I wouldn’t worry – he’s only licking it and not munching down on the whole thing. If it’s encouraging him to drink then that’s a good thing.

If you want to offer him a lick wheel, go with a pure salt (white) wheel nstead of this one you listed; it’s a mineral lick and rabbits who receive pellets should not consume added minerals, especially calcium. You can get plain salt ones in fruit flavors also, but check to make sure it’s just a salt lick not a mineral lick.

This is probably a silly question, but what happens if a rabbit is consuming pellets and also has a mineral lick? Does it make the calcium in their pee more concentrated?

I need Petzy to answer that question. But just want to say that I used to give Spockie the flavored salt licks from Petsmart. They were salt licks – I avoided the mineral lick which only came by itself in a package with a plain white salt lick. Some pet stores sell the white salt lick by itself for a few cents. Hanging it off the bars so it spins is easy. I also used the flavored ones on the hanging thing you stacked them on with the bell. If it gets him to drink, it’s a good thing.

According to biologist Dana Krempels a healthy rabbit will excrete excess minerals, even calcium, so in essence none of the licks are bad per se. We as rabbit owners have just become so cautious around providing extra calcium because the research concerning the calcium problems rabbits are prone for is still ongoing. It is a better-safe-than-sorry advice when I say not to use mineral licks. At any rate they are not needed. The salt (pure white or colored bright with fruit flavors) is just enjoyable for some rabbits and is not implicated in the formation of urinary tract stones or mineral metabolism disorders.