Bunny continually eating

[TreatedToxic]

Hello, 

my bunny up until this point has eaten normally, but recently has started to eat all of his food as soon as it’s given to him. We try to not give him much at a time so he doesn’t over eat, but we’re not really sure what to do at this point. As soon as we give him his pellets, he eats all of them in a very short amount of time, same with his hay. He acts normal in every other way, behavior/drinking/going potty, does anyone know why he is doing this? Should I be concerned? The only other strange thing I have noticed was a day or two when his poop was a gray-ish color. 

Thanks in advance (:

[manic_muncher]

Maybe a growth spurt? How old is he? Is he skinny? Like he’s eating but still not getting enough nutrition? My Bumpy would devour his pellets very fast as soon as I gave them to him also, so I got one of those cat treat balls that I could adjust the size of the holes and use that to feed his pellets. So he has to move around and it really slows him down.

They should be getting unlimited hay, I think I saw somewhere that buns should be eating an amount of hay that would look to be the same size as the bun daily. I would only be worried if he was eating a lot of food and losing weight, but speed eating isn’t good for them either. But you know how when you are really hungry, you feel like you could eat a horse?? Maybe he really IS hungry and is why he is eating so fast. Try increasing his hay and see how that goes.

Hopefully someone else has more input!

[TreatedToxic]

He always has hay, he just devours it quickly lol. He’s not skinny or anything, and he looks as healthy as ever. I’m not sure if it’d be a growth spurt, he’ll be a year old in May.   

[bpash89]

How old is he? Bunnies grow very quickly so if he’s still young (under a year) it is perfectly normal for him to eat all the time. All bunnies (even adult bunnies) should always have unlimited hay and they should be eating it constantly throughout the day. If he’s still under a year old he should be getting unlimited pellets as well. Growing bunnies eat like teenage boys…

[manic_muncher]

I wish I could get mine to eat more hay. It worries me all the time!

[TreatedToxic]

Okay thank you guys! Good to know he’s supposed to be eating this much, don’t want him to be fat or skinny lol. My boyfriend is the real worrier, when it comes to Oliver, every day I get to hear about something else he thinks is wrong, but it’s better safe than sorry so I won’t complain too much (:

[Beka27]

Another option that might work would be to scatter the pellets around his area, rather than giving them in a bowl. He’ll have to hop around to “graze” and that would slow his eating a little bit.

He gets daily veggies as well, right?

[calipa_st]

sometimes Lucky is like that, and he’s a year old. he never really eats his hay like I wish he would. I hide blueberries in it and he will eat more hay. my new rabbit, Rodan..not sure how old, he will sit and eat all his lettuce and veggies, and then hay. omg, I’m shocked but I think it’s how a rabbit is supposed to be. he loves his hay and gets excited for it. Lucky couldn’t care less and will try to escape if he thinks the fridge is opened for blueberries lol.
I wouldn’t worry. I’d probably spread out the feedings more.

[TreatedToxic]

We’ve been keeping up with food and hay, and putting it around his cage for him to graze around more.
We’ve been trying to get him to eat his veggies, but absolutely refuses to eat anything other than his apple treats. We’re still trying though. Even when he runs out of pellets he refuses to touch anything. We’ve tried spinach, lettuce, romaine, also broccoli, cauliflower, bananas,carrots, basically anything that’s safe for him to eat we’ve tried, but he has nothing to do with it, and there’s no tricking him, we’ve tried mixing it with pellets, even sticking the pellets into certain foods like the bananas, and he just moves them around or pull them out! Grr, lol. I’ve never seen such a picky bunny!

[niniliefie]

Have you tried lavender and mint? Mango loves the ones with really strong scents… Herbs etc… Rocket(argula) basil and baby spinach mix…

[TreatedToxic]

Hmm I haven’t tried those out yet, I’ll pick up some for him. Thanks!

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