TinysMom
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momto1 wrote:
Right now the flemish are at 4 1/2 - 5 months which means they are in the "free-feeding" stage. Whenever I go by their cage - if the food bowl is empty - I toss in a bit more (or some hay).
I'm guessing they're eating between 1 1/2 cups and 2 cups per day with a bit of calf manna on top of that. Some days it is more - some days it is less.
However - it is critical at this age that they get as much as they need/want because they are growing fairly fast and their bones are developing, etc.
If I remember right - when Tiny was about 14 months old - he settled down in the amount he needed and it became more reasonable. (Then again - for a flemish he was tiny).
With all that said - it really doesn't bother me to feed them that much - they are worth it. And truth be told - I could be wrong - it could be a bit less than that....I haven't exactly been measuring.
I'm trying to get them to eat more hay - they like it - but they don't "LOVE" it. I'm thinking if I cut back a bit on their pellets and have more hay in there - that might help them too...but still yet.
Something to point out though is that like many bunnies that live in a rabbitry - they get between 2 and 8 hours of exercise per day...so they do burn up a bunch of energy doing binkies and hopping around and stuff....
Right now the flemish are at 4 1/2 - 5 months which means they are in the "free-feeding" stage. Whenever I go by their cage - if the food bowl is empty - I toss in a bit more (or some hay).
I'm guessing they're eating between 1 1/2 cups and 2 cups per day with a bit of calf manna on top of that. Some days it is more - some days it is less.
However - it is critical at this age that they get as much as they need/want because they are growing fairly fast and their bones are developing, etc.
If I remember right - when Tiny was about 14 months old - he settled down in the amount he needed and it became more reasonable. (Then again - for a flemish he was tiny).
With all that said - it really doesn't bother me to feed them that much - they are worth it. And truth be told - I could be wrong - it could be a bit less than that....I haven't exactly been measuring.
I'm trying to get them to eat more hay - they like it - but they don't "LOVE" it. I'm thinking if I cut back a bit on their pellets and have more hay in there - that might help them too...but still yet.
Something to point out though is that like many bunnies that live in a rabbitry - they get between 2 and 8 hours of exercise per day...so they do burn up a bunch of energy doing binkies and hopping around and stuff....
