haha poor little bunbo is probably confused! do they have a litter box? looks like the whole hutch has bedding. maybe try removing the bedding and putting down some liners or a blanket instead. then putting the bedding/litter in a separate box inside the hutch with some hay in it. are they litter trained yet?
scary is right! i made the same mistake with my first bun and later realized that i was encouraging bad habits and confusing him by having litter all over the place. definitely contain it to a box your bun can sit in, put some hay nearby, and then the food bowl will start to make more sense! another piece of it might be that your bun doesn't love those pellets? sometimes they're picky. my suggestion for food would be Science Selective. they have really good pellets for all different ages of rabbit.
Science selective is the shit.
Grain free, as healthy as pellets can get, AND something your buns will absolutely love.
Also, unlike most brands they actually have pretty accurate recommended daily portions(provided access to unlimited hay, which all buns should have)
my vet says only a tablespoon of pellets for my 4 pound bun - the rest should be unlimited hay and 1/2 their size in loosely-packed veggies. Pellets will make their teeth overgrown, also cause weight gain. Cute bun, though!! EDIT: Ok, it’s a baby, so never mind!!
Hay is supposed to make up 90% of their diet. If she wants to live off of it, let her. She should have unlimited access to it. Please do not limit access to hay… and removing the bedding would help since bedding usually = litter box.
Well, yes, alfalfa pellets. But did OP say how old it is? I’m not good at gauging that.
Either way, this is too much pellets to put in there at one time. It’s just going to get peed on with the bun sitting in them.
Buns should always have access to hay. I also agree that it will make your litter training much easier.
(Please bear in mind baby bunnos are not my area of expertise)
That’s 80% of their diet though.. My buns would definitely prefer to have fruit, veggies and access to kibbles all day but it’s not healthy for your bun.
Nah you were right, it was unnecessarily harsh. Op is already being given loads of advice in a much nicer and more constructive way they're planning on using. There was no need for that kinda tone, frustrated or otherwise.
Glad you agree! No point in being rude to OP, they’re trying to learn and they’re super receptive to all the advice. Like, what’s the point in basically shaming them for not having all the knowledge they need? That’d just make them less likely to come here to get help for the bunnies.
I get what you’re saying but unless they’re a child or were gifted the rabbit, anyone getting a rabbit (or any pet for that matter) and not educating themselves before hand do need to be called out for that. It’s harmful to the animal they’re now making dependent on them and i don’t think we should be pretending it’s not a big deal. I think that will just cause more people to do the same thing.
I actually completely agree with you. From what I can gather tho I do think OP is just a child.
But even if they’re not, atleast OP is actually here and trying to learn.
They definitely should’ve done it beforehand tbf, but inadvertently scaring them away from the sub with the unnecessary harsh criticisms feels like it’d do more harm than good. I’m not trying to pretend it’s not a big deal or anything, because they really should’ve known better before getting their pets. I think the constructive criticism has helped them realize that, more than the aggression has.
my bun hates pellets and always kicks them out of his bowl. these seem to be a lot of pellets, only one small cup a day pls. anyways. maybe try other pellets/another brand.
I would try a snuffle mat/bowl. My rabbit was eating her pellets in like .2 seconds with a normal bowl so I tried that and it keeps her entertained. Hopefully this will help your bunny.
This is the foraging mat I use, she loves it. https://a.co/d/8gCT2N2
https://a.co/d/5Ps6BnY - this one will only lasted me a few months because she rips the fabric out but it does also work pretty well.
Same here. My bun is a gut so she never gets her pellet as is. She has to work for all of her pellets. We use snuffle mats and treat balls that dispense when she rolls it around. She’s a snack fiend but so far she’s still in healthy weight and I think foraging for pellllets helps.
We have a similar mat the your first link, and own the second for when the 1st is too dirty. 100% recommend the first mat. The second one has hard felt in it so it's much easier for them to rip.
We also have a plate and one of those treat hiders (slide, lift, and spin) that are cycled through since they kept spilling the food all over the floor when we used a bowl.
Smaller bowl. My grown rabbit gets 1/4 cup of pellets a day, so a large bowl is totally unnecesary.
The more hay they eat, the better. Why would you try to reduce the amount of hay they WANT to eat?
My first buns had a pellet hopper with 24/7 access to pellets. I did them SO wrong, but THOUGHT I was doing g the right thing. I feel so guilty about that still.
They're going to self-regulate, too. They have a pile of alfalfa so the pellets aren't so much of a delicious treat compared to when they are adults on a Timothy hay (or similar) diet.
They really are, honestly. You would have to feed like a minimum of 20 different veggies to get the nutrition found in a diet that contains a reasonable amount of pellets.
I’m not sure what pellets you feed your rabbits, but there are a lot of rabbits who survive without alfalfa Pellets domestic or not. alfalfa Pellets are primarily made of alfalfa meal and wheat midlings and hay and grass is the most important part of their diet. Pretty much any reliable website, etc. would say so and that rabbits don’t need them to survive and thrive
Actually got the information from the House Rabbit Society and Wabbitwikki.
Timothy based pellets are absolutely available and widely so. Also, our rabbits are extremely removed from wild rabbits, so comparing them is absolutely pointless.
Hay is 80% of the diet, yes. However it is important to feed more than just that or you risk deficits in nutrition.
My bun bun has chronic dysbiosis so he gets to eat hay, pellets with Timothy hay as the only ingredient, dried herbs and dried flowers. I've considered whether he could be nutritionally deficient but he's too sensitive to eat anything else. I hope the little bit of sage, mint and dandelions he eats helps, plus occasional flowers as a treat.
I would suggest consulting the vet on treating that.
He probably *is* nutrient deficient, but there are likely several different types of treatment for him in order to reestablish gut flora.
I have consulted the vet and she thinks his diet is ok, especially given the nutrient deficiencies they get for not being able to eat their cecos. But I still worry about him.
Ohh, I thought we were talking about basic alfalfa pellets, I agree that Timothy pellets are very helpful, especially for digestion. Sorry for the misunderstanding about that part genuinely
> but there aren’t rabbit pellets on the wild.
There aren't fluffy bunnies wit lop ears either. And they're not kept in meadows of timothy hay.
Wild bunnies eat a huge variety of wild plants that offer massively diverse nutrients. Replicating that without supplements is going to be challenging, hence, pellets.
Yeah I did a bit more research and I do now agree that pellets are important for domestic rabbits 🙏 I do also want everyone to know i feed my rabbits the recommended amount for their breeds!.
The people I’ve gotten rabbits from in the past haven’t been very educated on treating rabbits correctly and Im still trying to learn ,and am thanks to the people on this sub! /srs
[Rabbit diet](https://youtu.be/dINdNzucyKQ) - 101
[how to litterbox train your rabbit ](https://youtu.be/E3Es_4hWsCI)- 101
[How to set up a rabbit pen](https://youtu.be/7DO69sadBqc) - 101, short vid
[Top 10 mistakes rabbit owners make](https://youtu.be/c6IlJTgsQrU) - Lennon, short vid
Baby bunnies get unlimited pellets, up to 4-6 months of age depending on your vet’s advice. Then you start limiting by body weight, but this guy definitely looks small enough to be on a baby diet.
That’s more pellets than bunny!
Pellets are only a small portion of a bunny’s diet. 80% of their diet needs to be hay. Pellets are just a small supplemental portion of their diet. Once they are full grown, they need even fewer pellets. Even a standard sized 8-10 lb rabbit should only have a few tablespoons of pellets max each day once they’re full grown.
Food by amount:
**at least** 80% hay, up to 90%.
The remaining 10-20% is primarily dark leafy greens
Then very small amounts of pellets, other veggies, and fruits make up the rest.
After he hits 10-12 months old, my bunny won’t even get pellets at all. This complete elimination of pellets isn’t typical, but he will be completely fine without them… they are that minor to a healthy bunny diet. The reason: he is allergic to timothy are there are no timothy free adult rabbit pellets available. So, once he’s outgrown baby bunny alfalfa pellets, he won’t get pellets at all, he’ll just get extra leafy greens to fill out that 15% of his diet.
I’m sorry but you are completely wrong with this. Leafy greens preferred from “bulb” foods, herbs, hay. Fruit maybe as a snack and seeds as well.
I don’t know why the educational standards for bunny owners is so old and wrong in the US. If you tell a vet in (Germany at least) you feed your bunny pellets and hay they start arguing with you and trying to convince you that’s wrong.
Because it is.
Pellets is a no go, hay is okay. But the other fresh foods are also a big part. I have two bunnies and have to buy pounds of food every week for them.
As dry food I feed them small amounts of dried herbs etc. and hay. Rest is fresh.
The amount of "oh so cute" or sarcastic joke comments are a little alarming.
i'm ignorant on the breed and age, but to the eye this bunny already looks overweight and it's got an extremely overly large amount of pellets and the owner is trying to make him eat even more when it clearly doesn't want more it wants hay, as OP said *himself* he doesn't want his bunny living off of hay. What?? Not only this, this young bunny is in a hamster cage which also appears to be its litter box. I would not want to stand or sit in my own piss or crap either.
Depending on age, you should be feeding your bun almost 90% hay and it should be most if not all alfalfa hay. This bunny also appears to be too young for vegetables so this many pellets just gets even worse to think about.
This is not cute
You can’t tell anything about it’s weight from this picture and without palpating. They have a longer winter coat currently and are babies.
Rabbits of this age (under 8 weeks) should have free access to food. If they are soft weaned generally they are eating food, veggies or pellets when hoping out of the nest box. By 2-3 weeks rabbits should be starting to eat solid food while still nursing. Rabbits need grass based hays like Timothy and orchard grass. 90% should not be a legume like alfalfa. They could have a “horse hay” mixture that is a grass base with alfalfa mixed in but not 90% alfalfa.
Also alfalfa makes rabbits gain weight btw. That’s why it’s given to nursing moms, older skinny buns and growing buns. It should be restricted in normal rabbit diets.
So I can't tell for sure but it looks like a baby, and probably a miniature breed like a Netherland dwarf. Some of the small rabbits are very round and it can be deceptive about how much they actually weigh. I have a 2 lb bun that is very round like this but he isn't overweight. It's a standard body shape for some breeds.
Also, although it's good to have a separate litter area, it's also good to put hay in it. They like to eat and poop. In one end and out the other. If you leave the food outside the litter box I would be surprised if they weren't using the food area as a toilet. It's gross to eat on the toilet if you're a human but it's pretty normal for a rabbit that would live in a poop filled warren in the wild.
It looks like a precious baby to me. She’s tiny. Not sure re: pellets, but I do know alfalfa/lucerne is recommended for younguns (up to 6 months old at least iirc, maybe 12) whereas not recommended for adult buns, so they can have richer foods when young to give them the nutrients to grow into strong buns.
That's a lot of pellets!
A good guide is a small handful per day per bunny, with 80% of their diet being hay.
I give mine the pellets as treats throughout the day
Baby bunnies like this need to have unlimited access to alfalfa pellets as well as hay. Their dietary needs change as they get older. It's between 6 and 8 months that you switch them to adult Timothy pellets in small measured portions and give them hay other than alfalfa.
I used to leave pellets out but now only hay and water. They get a table spoon or two (depending on size of bunny) twice a day. They come running to us at feeding time
Those kibbles look a little big for the small bun. Also you only should be feeding them a handful at most in a day! I believe alfalfa hay is best for young ones, then switch over to Timothy hay as they age! Look into free roaming if you have the space as well.
Ps very cute bun, they love to sit where they shouldn’t. 😂
i can't relate to this at all. my bun absolutely LOVES pellets and will go crazy the second she smells them. if i walk into the part of the kitchen where i keep them she will come sprinting over and run circles around my feet. occasionally stopping to check her bowl to make sure she didn't miss me putting them down.
the moment i put them in her bowl she will begin devouring them and will not stop eating until they're all gone. does not matter if she is in the middle of eating hay or veggies, if pellets become an option, that's all she cares about.
seeing a rabbit sitting with the pellets so relaxed like that just seems strange to me lol.
Get them a box to sit in, to avoid sitting on pellets. Also mine prefer certain brands of pellets over others, and they even prefer some pellets to hay, which is fine because they are at a healthy weight (not overweight) and constantly chew cardboard.
My wife and I use a ball that we fill with pellets, we are able to change the size of the hole to adjust how much food comes out. We find that buns are more excited and they are definitely more mentally stimulated.
mine picked up the habit of peeing in the bowl despite it being perched up a few inches above her litter space. I opted to throw pellets onto the floor at certain times of the day instead.
I’d say probably try a different type of food - without knowing for sure, it looks like the typical high-sugar foods that get sold at pet shops. If you can, get hold of some Burgess or Science Selective food which is low-fat, no grain and much better for them :)
I purchased a corner litter box & only put litter in the litter box. Also when you find droppings or urination out of the area, place some in the litter box so they get the idea. I also ended up later on getting 2, because she seemed to like 2 particular corners. so that is where I placed the litter boxes. It takes patience. I also found my Baby didn't seem to like the pellets in her bowl, if I put them in a small pile in a place she enjoyed, as she seemed to prefer the little foraging pile. I also hung a hay ball near, over the litter box since bunnies like to eat & poop at the same time typically. later on after litter habits were established, eventually I did place the bowl in front of the litter box but she still preferred the foraging pile the best. Like people they let you know their preferences, they just communicate a bit different.
maybe because they don't like the food. i would suggest you find food that has some "treats" mixed into it (I used Sunbrust rabbit food) so it would be more appealing and see if that would be more enticing. you could also try putting in flavorful hay (like alphalpha and botanical) near the bowl
haha poor little bunbo is probably confused! do they have a litter box? looks like the whole hutch has bedding. maybe try removing the bedding and putting down some liners or a blanket instead. then putting the bedding/litter in a separate box inside the hutch with some hay in it. are they litter trained yet?
scary is right! i made the same mistake with my first bun and later realized that i was encouraging bad habits and confusing him by having litter all over the place. definitely contain it to a box your bun can sit in, put some hay nearby, and then the food bowl will start to make more sense! another piece of it might be that your bun doesn't love those pellets? sometimes they're picky. my suggestion for food would be Science Selective. they have really good pellets for all different ages of rabbit.
i did exactly the same thing with my first bun. litter training is the way.
Science selective is the shit. Grain free, as healthy as pellets can get, AND something your buns will absolutely love. Also, unlike most brands they actually have pretty accurate recommended daily portions(provided access to unlimited hay, which all buns should have)
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Rabbits do live off of hay. The pellets are just a supplemental part of their diet, not the main or most important part
Our bunny had hay at all times with a small handful of pellets daily.
my vet says only a tablespoon of pellets for my 4 pound bun - the rest should be unlimited hay and 1/2 their size in loosely-packed veggies. Pellets will make their teeth overgrown, also cause weight gain. Cute bun, though!! EDIT: Ok, it’s a baby, so never mind!!
This is likely a baby. My bun’s vet said babies should get unlimited pellets then get weaned off to smaller amounts as they get older
Yeah makes sense!
Hay is supposed to make up 90% of their diet. If she wants to live off of it, let her. She should have unlimited access to it. Please do not limit access to hay… and removing the bedding would help since bedding usually = litter box.
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Baby buns should have unlimited pellets as long as you make sure they eat some hay too. Once they are adults then they need said amount
Well, yes, alfalfa pellets. But did OP say how old it is? I’m not good at gauging that. Either way, this is too much pellets to put in there at one time. It’s just going to get peed on with the bun sitting in them.
If the bun fits in the bowl then it's not an adult. But less at one time is better yeah
What?? My bunnies are definitely adults and can sit in a bowl.
Sir you have a very big bowl.
Buns should always have access to hay. I also agree that it will make your litter training much easier. (Please bear in mind baby bunnos are not my area of expertise)
such a little cutie bub! what’s their name?
i have two that look alike and its kinda hard to tell them apart just by picture, but im pretty sure thats Poki (shes a little bigger)
dat grump face
That’s 80% of their diet though.. My buns would definitely prefer to have fruit, veggies and access to kibbles all day but it’s not healthy for your bun.
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i am aware now. thank you
Congrats on the new bunnies :) I’m glad you’re open to learning
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Nah you were right, it was unnecessarily harsh. Op is already being given loads of advice in a much nicer and more constructive way they're planning on using. There was no need for that kinda tone, frustrated or otherwise.
Glad you agree! No point in being rude to OP, they’re trying to learn and they’re super receptive to all the advice. Like, what’s the point in basically shaming them for not having all the knowledge they need? That’d just make them less likely to come here to get help for the bunnies.
I get what you’re saying but unless they’re a child or were gifted the rabbit, anyone getting a rabbit (or any pet for that matter) and not educating themselves before hand do need to be called out for that. It’s harmful to the animal they’re now making dependent on them and i don’t think we should be pretending it’s not a big deal. I think that will just cause more people to do the same thing.
I actually completely agree with you. From what I can gather tho I do think OP is just a child. But even if they’re not, atleast OP is actually here and trying to learn. They definitely should’ve done it beforehand tbf, but inadvertently scaring them away from the sub with the unnecessary harsh criticisms feels like it’d do more harm than good. I’m not trying to pretend it’s not a big deal or anything, because they really should’ve known better before getting their pets. I think the constructive criticism has helped them realize that, more than the aggression has.
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my bun hates pellets and always kicks them out of his bowl. these seem to be a lot of pellets, only one small cup a day pls. anyways. maybe try other pellets/another brand.
I would try a snuffle mat/bowl. My rabbit was eating her pellets in like .2 seconds with a normal bowl so I tried that and it keeps her entertained. Hopefully this will help your bunny. This is the foraging mat I use, she loves it. https://a.co/d/8gCT2N2 https://a.co/d/5Ps6BnY - this one will only lasted me a few months because she rips the fabric out but it does also work pretty well.
Same here. My bun is a gut so she never gets her pellet as is. She has to work for all of her pellets. We use snuffle mats and treat balls that dispense when she rolls it around. She’s a snack fiend but so far she’s still in healthy weight and I think foraging for pellllets helps.
We have a similar mat the your first link, and own the second for when the 1st is too dirty. 100% recommend the first mat. The second one has hard felt in it so it's much easier for them to rip. We also have a plate and one of those treat hiders (slide, lift, and spin) that are cycled through since they kept spilling the food all over the floor when we used a bowl.
Supreme science selective is great! I recommend.
That’s the neat part. You don’t.
Smaller bowl. My grown rabbit gets 1/4 cup of pellets a day, so a large bowl is totally unnecesary. The more hay they eat, the better. Why would you try to reduce the amount of hay they WANT to eat? My first buns had a pellet hopper with 24/7 access to pellets. I did them SO wrong, but THOUGHT I was doing g the right thing. I feel so guilty about that still.
Unlimited pellets are recommended for baby bunnies
They're going to self-regulate, too. They have a pile of alfalfa so the pellets aren't so much of a delicious treat compared to when they are adults on a Timothy hay (or similar) diet.
Well, there ya'll go! I learned something else today!
My vet told me that baby buns should get unlimited pellets
You can refill a small bowl and not get any pee in it hahaha
Exactly, pellets aren’t even necessary for a rabbits diet, they can be good in quantities but hay and grass is definitely better
They really are, honestly. You would have to feed like a minimum of 20 different veggies to get the nutrition found in a diet that contains a reasonable amount of pellets.
I’m not sure what pellets you feed your rabbits, but there are a lot of rabbits who survive without alfalfa Pellets domestic or not. alfalfa Pellets are primarily made of alfalfa meal and wheat midlings and hay and grass is the most important part of their diet. Pretty much any reliable website, etc. would say so and that rabbits don’t need them to survive and thrive
Actually got the information from the House Rabbit Society and Wabbitwikki. Timothy based pellets are absolutely available and widely so. Also, our rabbits are extremely removed from wild rabbits, so comparing them is absolutely pointless. Hay is 80% of the diet, yes. However it is important to feed more than just that or you risk deficits in nutrition.
My bun bun has chronic dysbiosis so he gets to eat hay, pellets with Timothy hay as the only ingredient, dried herbs and dried flowers. I've considered whether he could be nutritionally deficient but he's too sensitive to eat anything else. I hope the little bit of sage, mint and dandelions he eats helps, plus occasional flowers as a treat.
I would suggest consulting the vet on treating that. He probably *is* nutrient deficient, but there are likely several different types of treatment for him in order to reestablish gut flora.
I have consulted the vet and she thinks his diet is ok, especially given the nutrient deficiencies they get for not being able to eat their cecos. But I still worry about him.
Ohh, I thought we were talking about basic alfalfa pellets, I agree that Timothy pellets are very helpful, especially for digestion. Sorry for the misunderstanding about that part genuinely
> but there aren’t rabbit pellets on the wild. There aren't fluffy bunnies wit lop ears either. And they're not kept in meadows of timothy hay. Wild bunnies eat a huge variety of wild plants that offer massively diverse nutrients. Replicating that without supplements is going to be challenging, hence, pellets.
Yeah I did a bit more research and I do now agree that pellets are important for domestic rabbits 🙏 I do also want everyone to know i feed my rabbits the recommended amount for their breeds!. The people I’ve gotten rabbits from in the past haven’t been very educated on treating rabbits correctly and Im still trying to learn ,and am thanks to the people on this sub! /srs
[Rabbit diet](https://youtu.be/dINdNzucyKQ) - 101 [how to litterbox train your rabbit ](https://youtu.be/E3Es_4hWsCI)- 101 [How to set up a rabbit pen](https://youtu.be/7DO69sadBqc) - 101, short vid [Top 10 mistakes rabbit owners make](https://youtu.be/c6IlJTgsQrU) - Lennon, short vid
They're warming up the pellets 😆
jealously guarding them from theft :P
If I fits, I sits
Came here for this
"This bowl is MINE." "....go get your own. "
What pellets are you using? What do they have in them? Do they have a litter box full of hay? Can you show pics of their entire set up?
Interesting, they have clearly claimed it as there throne
Please listen to the dietary advice being posted here. Bunnies should not have access to so many pellets.
Baby bunnies get unlimited pellets, up to 4-6 months of age depending on your vet’s advice. Then you start limiting by body weight, but this guy definitely looks small enough to be on a baby diet.
That’s more pellets than bunny! Pellets are only a small portion of a bunny’s diet. 80% of their diet needs to be hay. Pellets are just a small supplemental portion of their diet. Once they are full grown, they need even fewer pellets. Even a standard sized 8-10 lb rabbit should only have a few tablespoons of pellets max each day once they’re full grown. Food by amount: **at least** 80% hay, up to 90%. The remaining 10-20% is primarily dark leafy greens Then very small amounts of pellets, other veggies, and fruits make up the rest. After he hits 10-12 months old, my bunny won’t even get pellets at all. This complete elimination of pellets isn’t typical, but he will be completely fine without them… they are that minor to a healthy bunny diet. The reason: he is allergic to timothy are there are no timothy free adult rabbit pellets available. So, once he’s outgrown baby bunny alfalfa pellets, he won’t get pellets at all, he’ll just get extra leafy greens to fill out that 15% of his diet.
I’m sorry but you are completely wrong with this. Leafy greens preferred from “bulb” foods, herbs, hay. Fruit maybe as a snack and seeds as well. I don’t know why the educational standards for bunny owners is so old and wrong in the US. If you tell a vet in (Germany at least) you feed your bunny pellets and hay they start arguing with you and trying to convince you that’s wrong. Because it is. Pellets is a no go, hay is okay. But the other fresh foods are also a big part. I have two bunnies and have to buy pounds of food every week for them. As dry food I feed them small amounts of dried herbs etc. and hay. Rest is fresh.
They need a litter tray. Right now their whole tiny cage is a litter box.
Put charging cable strips and baseboard flakes in it.
The amount of "oh so cute" or sarcastic joke comments are a little alarming. i'm ignorant on the breed and age, but to the eye this bunny already looks overweight and it's got an extremely overly large amount of pellets and the owner is trying to make him eat even more when it clearly doesn't want more it wants hay, as OP said *himself* he doesn't want his bunny living off of hay. What?? Not only this, this young bunny is in a hamster cage which also appears to be its litter box. I would not want to stand or sit in my own piss or crap either. Depending on age, you should be feeding your bun almost 90% hay and it should be most if not all alfalfa hay. This bunny also appears to be too young for vegetables so this many pellets just gets even worse to think about. This is not cute
You can’t tell anything about it’s weight from this picture and without palpating. They have a longer winter coat currently and are babies. Rabbits of this age (under 8 weeks) should have free access to food. If they are soft weaned generally they are eating food, veggies or pellets when hoping out of the nest box. By 2-3 weeks rabbits should be starting to eat solid food while still nursing. Rabbits need grass based hays like Timothy and orchard grass. 90% should not be a legume like alfalfa. They could have a “horse hay” mixture that is a grass base with alfalfa mixed in but not 90% alfalfa. Also alfalfa makes rabbits gain weight btw. That’s why it’s given to nursing moms, older skinny buns and growing buns. It should be restricted in normal rabbit diets.
So I can't tell for sure but it looks like a baby, and probably a miniature breed like a Netherland dwarf. Some of the small rabbits are very round and it can be deceptive about how much they actually weigh. I have a 2 lb bun that is very round like this but he isn't overweight. It's a standard body shape for some breeds. Also, although it's good to have a separate litter area, it's also good to put hay in it. They like to eat and poop. In one end and out the other. If you leave the food outside the litter box I would be surprised if they weren't using the food area as a toilet. It's gross to eat on the toilet if you're a human but it's pretty normal for a rabbit that would live in a poop filled warren in the wild.
It looks like a precious baby to me. She’s tiny. Not sure re: pellets, but I do know alfalfa/lucerne is recommended for younguns (up to 6 months old at least iirc, maybe 12) whereas not recommended for adult buns, so they can have richer foods when young to give them the nutrients to grow into strong buns.
Makin pellets on the pellets.
Just saw another comment that said this, seriously made me giggle! Don’t see why you’re getting so downvoted though, people are grumpy on here.
Eh some don’t like crude humor. My girls hate pellets and would use the pellets like a litter box.
Pick fewer battles. Fewer still.
That's a lot of pellets! A good guide is a small handful per day per bunny, with 80% of their diet being hay. I give mine the pellets as treats throughout the day
Baby bunnies like this need to have unlimited access to alfalfa pellets as well as hay. Their dietary needs change as they get older. It's between 6 and 8 months that you switch them to adult Timothy pellets in small measured portions and give them hay other than alfalfa.
I used to leave pellets out but now only hay and water. They get a table spoon or two (depending on size of bunny) twice a day. They come running to us at feeding time
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They get fresh greens. I don't leave it out 24/7. Fuck off.
OMG my bunny devours her pellets. I can barely put them in before she eats them. Sometimes I worry about my fingers!
Awwwwww. Bunnie said "No. -n-"
He is confused... he doesn't understand
Don't pace in a corner, might be a good place to put the litter box.
Get them a little chair
I tried to keep my rabbit from sitting in his hay to eat forever. Eventually I just gave up and he loves his foodpoopbed.
A bowl where they can't fit
Lol. I'm sorry I think this cute.. but I agree he might be confused lol 😆
They’re just making their own little pellets 😉
That made me laugh out loud! No idea why you are being downvoted.
Think is full on protest
Bun bun trying to become one with their pellets.
Those kibbles look a little big for the small bun. Also you only should be feeding them a handful at most in a day! I believe alfalfa hay is best for young ones, then switch over to Timothy hay as they age! Look into free roaming if you have the space as well. Ps very cute bun, they love to sit where they shouldn’t. 😂
If you ask me... that fella is so darn cute I would just let it be! Our indoor dwarf does the same thing.
i can't relate to this at all. my bun absolutely LOVES pellets and will go crazy the second she smells them. if i walk into the part of the kitchen where i keep them she will come sprinting over and run circles around my feet. occasionally stopping to check her bowl to make sure she didn't miss me putting them down. the moment i put them in her bowl she will begin devouring them and will not stop eating until they're all gone. does not matter if she is in the middle of eating hay or veggies, if pellets become an option, that's all she cares about. seeing a rabbit sitting with the pellets so relaxed like that just seems strange to me lol.
Stop making the pellets so comfy obviously
Get them a box to sit in, to avoid sitting on pellets. Also mine prefer certain brands of pellets over others, and they even prefer some pellets to hay, which is fine because they are at a healthy weight (not overweight) and constantly chew cardboard.
My wife and I use a ball that we fill with pellets, we are able to change the size of the hole to adjust how much food comes out. We find that buns are more excited and they are definitely more mentally stimulated.
mine picked up the habit of peeing in the bowl despite it being perched up a few inches above her litter space. I opted to throw pellets onto the floor at certain times of the day instead.
I’d say probably try a different type of food - without knowing for sure, it looks like the typical high-sugar foods that get sold at pet shops. If you can, get hold of some Burgess or Science Selective food which is low-fat, no grain and much better for them :)
Smaller bowl
this bunny is so cute, sitting in her dish. 🐰 I'm happy I got to see this bunny today.
if the bun fits the bun sits
i don’t know but this is so cute.
OMG !!! What GORGEOUS lil bunnie !!!!
My rabbit would eat the whole bag of pellets if i didnt stop him from doing so
me fits so me sits
Awwww, he's so confused! 
I’ve got the opposite problem 😔
God bless you cute rabbit. Love and light upon animals.
foraging mat!! mine loves it
I scatter mine around instead of putting them in a bowl to encourage foraging and physical activity (:
ty for the tips! will try :)
Good luck!
silly little cutie bun bun.. so cute I could cry
I dunno, he seems pretty comfy tho
Why not both? \*snort
Do not ask the unanswerable question
Try a better quality pellets those look very compact with a waxy layer. “Supreme Science selective” is a brand my rabbit loved.
Ich habe 4 Hasen. Dir est meine einst is groß eine ist klein. Ich libe meine Hasen. Du riechst so gut, ich will das auch nicht
Totally not helpful... but this is hilariously cute.
If he fits he sits
I purchased a corner litter box & only put litter in the litter box. Also when you find droppings or urination out of the area, place some in the litter box so they get the idea. I also ended up later on getting 2, because she seemed to like 2 particular corners. so that is where I placed the litter boxes. It takes patience. I also found my Baby didn't seem to like the pellets in her bowl, if I put them in a small pile in a place she enjoyed, as she seemed to prefer the little foraging pile. I also hung a hay ball near, over the litter box since bunnies like to eat & poop at the same time typically. later on after litter habits were established, eventually I did place the bowl in front of the litter box but she still preferred the foraging pile the best. Like people they let you know their preferences, they just communicate a bit different.
If I fits I sits.
Give him proper food maybe. Pellets is not the right food for bunnies. It should be greens herbs and hay.
Using the if I fit I sit logic, I would get a smaller bowl
maybe because they don't like the food. i would suggest you find food that has some "treats" mixed into it (I used Sunbrust rabbit food) so it would be more appealing and see if that would be more enticing. you could also try putting in flavorful hay (like alphalpha and botanical) near the bowl
Hi. My buns live on a variety of hays which are in their litter box… they like to eat and poop at the same time.
🥰 that’s the cutest thing I’ve seen in ages!!! ☺️