truffle the expensive

[starfishpaws]

Dog has the job of feeding the rabbits each night. He gives them their pellets and makes sure that everyone's eating

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[beebarf]

Oh Truffle!

Guess she's on extra hay and stuff now ...

You may want to contact Cambridge Cavy Trust/British Association of Rodentologists and get details of your nearest rodentologist - they will trim teeth without anaesthetic (well, do you have a general when you go to the dentist?) and it's an awful lot cheaper, although likely not as convenient.

[starfishpaws]

Hard for us to get to on just the motorbike! But we would consider it when/if we get better transport.

[emlett]

i share your pain, Mr Morgan has the same thing. He's never eaten hay voluntarily which makes it worse. Currently we mix the pellets up with hay and feed a huge dish of pellets and hay mix. The theory is that if he wants to eat pellets, he might get some hay in there too. It seems to be working as we haven't had to have spurs trimmed for a long while (3 checkups to date have been ok) although saying that, there is a spur there at the moment and i think next month will involve a trimming.

[starfishpaws]

Oh dear, Mr M sounds like a very difficult bun! Luckily, ours are all good hay munchers. The vet said it could be down to a lack of sunlight but we can't do much about that -the evenings are usually the only time we can get them all outside.

[emlett]

"lack of sunlight"?
snorts
they'll say anything won't they?

[starfishpaws]

well, she said there are 'two schools of thought'- one concerning hay and the other concerning calcium & sunlight. it sounds as though the calcium/sunlight thing is a relatively new one that's not been proven either way.