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Post by luci on Nov 4, 2009 11:37:05 GMT -5
Fierra does not like rabbit anymore. The times when I've tricked her into eating some by puréeing it into her soup has caused some off-color splarts. She eats all kinds of other meats just fine. Do I give up on rabbit completely with her because it doesn't seem to agree with her?
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Post by Forum Administrator on Nov 4, 2009 14:43:14 GMT -5
Personally if it were me, I would. My crew HATES turkey and while it doesn't upset their tummies they just will not eat it. There are plenty of other meat varieties out there you can replace the rabbit with. Give something new a shot. She might prefer it more and it might agree with her more. Also, its possible that your source of rabbit could be a "bad batch". This happened to me one time with some feeder rats. The ferrets would vomit with this batch, but never another batch. You could try rabbit from a new source, or maybe whole prey rabbit. She might like it better then and it might agree with her. If not, just replace the rabbit with a diffent meat and if you'd like to (though you don't need to) you can always try her on rabbit at a later time.
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Post by mustelidmusk on Nov 5, 2009 17:45:03 GMT -5
Was your fert eating rabbit with no trouble before? If so, did the change happen slowly or over night? You mak want to check with the place where you get your rabbit - they may have a new supplier or process. for eaxample, they may be pre-treating meat with food-grade disinfectants, etc. The rabbit itself may not be an issue.
If the rabbit is the issue, I'd switch away from rabbit. It's not good to have a constant irritant to the digestive system that could develop into some sort of IBD/colitis if the immune system gets too riled up.
-jennifer
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Post by luci on Nov 5, 2009 18:28:53 GMT -5
Gotcha. She has an aversion to two different suppliers, so itmust be the rabbit itself. Seems a shame since she seemed to enjoy it in the past. Now if I offer it she sniffs it and slowly turns her head away. She doesn't touch it if it's the only meat in her den.
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Post by spiritualtramp on Nov 6, 2009 11:44:04 GMT -5
It sounds like she remembers it doesn't make her feel good. That's too bad, but at least it's only one thing and there are plenty of options out there that do work for her.
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