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- 05/12/2015 at 1:10 AM
  blubudgie
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  I’ve gone to the vet about a pinworm problem with my rabbit. She is also not eating as well as she used to. She still eats, but rather slowly and is much more picky about her vegetables (I can only get her to eat kale).
  
  Anyway the vet gave me some critical care apple/banana flavor to give her. Any ideas to get her to eat it on her own? So far I’ve tried doing the normal mix of 1:1 cc to water ratio and stuck some pellets in it. She just picks out a few of the pellets. I’ve tried smearing it onto the kale but she just avoids the parts of the kale with the CC.
  
  Any other ways that have worked for you guys besides force-feeding?
  
  I’m doing some searches on the forum and found someone who blended it into a banana smoothie.
- 05/12/2015 at 3:39 AM
  Bam
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  You can mix it with canned pumpkin, not pie-filling but regular, unsweetened pumpkin. Then offer on a spoon. sometimes they will eat from a spoon but not from a plate. Mixing with banana or iother yummy fruit (and perhaps some water) may work as well.
- 05/12/2015 at 4:52 AM
  Roberta
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  Failing that. Fill a 10ml oral syringe and sneak it in the side off her mouth behind the front teeth. There is a gap there.
- 05/12/2015 at 11:26 AM
  blubudgie
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  Okay I will try the pumpkin and spoon method if the banana doesn’t do it.
  
  Do you usually need to restrain your rabbit to sneak it into her mouth? I’m pretty sure mine will notice and just hope away haha.
- 05/12/2015 at 11:57 PM
  blubudgie
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  Okay she seems to kind of like the banana method but she only eats like half a syringe at most at a time. :/
- 05/13/2015 at 12:23 AM
  LongEaredLions
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  I usually sit on my knees with the bunny held firmly between my legs, bend over them, insert the syringe behind the teeth, and feed. It’s a more natural position for them. If this doesn’t working, you might have to try making a bunny burrito with a towel. As much as they may hate it, it is important to get them to eat. Good luck.
- 05/13/2015 at 2:00 AM
  Bam
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  The method LEL describes is what I use. It’s of course easier if you are two persons so one can hold the bunny in his/her lap and the other can insert the syringe. The bunny will probably spit and be un-cooperative, but you have to be firm. Good luck!
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