C.May 9

Random observation of our blobular house rabbit, George...

George has never been a huge fan of hay. You're supposed to make sure that hay/grass form a large part of a rabbit's diet - a majority of it, in fact - but that seems a bit too rustic for some bunnies. George is one of them.

He always has access to hay, of course - even if his food bowl is empty, there's always hay. And you'll see him pick at it sometimes.

But in the last few days I discovered that George is perfectly happy to eat hay for an indeterminate period - provided I sit on the floor and hand-feed it to him, one blade at a time. 🤦‍♂️

I've been a rabbit ~~owner~~ servant for 25 years, but I think this level of service is beyond me.

Sheesh.

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Show threadBunnyMamaMay 9

@cazabon

Aww… George! It’s hard to get enough hay in the kid one strand at a time. I don’t know if this is George’s case, but my wise vet thinks that if bunnies don’t get hay when they are very young that they often never accept that it is food.

I used to hand feed my Eeyore the ends with the little flowers :)

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@BunnyMama

I hadn't heard that theory, but it sounds right to me. Humans are pretty much the same way by default; many of them have to make an effort to try "strange" foods they didn't grow up with.

And that could apply to George. He and Gracie did not come from a loving home - cages in a barn, that sort of thing. I expect they'd only ever been fed alfalfa pellets before I rescued them.

May 9 at 4:47pmWeb
Show threadBunnyMamaMay 9

@cazabon

Poor George! One thing that helps a little is fluffing the hay throughout the day so that it smells good — while also making yummy sounds — so bun has to come investigate :)