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- 05/13/2009 at 2:01 PM
  bunnytowne
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  Well yesterday Cotton enjoyed his Teff hay… that was good.. He had eaten some last nite after he went to bed too..,
  
  So I think I will feed him Teff, Mountain, and oat hay… Ruby loves all 3 of these. Cotton well he has hid moods…
  
  I did put him some alfalfa this morning and he ate some… Gosh what a picky rabbit. I got that cuz he was so finicky and he and Ruby are shedding anyways…Watch Cotton surprise me and turn his nose up at alfalfa too…
  
  I want to order a big order of mountain hay to make it worth my while on S&H but if he is so choosy I would not want to be stuck with 3 bags of it and he being mr. finicky… Geesh Cotton.
  
  Maybe I should stick up a menu and he can pick his hay for that day… Like at a restaurant.
- 05/13/2009 at 6:44 PM
  3crazybuns
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  LOL… Oreo was pretty picky at first too, I was suprised when he turned his nose up to the wonderfully fresh timmy hay from BB.com at first, but now…he eats it pretty good!! but then again… its his only option! LOL
- 05/14/2009 at 1:59 PM
  bunnytowne
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  Yours too.. cotton turned his nose up at bb timmy hay too… Then 3 days later he ate it like wow this is good stuff. Next day forget it. Now he has a huge pile of 3 diff hays in there. Take your pick.
  
  He didn’t seem to eat the timmy a lot tho… When I see him going to eat the newspaper, cardboard box or telephone book I change his hay. Then he will eat good.
  
  I don’t mind him chewing his toys but when he eats it I know he isnt’ eating his hay. That being the time to change it to a diff flavor for the day. He is making me confused. Ruby she likes everything. She really enjoys eating.
- 05/15/2009 at 8:43 AM
  bunnytowne
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  Last nite he turned his nose at alfalfa and ate the fresh Teff hay I put in there. Go figure. Cotton isn’t the one confused. I am the one confused.
- 05/15/2009 at 4:06 PM
  RabbitPam
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  LOL
  Maybe he only really likes his hay every other day. Spockie was terrible about eating hay.
  Does Cotton eat much else? Maybe he’s filling up on pellets.
- 05/16/2009 at 10:16 AM
  bunnytowne
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  I feed him 1/8 of pellets twice a day. At least I think it is 1/8 I have to go see. But it is the measurement of the smallest amount for 5 lbs and under.
  
  I could be feeding him a little bit more than he should have beings he is 3lb2oz.
  
  I am going to keep giving him variety it seems to be working.
  
  OH well he will eat the newspaper or cardboard box too. Not near as much as b4. Since I been adding variety to his hay. He still chews but doens’t eat the paper like b4.
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