be fed unlimited pellets (he's only 3 moths old). At the same time, I worry about him having digestive issues.
He goes so crazy over the pellets that the first few bites, he actually makes this funny growling kind of noise. And once, he almost jumped out of his pen when I was fetching the pellets (the bag makes a crinkly sound and he knows when I'm about to feed him). If I have the pellets in my hand he will follow me around the room everywhere.
Am I starving him?
He does have access to unlimited hay at all times but although I've had him for almost a month now, I feel that he hasn't really grown much.
He is very active (particularly in the evening and late at night), binkies and races up and down the room a lot. He seems happy but I want to know that I'm doing the right thing.
EDIT: I feed him Beaphar Care+ pellets for Junior Rabbits. I am not really spoiled for choice here in terms of pellets. He also has a muesli mix by Vitakraft which he was fed at the pet store and I mix the two together. Both these appear the be the best ones I can find around so it'll be hard for me to get my hands on another type unless I order it online from another country (which will be very pricey).
He's always begging for pellets (I offer them to him a few times a day in very small quantities and I offer them as treats). I feel bad because I read that young bunnies should be fed unlimited pellets (he's only 3 moths old). At the same time, I worry about him having digestive issues.
He goes so crazy over the pellets that the first few bites, he actually makes this funny growling kind of noise. And once, he almost jumped out of his pen when I was fetching the pellets (the bag makes a crinkly sound and he knows when I'm about to feed him). If I have the pellets in my hand he will follow me around the room everywhere.
Am I starving him?
He does have access to unlimited hay at all times but although I've had him for almost a month now, I feel that he hasn't really grown much.
He is very active (particularly in the evening and late at night), binkies and races up and down the room a lot. He seems happy but I want to know that I'm doing the right thing.
EDIT: I feed him Beaphar Care+ pellets for Junior Rabbits. I am not really spoiled for choice here in terms of pellets. He also has a muesli mix by Vitakraft which he was fed at the pet store and I mix the two together. Both these appear the be the best ones I can find around so it'll be hard for me to get my hands on another type unless I order it online from another country (which will be very pricey).
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