Petie Bunny

RoyBoy and I have two rabbits: Petie, our older, fat bunny, and Orion, our younger, frisky bunny. Petie is a greedy little pig. He loves to eat, and especially loves to devour fresh-cut veggies. The other day RoyBoy and I had salad with dinner. I had a little left over, so RoyBoy put it on the floor for the rabbits. The next day, Petie wouldn't get out of his cage. Not even for banana.

Now, you have to understand: Banana is like crack to Petie. He LOVES banana, and has some EVERY morning. Not eating banana in the morning makes Petie angry. The fact that Petie was refusing banana was worrisome. I did some research.

Did you know that rabbits cannot have dairy? They can't digest it. It makes them pretty sick. There was some ranch dressing on the salad RoyBoy left for them. I can just imagine it: Petie hops over to investigate the bowl of food, and finds some ranch. "Hm, what's this?" *lick* "WOW! That's yummy! I'm a fat bunny, and I will eat this!" Later: "Ugh, I feel sick."

That whole day, Petie just hung out in a cage. I force-fed him water and let him rest. In my experience, tummy-issues need to sort themselves out. I watched him, of course, to ensure I didn't need to rush him to the vet.

Luckily, Petie felt better by that evening. He left his cage, started drinking more water on his own, and finally ate banana. By the next morning, he was completely better and demanding his morning banana.