lyndym
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone!
I brought home a new bun a couple of weeks ago, and she has been quite picky with her hay. I am highly allergic to timothy so we use orchard grass, but I believe the shelter had been feeding her timothy. I broke down and got some timothy, and even after all my suffering while I mix both hays together in her box, she still doesn't eat much of it. She'll pick through it and bite several strands in half before she considers actually chewing any of it. She's very good about eating greens and pellets, though I've only been occasionally giving pellets since her poops have become a little small. I am getting a little worried though since almost exactly a year ago I had another bun succumb to stasis complications. Is there anything I can do to get her to eat more hay? I know she is still getting used to her new home and her new neighboring husbun, but I feel like it is high time her instincts for fiber kicked in and she dug into her hay!
I brought home a new bun a couple of weeks ago, and she has been quite picky with her hay. I am highly allergic to timothy so we use orchard grass, but I believe the shelter had been feeding her timothy. I broke down and got some timothy, and even after all my suffering while I mix both hays together in her box, she still doesn't eat much of it. She'll pick through it and bite several strands in half before she considers actually chewing any of it. She's very good about eating greens and pellets, though I've only been occasionally giving pellets since her poops have become a little small. I am getting a little worried though since almost exactly a year ago I had another bun succumb to stasis complications. Is there anything I can do to get her to eat more hay? I know she is still getting used to her new home and her new neighboring husbun, but I feel like it is high time her instincts for fiber kicked in and she dug into her hay!