u/Ciandraa

My girl, Lola, was rescued 2.5 months ago from the outdoors. Her previous owner let her free roam the backyard and neighborhood most of her life. She does not really like hay. She will eat the oat seed pods from oat hay but not the stalks and she will sometimes eat orchard hay. I’ve gotten 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cut Timothy from Small Pet Select and she won’t eat any of it. I’ve also gotten Oxbow Botanical hay which she will maybe eat a couple pieces here and there. I know they only fed her pellets.

Today I grabbed a handful of grass and she devoured it, which makes sense since she grew up on it. My question is, how much is too much for her? If this is the only thing she’ll eat, is it enough fiber to keep her from going into stasis?

Picture of Lola chilling out on her cool tile during this nasty heatwave.

My girl got fixed last Tuesday and she was given pain meds once a day and antibiotics twice a day. She’s supposed to take them for two weeks. Every day is worse than the previous day. She has turned into a biter and absolutely refuses anything offered to her. I had to get stitches on my finger tip because of her biting me. I’ve done every recommendation I’ve read about from previous posts about tips on giving her meds. I basically have to just force the meds in her mouth at this point.

I stopped the pain meds yesterday because it’s the worst tasting one but yesterday she didn’t really eat anything so I assumed she was still in pain. Today I added them back in.

What I’m most worried about is destroying my relationship with her. We’ve only had her for 6 weeks and before that she was a free range outside bunny. She won’t take any treats because I’ve tried to “trick” her. It’s such a fight every time that I’m crying because I feel so bad for her but I know she needs them. Please tell me we will get through this and she’ll love me again.