question about my bunnys pellet mixture

[Anneliese]

Hi
I have a big tub, filled with rabbit pellets mixture. There are lots ofnormal rabbit pellets, but last week I added some oats. Now he picksout the oats and leaves the pellets. How can I get him to eat thenormal pellets again? and if you say take out the oats, i cant becausei mixed it in with all the other nuts and pellets :?
Thanks,
Anneliese and Snowy Joey

 

[naturestee]

Are there a lot of oats? Can he eathis fill of oats without ever touching a pellet? If so, Iwould suggest sifting the oats back out. I know, it takes along time. Also, did your pellets come with other stuff mixedin? Most of the other stuff is junk food and not good foryour bun.

I used to feed Mocha Kaytee Fiesta (my bad!). I got her toeat the pellets by limiting the amount I would put in herbowl. I would only give her a small amount at a time- like2-3 tablespoons. I wouldn't put more in unless she had mostof everything gone. BTW, Mocha is a Nethie, which I believeyour bun is also?

 

[Anneliese]

I put in 3 handfuls of oats in his food tub.There are heaps of pellets in it, and yes there are other nuts andseeds. So i should just buy the plain pellets with no other seeds andnuts mixed in?
Snowy Joey is a very small californian. I held a normal pellet out tohim, and he didnt eat it like he usually does, instead he rubbed hischin on it lol.

 

[NightPoet00]

Why did you add oats in the first place? Are they a good supplement?

 

[naturestee]

Yeah, just buy plain pellets. Switchhim over to it slowly, though. Mix some new food in with theold food and feed that for a while. Then increase the amountof new food in the mix and continue. Eventually he'll beeating only the new food.

Oats can be a good supplement or treat for younger buns. Someproblems have been reported in feeding them to older rabbits.I've been adding a very small amount of oats daily to Mocha's feed tohelp her gain weight. She got really skinny after her spayand wasn't gaining it back with just pellets, hay, andveggies.