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Date Posted: 10:32:54 09/12/02 Thu
Author: Deb Walton
Subject: Re: Dwarf Rabbit won't eat
In reply to: bunny 's message, "Re: Dwarf Rabbit won't eat" on 15:51:12 08/29/02 Thu

>>Just bought Netherland Dwarf last week. Put him in
>>with female overnight until I could get him his own
>>cage. (I know now that I should not have done that,
>>but I did not know then) Now they each have their own
>>cage. She is doing great. He will only eat hay. Has
>>not eaten any pellets (same food his previous owner
>>was feeding him) and drinks very little water. Please
>>help. I am a new rabbit owner.
>>Thank you.
>
>++Hi,
>How old is the new rabbit? Was he taken away from his
>mother too early (in this case he may not survive
>because
>very young rabbits are still drinking their mothers
>milk
>and eating). If he is over 6 weeks old and was eating
>OK
>before you bought him, he could be having trouble
>re-adjusting to his new home. Try giving him some
>grated carrot,
>a piece of apple (pips removed), a little piece of
>celery,
>or some long grass from the garden. Avoid giving
>lettuce
>(especially the iceberg round shaped lettuce) but a
>leaf
>of the dearer exotic lettuce is OK and avoid cabbage.
>If he is not passing droppings you may have a problem
>and you may need to see the vet.
>Try mixing the pellets with some rabbit mix 50/50
>and see if this encourages him to eat and make sure
>the pellets you have are stored in a safe dry container
>away from mice and are fresh.
>Keep him out of the heat and out of the cold and make
>sure there are no signs of illness.
>Good luck and let us know how he is progressing.
>Kind regards,
>Marguerite

Thank you for the advise. First of all, Wilbur is at least 8 months old but I do not have an accual age. I did take Wilbur to the Vet and she was unable to really find anything. She felt he may have a low grade intestinal infection and we have just completed a full 10 days of antibiotics. Wilbur is eating better-everything except the pellets. He eats a lot of hay and drinks plenty of water. He eats the carrot tops, beet greens, and grass I give him. A breeder friend told me that she remembers Wilbur from the show curcuit and he was never much of an eater. She recommended that I mix oatmeal in with his pellets. I did that and he picks all the oats out of the pellets and leaves the pellets. I am concerned about giving him too much of these "goodies". The books I have read say that these greens should be considered like "candy" and given sparingly. The books only talk about oats as ways to give extra nutition to does with babies and to help overweight rabbits slim down. Wilbur only weighs 2 pounds. I do not want him to slim down. I talked with our vet again last night. (She was reading her books on rabbits) We decided to mix up 1/2 cup greens (carrot tops), 1 tblsp fruit (apples), 1 tblsp pellets, and 1 tsp oatmeal (people oatmeal) and see if he would eat it. He picked out the carrot tops and the oatmeal and left the rest. Any thoughts on the matter?

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