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rabbits off their food

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Question
Our pet rabbits who are a year old, have BOTH gone off their food - their have a diet of fresh vegetables, cereal,hand picked grass and normally eat enthusiastically.  They are weeing and pooing as normal but stopped eating 24 hours ago and nothing can tempt either to eat - I'm taking them to the vet tomorrow but any ideas what I should do overnight - I've tried rose leaves but they wont touch them either! Help

Answer
Hi Camilla,
Your rabbits need to eat quickly, if they wont feed themselves then syringe feed them baby food with carrot (no meat), also try to syringe liquids. Be careful and gentle but there is a high chance of GI statis which is deadly.
Best Wishes

Katie