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I can try to see if our humane society will take it.

I was giving 2 handfuls twice a day.

when I went to the store to get his old food a lady who works there has bunnies and she had me buy homefresh 16 pellets and to give in a 1/4 cup in the morning’s only. He seemed to like them. I’ll wait to see in October what his vet thinks and I will s…[Read more]

Thank you. Yes he is very soft.

Our humane society will accept opened bags of food. Do you have a shelter that has rabbits near you?

I don’t think it hurts to try a different food. Sometimes you just have to find the right one. When we brought my bunny home, the humane society didn’t give us anything or tell us what they had been feeding him, so I just went to the store and…[Read more]

Well Cocoa absolutely hates the new food.
I called vet made a check up appointment for October 17th. They told me sounds like he hates the new food and to go back to the old and decrease the amount . Guess I’m going buy his old food tomorrow.  They did say I could try a different brand but bunnies are very picky eaters.

I just wasted $20 on fo…[Read more]

Cocoa still won’t eat his new pellets.

he is still eating lots of hay, greens etc.

I no longer give him his old food because it’s been a week and a half and all he would do is pick out and eat the old food. I’ve tried sprinkling his dandelion treats on the new food and he ate that but not the new food. He does go to his food dish smells the n…[Read more]

I love his mane! He must be incredibly soft!

Thank you 😊

Bonds don’t always look the same. No fighting is definitely a good sign. And if they need to “hump things out”, then sometimes that’s just what needs to happen in its own time. What other techniques have you tried?

Aw! He’s such a cutie!

Thanks to all who has been helping me through this challenge. Yes fingers crossed 🤞

Fingers crossed it’ll work! Rabbits can be such picky eaters, they’re actually one of the most picky species. They go for the most calorie-dense foods first, which makes sense if you’re a prey animal who rarely has  time to enjoy a meal in peace. Our domesticated rabbits have retained this behavior.

Hopefully he’ll understand that the new…[Read more]

I decided to take 2 pieces of his new food and cover it up with a small piece of banana as banana’s are his favorite and he devoured it. So he loves his sweets. Because I then tried to hand feed him 1 of the pellets without anything and put his nose in the air. I then dumped out the new pellets out of his food dish and put it on his blanket with h…[Read more]

Okay that makes sense. I have just a little bit left of his old foo that’s why I was wondering too if I should buy more to have on hand for just in case. I also this morning sprinkled some dandelion greens on his new food. He ate the dandelion greens but not the new food.

As long as he is eating a good amount of hay and greens, I’d try the new pellets for a while longer. They’re less yummy than the old ones. Show bunny pet food is not made for lonevity in buns, it’s made to get the bun to showable form quickly (and for the fur to quickly become full and shiny). There are weight ranges for show buns of different…[Read more]

So the transition to the new food isn’t going well. I still have some of his old pellets and I’ve been doing the mixing of old and new food very slowly. I’ve also crushed up the old and new food together so he doesn’t see the new pellets and he isn’t eating the food. Now just hay and greens. I’ve kept the mix of crushed up food in his dish for 2…[Read more]

Okay will do, yes I have a little left of his old food and been mixing it in with the new food. Yes he eats lots of hay as well.

thank you 😊

If you feel he isn’t losing weight after switching to the new pellets, then you can decrease the amount of pellets. If he’s getting plenty of hay, etc. then he may not need the amount listed in the feeding instructions.

Also, be sure to make the switch slowly by mixing with his old ones.