Neelix
New Member
Hey!
2 weeks back, i adopted a baby bunny, 5 months old, who lived with someone who cared for him really bad. He lived in a small cage (40 cm by 40 cm), it was extremely hot in his cage, ate really bad food, never had veggies, barely enough hay, no toys, couldn't sleep like a normal bunny (All flattened on the ground) and could only sit straight up, he couldn't even lay down.
I have him in a cage wich is 2 by 2 meters, on really good (and expensive
)
food, gets lots of veggies (after he got used to eating it, wouldnt want him to get sick), lots and lots of toys (so many he doesnt have enough time to play with them all) as much hay as he can eat and always fresh water. With this weather he also has an Ice Pod, water to put his feet in to cool down, and a frozen water bottle wrapped in a sock. '
All of that is fine, but here is the problem:
He is too happy to eat!
I give him tomato, he makes binkys, i give him cucumber, he makes binkys, i give him herbs, he makes binkys, i give him food, he makes binkys, i give him hay, he makes binkys and this goes on and on.
Every time i give him something, he gets so exited he doesn't have time to eat at all! All he does is make binkys, and sleeping all stretched out on the floor. He is just so happy he doesn't have time to eat.
He uses every square inch of his living space to run around, jump and play
I really love him, he is just a happy baby bunny because he never had the place to play or jump, but i don't want him to get sick from all the jumping with this heat (i live in Holland) and from the 'bad' eating
Is there anything i can do to motivate him to eat? Or should i just wait till he calms down a little and starts eating like my other bunny's?
2 weeks back, i adopted a baby bunny, 5 months old, who lived with someone who cared for him really bad. He lived in a small cage (40 cm by 40 cm), it was extremely hot in his cage, ate really bad food, never had veggies, barely enough hay, no toys, couldn't sleep like a normal bunny (All flattened on the ground) and could only sit straight up, he couldn't even lay down.
I have him in a cage wich is 2 by 2 meters, on really good (and expensive
)food, gets lots of veggies (after he got used to eating it, wouldnt want him to get sick), lots and lots of toys (so many he doesnt have enough time to play with them all) as much hay as he can eat and always fresh water. With this weather he also has an Ice Pod, water to put his feet in to cool down, and a frozen water bottle wrapped in a sock. '
All of that is fine, but here is the problem:
He is too happy to eat!
I give him tomato, he makes binkys, i give him cucumber, he makes binkys, i give him herbs, he makes binkys, i give him food, he makes binkys, i give him hay, he makes binkys and this goes on and on.
Every time i give him something, he gets so exited he doesn't have time to eat at all! All he does is make binkys, and sleeping all stretched out on the floor. He is just so happy he doesn't have time to eat.
He uses every square inch of his living space to run around, jump and play
I really love him, he is just a happy baby bunny because he never had the place to play or jump, but i don't want him to get sick from all the jumping with this heat (i live in Holland) and from the 'bad' eating
Is there anything i can do to motivate him to eat? Or should i just wait till he calms down a little and starts eating like my other bunny's?
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