Not eating much hay

[mia]

My buns have adjusted to my place now and are eating a decent amount of veges. However, they are barely touching the hay. I have hay from the place my furry ones came from and I also have hay I bought myself. How can I encourage them to eat more hay? I tried mixing some into the vege dish but they just pick it out and put the hay on the floor.

[Tate]

Grrr. My post got deleted so if it shows up magically, I apologize for a repeated post.
Keep trying different kinds of hays. There’s quite a few on the BB store, all acceptable for extended use. The oat hay is what got my rabbits to eat hay. You can either order off of here, or see if you can get some of the same kinds locally. Depending on where you live, the farm and garden section of craigslist can be a good resource. I can get all sorts of hay where I am!
You could also try a hay topper like this: http://store.binkybunny.com/bunny-bouquet-hay-topper-p118.aspx
In addition to providing other kinds of hay, you can “cut down” on the pellets you feed them. You don’t necessarily need to lessen the amount given, but you could just provide pellets in the morning and evening, rather than keeping pellets out all day long. This will encourage them to eat more hay when they are hungry, as they can’t bank on eating pellets through out the day.

[mia]

I have oat hay too and they ate one strand of that and ignored the rest. I can’t buy lots of different kinds to figure out what they like as I don’t have the space… Is there a hay buffet they can try out lol?
As for the pellets, they don’t like it that much either and I give them very little of it. They mostly only eat it when I hand feed it to them.

[jerseygirl]

Put it in their litter box if you haven’t already.

[LittlePuffyTail]

I would try a hay with a soft texture…fussy bunnies often prefer this. I would try Oxbow Orchard Grass.

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