Help! New 7 Week Old Doe Wont Eat Anything! :(
Hello again everyone.
On Friday I brought home a 7 week old doe, who I've named Lily, to replace the doe I had to put down a month ago (I'm sure some of you remember my post). She is a Himalayan Netherland Dwarf. My surviving rabbit needed a friend, but this new baby bunny wont eat! I have free-choice timothy hay and rabbit pellets (the same the breeder was using), and despite all my efforts she just will not eat. I'm worried sick. The only thing she will eat are tiny bits of apples, but she can't have that all the time.
Do any of you know of any tips/tricks I can use to get her to eat? I'm at my wits end. The next thing I'm going to do is crush up rabbit pellets, mix them with water, put them in a syringe, and see if she'll eat that. OR I'm going to have to get milk replacer. She is drinking regularly, but she just wont eat. She's not interested in the hay or pellets at all. Is it the wrong kind of hay? Do you think she'd prefer Alfalfa? Do I just wait until she's so hungry she'll eat anything, or do I keep giving her bits of apple? Is it possible that she'll starve herself to death? I just don't know what to do :(
Any advice is more than welcome, especially if you have experience with this!
Here is a picture of Lily, because she's just so gosh-darn cute!
On Friday I brought home a 7 week old doe, who I've named Lily, to replace the doe I had to put down a month ago (I'm sure some of you remember my post). She is a Himalayan Netherland Dwarf. My surviving rabbit needed a friend, but this new baby bunny wont eat! I have free-choice timothy hay and rabbit pellets (the same the breeder was using), and despite all my efforts she just will not eat. I'm worried sick. The only thing she will eat are tiny bits of apples, but she can't have that all the time.
Do any of you know of any tips/tricks I can use to get her to eat? I'm at my wits end. The next thing I'm going to do is crush up rabbit pellets, mix them with water, put them in a syringe, and see if she'll eat that. OR I'm going to have to get milk replacer. She is drinking regularly, but she just wont eat. She's not interested in the hay or pellets at all. Is it the wrong kind of hay? Do you think she'd prefer Alfalfa? Do I just wait until she's so hungry she'll eat anything, or do I keep giving her bits of apple? Is it possible that she'll starve herself to death? I just don't know what to do :(
Any advice is more than welcome, especially if you have experience with this!
Here is a picture of Lily, because she's just so gosh-darn cute!