Baby bun is drinking & peeing a lot?

[sarah92lynn]

Thanks so much for the reply
I was feeding her alfalfa at first but then I slowly switched her over to timothy because she seemed to like it better. But now that she's doing really well with her hay I'll try switching her back over and see if she does better with it.

I've been making sure no one feeds her any treats or anything, so she is only eating hay and pellets. I'm not sure how old she is but she looks older than three months so I might try introducing her to some leafy greens.

Thanks so much for all your advice !

 

[Nancy McClelland]

I'd keep the pellet amount reined in and push unlimited hay. If we gave Finn all the pellets he wanted, he'd be a 30 pound mini. He only gets a small amount, but he does eat a lot of hay.

 

[JBun]

I'm glad to offer any help I can. I just hope it's usful sometimes I actually feed my babies both alfalfa and timothy. You could try both. One thing is that if you do start introducing new things into her diet, like alfalfa(even though she's had it before) or veggies, just introduce gradually and one thing at a time. If it causes digestive problems, then doing one thing at a time will help you narrow down more easily what is causing the digestive upset.

I have a bun that has had GI stasis several times, so he's on no treat restrictions too. He actually was on a hay only diet for a while cause pellets kept causing problems, but I've just started to gradually reintroduce pellets again. He only gets a pinch of them a couple times a day. He also gets green leafy veggies. Here's a couple of veggies lists that might help. You'll probably want to avoid starchy veggies and maybe the cruciferous ones too, for a while.

http://www.rabbit.org/care/veggies.html
http://www.3bunnies.org/feeding.htm#greens

 

[sarah92lynn]

Awesome, I needed a veggie list lol thanks so much for all the help guys