HELP!!

[Hyatt101]

Okay, this is the 3rd time I've posted this with no replies:

So i have a female bunny named Taz, and she's about 2 months old. She's a small lionhead baby. I've noticed that she eats a lot less then her sister, pepper. Pepper eats a lot, and unfortuantely, until i get their NIC cage done, they have to share a cage with their mother (don't worry, they're all very small rabbits, and they don't look cramped at all )
But this means that since Taz eats slowly and doesn't eat a lot in 1 sitting, most of the food gets eaten before her. She is a lot tinier than her sister, even though they are both small. She is lighter has well, but i also think this is due to different builds: their mom is a dwarf lionhead, and their dad is a dutch. Pepper is a lionhead, but her head is a different shape than Taz's and Lily's, her head is almost more like a dutch. Taz, on the other hand, has the small, almost squished in face of a lionhead. Pepper also has much larger ears, and Taz has little tiny ones. Is Taz okay? Is her smaller stature and eating habits just because of different builds? Is she okay??

 

[I_heart_Fraggles]

I would feed her separately from the others and maybe add a little plain dry oatmeal to her diet as well Maybe you should post a pic of the size difference.

 

[Hyatt101]

Sure! Its hard to tell just from looking at them, if i get the camera at the right angle, then maybe you could see the size difference, its more when i hold and feel them that i feel the difference! And thank you for responding; i've posted this 3 times with no response from anyone

 

[JBun]

The way I understand it is at that age they should be getting unlimited hay and pellets because they are still growing and need the extra nutrition. If you do that then she will be able to eat whenever she's hungry and she should start putting on more weight.

 

[Hyatt101]

Well, I refill their pellet bowl as often as i go out there, is that what you mean by "unlimited" pellets?

 

[JBun]

Unlimited would mean that they always have some pellets and hay in their cage without running out by the time you come to check on them and refill their food. So if their bowl is empty when you go to refill then try using a bigger bowl that will hold more food, or an extra bowl for food. You have them with their mom, and I assume they aren't nursing anymore, so she would be getting unlimited food too, which she probably doesn't need. You would either need to separate her from them or if that doesn't work for you, just keep an eye on her weight.

 

[Hyatt101]

THank you!