Hello!

I got my bunny Caramel almost a week ago and I already have a problem… I feel like a terrible bunny mom… 

She is a Teddy, was born in mid-December last year. The breeder said she was too small, so she wasn’t out for purchase until now… I asked her A LOT of questions, especially about feeding. She gave me 2 little packets of the food she is used to and told me to feed the first one and then start mixing the second one with the one I bought. She told me not to feed her with vegetables, grass, fruit etc. until May, so I didn’t. Caramel has of course premium quality hay available all day + water.

She feeds her bunnies this: Berkel pellets (18,0% protein, 15,0% fiber, 2,8% fat, 9,0% ash, 13.500 i.E. vitamin A, 800 i.E. vitamin D3, 50 mg vitamin E, 15 mg copper, methionine) mixed with some avena.

Here’s the problem: 

When I brought her home, she had very stinky and squishy poop (only a few normal, round, non-stinky ones), that had very dark color… I read it was normal, but she pooped those A LOT – just like 5 normal poops a day. It would also be  a little bit runny. 

I tried taking away the pellet mix and fed her with hay and water for 2 days – everything got better, she had only a few of those squishy poops, that she ate right away and majority of her poop was perfectly normal (hard, round, without smell). Today, I tried giving her a little bit of pellets in the morning, but she started to have “bad” poops again, so I took it away. The breeder told me to feed unlimited of those pellets ’till summer, so I am scared if I take them away it will hurt her… She seemed fine and happy, but I am afraid of long-time consenquences… 

Thank you so much for any replies!