Hmm would you mind elaborating what this “tropical food mix” is? Would be good if you could attach a link or picture of this particular feed you are giving her.

Is her pooping and peeing normal? I’m thinking if the mice may have scared her as well by going around and maybe even in the cage at random times. You may want to adjust her living area so that the mice can’t reach her.

I’m not sure about feeding cooked vegetables to bunnies either – if I’m not mistaken, they are supposed to eat fresh vegetables and not cooked as cooking it may change some of its properties negatively (at least to bunnies).

Hi!

It’s great that you’re seeking help for this problem, as a rabbit’s diet is the most important thing that you can do to keep them healthy.

As a quick overview, a rabbit’s diet should be 85-90% hay, 10% leafy green veg, and 5% pellets. Pellets are preferred over museli mixes, as things like tropical mix often have unhealthy things like seeds and fruits that rabbits don’t really need, and they often pick out the bits they like, and don’t eat the healthy bits! A pellet contains all the nutrients they need, and they can’t pick bits out.

Now, if she’s hardly eating at all, it sounds like there’s an underlying issue that needs vet attention. Perhaps she has overgrown teeth. When rabbits stop eating, they can also go into GI stasis, which is a serious condition. I advise you take her to a rabbit savvy vet, to ensure that there’s no underlying medical issue causing this.

Once you’ve ruled out medical issues, you can work on trying to improve her diet:
– you can try and transistion her from tropical mix to a pellet. Bunnies should have 1/4 to 1/2 a cup of food per 6lbs of bunny. So start off by working out the suitable portion for her weight. Then, you can make a mix of 75% old food and 25% new food. It might help to give her this in very small portions, to force her to eat the pellets. After a week, you can switch to 50/50, then after another week 75/25, until she’s just eating pellets.
– For veg – rabbits shouldn’t really eat cooked veg, as there won’t be much nutrition in it. Sometimes you have to offer bunnies the same vegetable many times before they eat it. Have you tried any herbs? Coriander/cilantro, mint, parsley, dill and sage are often very popular with rabbits. As is kale, rocket, romaine or red leaf lettuce.
– To encourage hay eating, it’s best to serve pellets and veg once a day each, with nothing in between but hay.

That food is very very bad for her. Often, rabbits cannot digest the seeds inside of those bags. Some pieces in there might even be considered toxic towards rabbits if over eaten. She needs to be put on timothy pellets and timothy hay. If she refuses to eat, she needs to see a vet as it means something is wrong (pain being a highly possible reason).

Side notes: You cannot bond until both are spayed/neutered and given atleast two months to heal.

If you want suggestions for pellet brands that are good, I buy OxBow adult rabbit pellets and OxBow Orchard hay. My bunnies seem to really enjoy both. My bun wasn’t a huge fan of timothy, guess it was too crunchy, Orchard hay is similar to timothy but softer.

I definitely suggest taking her in for a check up at the vet, just to make sure she’s all good!

Poop is sticking to her butt because her diet isn’t good.

If she used to eat hay and now doesn’t that’s a clear sign of dental issues, which Netherland dwarves are particularly prone to because of their tiny faces.

Is she spayed? You can’t just put two rabbits together, it’s a 2 month + process. Please head over to the bonding forum to learn more before your second bun arrives. Both bunnies must be spayed and neutered.

Make sure your new bun starts on the correct diet I outlined above, and if you have the old food he was eating, do the 25/75, 50/50 transition I told you about. Baby buns shouldn’t have veg until they’re a bit older.