Lissa wrote:
Idon't measure the pellets. I give both bunnies unlimitedwater, hay and pellets all day long. If they get overweight,then I will start measuring. Nobody limits my foodintake.
Well, somebodySHOULD be limiting MY food intake.:embarrassed: (It sure ain't me). :no:
As for the bunnies, I don't measure, either, but everybunny's different.
Pipp's the only one who won't eat hay (and wouldn't you know it, she'sthe 'problem' bunny),so she was getting a mix of half pellets(she loved the cheap stuff), half veggies. But sheended up with urinary issues, so I've almost cut her off pelletsentirely in favour of a massive amount of mostly low-calciumveggies.However,her pee problem has nowcleared up (andI may add thatbunnies on amega-veggie diet sure dopee a lot! :shock
, butshealso has dental issues (which hay would also help), so we'll beincreasing her pellets a bit, but heavy on the high-fibreOxbow. It will still bejust a few teaspoonsful aday.
All the bunnies getamix of three different types ofpellets, btw, aside from the nutrients, and personal tastes (I foundthat even though they were hooked on just one brand, they'd eventuallyeat the other two and would even start liking them), the differentshapes and textures also help their teeth.
Neither of theshed bunnies (Darry and Dill) nor the fosterbun(Sherry) knew anything aboutveggies or hay, they seem to haveonly had pellets theirwhole life.
Radar has always been a hay junkie, and now so is Darry (his newgf).So as long as they continue to eat a LOT ofhay, they can have almost as many pellets as veggies as they want (inone setting), which works out to about a half to 2/3 cups a day (again,a mixture of different brands) shared. They get atleast acouple ofcups ofveggies aswell.They're a lot fatter than when I got them,butdefinitely not overweight. Theyarevery happy bunnies.:biggrin
Dill is eating hay, but no where near as much as Darry. Hestill loves his pellets. He's a skinny, hyper little thingwith only a marginal interest in food, so I'm not too concerned, eventhough he's a mini-Rex, and Rex's apparently tend to getfat.I'd like himtoeatmore hay, and he shares with Sherry now
so he's only gettingprobably an eighth to a quartercup of pellets aday. Veggies don't agree with him, but he'll eat afew dandelion leaves or a couple of sprigs of parsley or cilantro.
Sherry? I can't figure her out. She's like Dill,she likes her pellets, and is eating a littlehay, just nottucking it away like the back room bunnies (Radar andDarry).She'll eat a very small bowl food of onlycertain veggies.She's a 'thick' little bunny, shecould be a little porker if I let her, so I'm limiting herpellets.Idon't think anybodyhad ever given hertreats, though,because shedoesn't seem to know how to take food from your hand, and she's anolder bunny.
So there's a lot more info than you wanted to know.
(Maybe I'll respost it in the bunny blog so I know where it is)
sas and the happy, well-fed gang (as above)
