Bunny Won't Eat Pellets (loves paper, cardboard, towels....)

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- 09/17/2017 at 8:27 PM
  Gwen
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  Hi everyone,
  
  We got Daisy (about 3 years old, spayed, rex) a little over 2 weeks ago and things are mostly great! One concern we have is that she won’t eat any pellets. She does eat hay and some leafy greens, though doesn’t finish a bowl (maybe just picky state of lettuce, heat wave meant the market only had not the crispest bunches). The only stuff she seems to love to eat is towels (we lined her pen with this but took it away when we noticed holes), cardboard, her paper litter (carefresh), her wooden toys, and her plastic litter box. We wouldn’t be very worried if she was just tearing stuff apart, but since there is no debris, we know she’s eating it. We have tried oxbow pellets and today I bought a bag of the Kay-tee pellets which seemed like the second best choice at the store. Still no interest. She’s still pooping so I don’t think there’s a blockage, and she seems happy (currently flopped beside me).
  
  Should we try some less healthy pellets to get her to eat and try subbing in the healthy stuff bit by bit? Is it possible she gets full on the cardboard and wood?
  
  Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you!
- 09/17/2017 at 11:57 PM
  jerseygirl
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  Welcome Gwen : )
  
  Maybe try soak the pellets so they become a mush and see if she’ll eat them that way. It will give you an idea if she has an appetite with them but just is finding them difficult to eat.
  
  Id look at getting her teeth checked. I know it sounds odd that she could have dental issues given that she eats hay, but avoiding pellets, eating cardboard and other items is a bit of an indicator to me.
  
  Have you found a rabbit savvy vet as yet?
- 09/21/2017 at 9:33 AM
  Gwen
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  Thank you!!
  
  We tried adding water and still zero interest. But while I was at work husband went and bought a bag of alfalfa based stuff so we gave her a tiny bit of that and she gobbled it right up. So, just picky!! So we are working towards getting her to eat the healthy stuff with mixing the two. Tried making a mash with a bit of water with both but nope.
  
  We haven’t taken her to a vet yet as she came with a full health check from the humane society, but we do have the name of one from family members who have had rabbits
  
  Thank you for your help!!
- 09/21/2017 at 10:06 AM
  joea64
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  It’s a pity that no one has come up with alfalfa-flavored timothy pellets yet. That would solve the present problem neatly!
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