9 week bun - treats?

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- 04/26/2021 at 10:49 AM
  EllenFlo
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  Hiya,
  
  Ive recently got a mini lop, 9 weeks old! She has a small bowl of pellets throughout the day with unlimited hay and water. I have got her chew toys with hay/herb/wood/dry carrot and I also got some treats from the pet store. I know to avoid veggies and fruit for a while longer but are treats ok for her, if 1 per day?
  
  Thanks!
- 04/26/2021 at 10:51 AM
  DanaNM
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  Welcome 🙂
  
  Its most important for young bunnies to develop good hay eating habits and develop their gut microbiome (which happens with lots of hay eating!). So at this point I wouldn’t give any treats (I would also not give dry carrot). I think of treats like snickers bars for bunnies 🙂
  
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  - 04/26/2021 at 11:30 AM
    EllenFlo
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    That’s what I thought, thank you 😊 The breeder said she is used to having 2oz of pellets a day, but i’ve read a lot that it should be unlimited until about 7 months! Lots of contradicting information 🥴 Thanks again, I appreciate any advice 😊
- 04/26/2021 at 11:58 AM
  Bam
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  If she’s not fed pellets ad lib, you could save some of her daily ration and use as treats. You could otherwise buy a small bag of another healthy bun pellet and use those as occasional treats. My buns have all considered normal bun pellets treats. (You can put some of the daily pellets in a treat ball for example, so she can work a bit for her food. (in the wild, obviously, noone serves buns their food in a bowl!😃)
  
  As Wick says, hay is super important and will give your bun a sturdy and diverse gut microbiome with time. A bun that has a sturdy and diverse gut microbiome will tolerate treats now and then without a problem.
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