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Gosh it’s such a mine field isn’t it! Maybe I’ll keep my blended hay for now I can always change it up later if it doesn’t work. I’ll focus on committing to the fewer pellets and smaller/ no treats and keep a close eye on them. Here’s a picture of my little chonks at the moment got the most work...

Thanks @JBun thats very useful to know about the hay, I can actually swap to a complete coarse cut without the soft. I only picked the blended one for variety without any nutritional knowledge. With the treats and pellets I only strictly need to feed one of those once a day just to put them away...

That’s very impressive @Nancy McClelland it gives me hope that it is possible. If I could start all over again with ours I would do it differently, I thought feeding them by the book was a totally safe bet but turns out I was wrong and prevention is definitely easier than the cure! I just hope I...

@Blue eyes we get our hay from a company called hay box and it is a mixture of soft and coarse cut Timothy hay. They eat quite a lot of hay but I would struggle to guess how much exactly. For pellets they used to have burgess excel mint but they are now getting burgess excel light which is...

Hello, The vets have advised on our yearly check up that our buns are a little overweight even though we have been feeding them as recommended. I have tried to reduce the amount they are fed and was wondering if this seemed like a sensible plan. I have attached pics for reference of their new...

Thank you for your answers. I think I am going to start by removing the second feed of pellets in the evening and see if that helps. They will have less than half an egg cup per day then. Should I gradually reduce the portion before taking it away or can I just stop it and maybe feed their Veg...

Hi everyone, I need to help my indoor buns loose some weight. They are fed the same diet as my outdoor buns (living in garage but without central heating) and have a similar exercise space. However, I believe the indoor buns are putting on weight as do not burn calories keeping warm like the...

Hello, My girl Dotty has suddenly taken a liking to grooming over her Partners eyes. Is this normal? I suspected he had a weepy eye but couldn’t get to the bottom of the problem until I caught her doing it 🤦‍♀️. He isn’t bothered by her grooming him like that I can just see the fur is a little...

Hi, We live in a hard water area and I’m concerned this will not be good for our bunnies. I was thinking of getting a water filter jug to purify the water before I give it to them. Does anyone know if this would be a safe thing to do? Thanks :)

Sorry should also say that the wire they are sat on the gaps are not as large the squares they are much narrower.

*New upgrade* I discovered a new and improved device as was still struggling a bit with my boys wriggling too much. I created a raised wire platform to sit them in and then not only does this keep them calmer the wire pushes the fur away from the nail so I can clearly see what I am doing. I was...

I feed burgess excel pellets one egg cup in the morning and one in the evening between the two of them. I buy hay from hay box they get meadow hay and a mixture of Timothy soft and coarse cut. I’m not sure out of the two which one is most effected or if it’s both of them. They are both 2 years...

Hello, What would everyone suggest as the best veg and herbs for a low calcium diet but still with plenty of variety. I am noticing quite a lot of calcium deposit in my bunnies urine at the moment so I want to reduce calcium for a bit to see if that helps. Thank you 😊

Yes this might work really well for you as well. Until I tried this I couldn’t do them at all and spent forever googling what to do but nothing worked for me. I couldn’t keep them held still long enough. I had to take them to the vet nurse which is fine but obviously during COVID lockdown this...

Hi everyone I just wanted to share a technique I used for clipping my bunnies nails as I’ve never been able to do it myself in the two years I’ve had them and I know other owners struggle with this. I made a small square out of some spare grid pieces which I use for my enclosures (pic attached)...

Our upstairs spare room is also adapted for our other two bunnies. The cage door is left open during the day.

Garage converted to bunny living space. *Disclaimer* my pen is not very high but they have never jumped out yet!

Yes I can verify the pellets are not dusty, they did however have a very noticeable smell is this normal for all wood pellets? The front says natural pine fragrance which I assumed meant nothing extra was added they do smell how I would imagine wood pellets to smell just seemed very strong! It...

Hi all, I have decided to take the plunge and try adding litter pellets back in to my trays. I gave up with litter a while ago as my bunnies repeatedly dug in the tray and it made the mess 100x worse! Over the past few months the digging has stopped so I want to try again, I’ve gone for wood...

Thank you I will look in to some of these options. Pellet free is tempting as I’m sure they are the biggest cause of flare ups, if the two that were affected lived together I’d probably go for that but I feel a bit bad for my two girls who have had no issues and love their pellets!