Carry out syringe feeding in an unfamiliar place. Your rabbit won’t feel as confident and will be unlikely to struggle as much.

Make a soup of vegetables if your rabbit is off their food. This also helps to encourage them to eat again. To make a soup: Boil 2 or 3 vegetables (chopped into small pieces) like carrot, cabbage & celery in a little water for about 10 mins. Liquidise the vegetables with the water they cooked …

Gently poke a fork prong into the top of the syringe to widen it and this will help thick mixtures go into the syringe easier.

Make a mash of pellets by adding hot water (not boiling) and allow to cool before giving it to your rabbit.

If you are syringe feeding critical care mixture, add some normal pellets also to the mixture. It’s more palatable to them and you may find they will take it more willingly.

Critical care sachets can be made up and frozen for up to 6 months.

If you constantly see droppings laying around that resemble small bunches of grapes then your rabbit may suffer from excessive cecals. Feed limited veg to rabbits suffering from excessive cecals

Supply a scoop of Profibre pellets to rabbits that suffer from excessive cecals. This can be given daily.

Keep a diary each day to work out what foods suit your rabbit best

Rich hays like readigrass and alfalfa & grass hays can contribute to excessive cecals