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[Mimi Bauer]

How do you put weight on a rabbit

mimi

 

[MiniLopHop]

what is the current diet? age? breed? any health issues?

 

[Mimi Bauer]

The current diet is 1 cup of manna pro. The age is 1 year old. He is a tan. no health issues

 

[MiniLopHop]

what about hay or vegetables? what is the current weight?

 

[Mimi Bauer]

He always has hay no vegetable. The current weight is 3 lbs.

 

[maxysmummy]

1 cup of pellets is far too much for a 3 pound rabbit...

 

[MiniLopHop]

If he is a 3 pound rabbit eating a cup of pellets a day and still does not weigh enough I would highly recommend taking him to the vet.

 

[Mimi Bauer]

what do you think is wrong?

 

[maxysmummy]

Mimi Bauer wrote:

what do you think is wrong?

how do you know he is too light?

 

[Mimi Bauer]

Because you can feel his back bone and ribs and tan rabbit are 5 lbs

 

[jujub793]

Has he always been that way or just recently? And does he eat all the pellets everyday?

 

[Mimi Bauer]

no just recently and he eat all the pellets

 

[elrohwen]

It could be something like a parasite. I would take him to the vet and bring a fecal sample with you. 1cup of food is far too much for a rabbit that size so if he's eating all of it and is still skinny, there must be something wrong.

 

[mistyjr]

Yes, What they say above. I feed mine about 1/2 cups or a little more,

 

[Mimi Bauer]

ok

 

[Silver Star Rabbitry]

You might want to add oats to his feed.

Emily

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[tonyshuman]

These are good suggestions, but I wanted to add that you can usually feel the spine and ribs on a normal weight bunny if you try--they're not like dogs in that they need to have these parts covered by a dense layer of muscle. I too would have him checked for parasites or other problems. Our one bunny that doesn't put on weight as much as his bondmate was recently diagnosed with a tumor (at only age 3), so that is another unfortunate possibility.