Help! Bunny won’t eat her hay after brief change

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- 08/26/2018 at 2:21 AM
  Medusalith
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  To keep it short:
  
  I didn’t realize, after a long day at work, that the bunny’s bag of hay was nearly completely out.
  So I drove over to the grocery store to get whatever I could find. A cheaper brand, but still Timothy hay.
  I always buy Oxbow brand Timothy hay at the actual pet store.
  
  She refused to eat this different brand of hay.
  
  Well fast forward to now, when I finally got my bunny’s normal hay.
  She isn’t eating it at ALL! I let her smell the brand new bag, doesn’t make a difference.
  
  Yes, she is drinking water and also are some greens earlier in the day. She was also eating a pellet mix.
  
  What should I do to get her to eat her hay again?! I’m getting really concerned, as I am aware it’s the main part of her diet.
- 08/26/2018 at 8:04 AM
  sarahthegemini
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  How long now has it been since she ate a good amount of hay?
- 08/26/2018 at 1:19 PM
  LBJ10
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  Sounds like someone is just being picky. My boys do not like the cheaper brands of hay. They won’t touch it. I remember making that mistake once. I bought some hay from Petco or something and they didn’t want to eat it. It took me a couple of days to make it somewhere that carried Oxbow. When I finally gave them some of that, they had already decided they were going to be stubborn about it. So I would be patient, she will likely eat it eventually.
- 08/26/2018 at 5:00 PM
  Medusalith
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  About two days now. She has eaten other things like kale, pellet mix, and is drinking water. She also has normal droppings.
  
  This change happened literally after I bought the cheaper hay. So I really don’t believe she’s sick; just being picky and I have no clue how to fix it.
- 08/26/2018 at 5:04 PM
  Medusalith
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  Yes! I know for a fact that she is just being stubborn and picky. I just figured once she smelled the normal hay, she’d happily start eating again.
  
  But thank you! This makes me feel a little more at ease. She has normal droppings and is drinking water. She is also still eating the pellet mix.
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