Doesn't eat Hay

[bigwigbunny]

My bunny will not eat hay, I think the cats eat more of his hay then he does :shock:

I have horses so I have access to all the free hay he can eat. I've tried grass hay and alfafa mix hay, I've also got timothy hay from the petstore (you guys have like a %1000 percent markup on hay!). He will eat haycubes occasionally.

He's eating purina rabbit chow right now. I've had him about 6 months and he seems fine healthwise.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

keep it available. When our fat little rabbits wouldn't eat any hay, we cut way back on the pellets and that seemed to stimulate their interest in eating hay.

 

[tamsin]

Hay eating is really important. I'm guessing if you have horses you know how teeth can overgrow - rabbits are the same.

Cutting back dry food and trying fresh grass might help.

 

[slavetoabunny]

You may want to have his teeth checked. We had a bunny that could not eat have because of dental problems. Our vet had us feed him a Critical Care mush to get his fiber.

 

[golfdiva]

Hershey won't eat hay either, but he LOVES fresh greens! So I feed him a ton of greens along with a little bit of pellets. The vet said this is ok!