SnowyShiloh
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Hi everyone! I have read everything I can find on feeding a young bunny, but I still have questions as some areas are a bit vague. The vet told me that Rory is 7 months old. He weighs four pounds and is a mini lop or Holland lop mix and is still growing (has about a pound more to go). The vet said I should feed him 1/4 cup timothy pellets a day (I feed Zupreem Nature's Promise Timothy Pellets), but I'm thinking I should give him a couple tablespoons more since he's growing still. He also gets unlimited timothy hay and orchard grass, and a handful of alfalfa hay every day. I also make him a big salad. My questions are:
-should I stick with 1/4 cup pellets a day or is a bit more okay?
-how much alfalfa should he get? "A small handful" is relative!
-most importantly... how much veggies should he get? In Bunny 101 it says that for his age he should get a little more than he was getting before, but how much is that? Can someone tell me in actual cups, or even better ounces/grams, how much he should be getting? Both of things like leafy greens and other veggies like cauliflower and celery. For example, when someone says 2 cups of red leaf lettuce, are we talking lettuce you've torn and packed into a measuring cup, or what?
"A little" is so darn relative and I get the feeling the daily salads I make him are too big, but I don't want to starve the poor guy and he always finishes them within half an hour or so. I've been introducing new veggies slowly and he has had NO problems with loose stool or anything.
Here is an example of one of his daily salads. Keep in mind that the camera was really close to the salad and looks larger than it really was! He gets quite an assortment of veggies and on this day, he had mustard greens, red leaf lettuce, thinly sliced celery, fresh dill, canned pumpkin and chopped broccoli stems.
The cutie diving in, I swear this is the same salad, it just looks big enough to eat HIM:
Thank you so much for all your help!
-should I stick with 1/4 cup pellets a day or is a bit more okay?
-how much alfalfa should he get? "A small handful" is relative!
-most importantly... how much veggies should he get? In Bunny 101 it says that for his age he should get a little more than he was getting before, but how much is that? Can someone tell me in actual cups, or even better ounces/grams, how much he should be getting? Both of things like leafy greens and other veggies like cauliflower and celery. For example, when someone says 2 cups of red leaf lettuce, are we talking lettuce you've torn and packed into a measuring cup, or what?
"A little" is so darn relative and I get the feeling the daily salads I make him are too big, but I don't want to starve the poor guy and he always finishes them within half an hour or so. I've been introducing new veggies slowly and he has had NO problems with loose stool or anything.
Here is an example of one of his daily salads. Keep in mind that the camera was really close to the salad and looks larger than it really was! He gets quite an assortment of veggies and on this day, he had mustard greens, red leaf lettuce, thinly sliced celery, fresh dill, canned pumpkin and chopped broccoli stems.
The cutie diving in, I swear this is the same salad, it just looks big enough to eat HIM:
Thank you so much for all your help!