wishingstar
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I'm not 100% sure why it hasn't concerned me until now, but Astro's urine seems to be a dark orange color, and I'm not sure at all if that's normal. I started noticing the color when I made him a bedroom in my closet -- it's a wide, open closet with no door -- and he started peeing everywhere in the room but where he used to pee, on the bedding inside his cage. He's now peeing mostly in his toilet, and every day when I clean it, the newspapers are soaked that dark orange. A friend of mine, who has an adorable Holland Lop, told me that it's normal for their urine to take on the color of the wooden blocks you can buy them as chew toys, but I've never seen Astro bother with them. Excluding my stuffed animals, he doesn't seem to care at all about any of his toys. Should I be concerned that his urine is this color?
He doesn't seem to be acting strangely. However, as he hasn't been living with me for more than a week and a half, there's still a lot left for me to learn about his personality, and about what's "normal" for him. He eats A LOT of hay, and I try to feed him no more than 1/4 cup of pellets day, even though he can be quite persuasive when he takes to begging. 😅 As for veggies, I feed him maybe a cup or so altogether a day. His favorites so far seem to be carrots, kale, and lettuce, but I only give him the carrots and the kale every once in awhile, as I read that they can be detrimental to his health if he's given them regularly. I'm trying to encourage him to give the spinach another try, but he doesn't seem to like it at all, and refuses to eat it. He doesn't drink nearly as much water as my friend's Lop, but he does drink it, and I change it out at least three times a day. Is this a good diet for a rabbit?
He doesn't seem to be acting strangely. However, as he hasn't been living with me for more than a week and a half, there's still a lot left for me to learn about his personality, and about what's "normal" for him. He eats A LOT of hay, and I try to feed him no more than 1/4 cup of pellets day, even though he can be quite persuasive when he takes to begging. 😅 As for veggies, I feed him maybe a cup or so altogether a day. His favorites so far seem to be carrots, kale, and lettuce, but I only give him the carrots and the kale every once in awhile, as I read that they can be detrimental to his health if he's given them regularly. I'm trying to encourage him to give the spinach another try, but he doesn't seem to like it at all, and refuses to eat it. He doesn't drink nearly as much water as my friend's Lop, but he does drink it, and I change it out at least three times a day. Is this a good diet for a rabbit?