TurtleShark
Active Member
I've decided to start a little "journal" if you will about my Holland Lop, Cookies and Cream (Cookie for short)
No, she's not black and white...
Anyway, I got her several months ago. She's in a temporary cage on the floor probably around 5 foot long by 4 foot wide. The fencing is most likely between 12 and 14 inches high.
She has a small cat litterbox filled with hay. She eats that hay (I think) and makes a big mess out of the stuff. She has a large cat carrier/small dog carrier (covered) that she uses for a real litter box. I fill this with a thin layer of carefresh to help keep the moisture down (switching to wood pellets soon) and top that with hay. I put fresh hay on top every day and change the whole thing once a week. Cookie also has a hiding place created by putting one piece of shelving across a corner of the cage and putting a blanket over that.
Anyway, that's her cage.
My goals (and things I'd like some help on) are:
1. Teaching her to accept my attention
2. Sorting out this whole poopy butt thing she has going on..
3. Getting her up to the right amount of veggies
4. Learning what the right amount of veggies is for a holland lop...
5. Learning how to tell if she is underweight or overweight.
Those are my goals for now. Right now she gets fed 1/4 cut of pellets (Or around there. No more than 1/2 a cut) split into morning and night feedings and one feeding of some Green Leaf Lettuce (not iceberg... Something that tastes vaguely of raw broccoli...) in the afternoon. She gets between 1/2 and a full leaf of the lettuce.
I haven't had her for long, but I sure do enjoy her.
Starting with my simplest and most pressing goal:
***How much greens should she get per day?***
No, she's not black and white...
Anyway, I got her several months ago. She's in a temporary cage on the floor probably around 5 foot long by 4 foot wide. The fencing is most likely between 12 and 14 inches high.
She has a small cat litterbox filled with hay. She eats that hay (I think) and makes a big mess out of the stuff. She has a large cat carrier/small dog carrier (covered) that she uses for a real litter box. I fill this with a thin layer of carefresh to help keep the moisture down (switching to wood pellets soon) and top that with hay. I put fresh hay on top every day and change the whole thing once a week. Cookie also has a hiding place created by putting one piece of shelving across a corner of the cage and putting a blanket over that.
Anyway, that's her cage.
My goals (and things I'd like some help on) are:
1. Teaching her to accept my attention
2. Sorting out this whole poopy butt thing she has going on..
3. Getting her up to the right amount of veggies
4. Learning what the right amount of veggies is for a holland lop...
5. Learning how to tell if she is underweight or overweight.
Those are my goals for now. Right now she gets fed 1/4 cut of pellets (Or around there. No more than 1/2 a cut) split into morning and night feedings and one feeding of some Green Leaf Lettuce (not iceberg... Something that tastes vaguely of raw broccoli...) in the afternoon. She gets between 1/2 and a full leaf of the lettuce.
I haven't had her for long, but I sure do enjoy her.
Starting with my simplest and most pressing goal:
***How much greens should she get per day?***