Pellets - how much per day?

[turbotina]

I have been feeding Tina & Turbo 1/2 cup(avg 1/4 cup per bunny) pellets every morning. Their combined weight isjust over 6lbs. Is that too much? They hardly ever touch their hay butusually eat their greens overnight.

 

[maomaochiu]

i'm no expert but sounds like the food is notenough, if each of them only weighs 3lbs on average, unless they aredwarfs?

i heard 1/2 cup each day for each rabbit under 5lbs or under 6months ofage. i fed my bun maomaochiu 1/2 cupper day, he is6months old and4.5lbs.

 

[turbotina]

TIna is 2.5lbs, Turbo is 3.5lbs - yes they are dwarfs

 

[maherwoman]

You should check out the Rabbit 101 section on Pellets. Here's a link:
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=12160&forum_id=17

Also, check out the Feeding Your Rabbit section:
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=12046&forum_id=17

Also in that section, here's a great link that states how much pellet food buns should get per age:
http://www.carrotcafe.com/diet/index.html

Here is a link that says both by age, and by weight:
http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/diet.html

Hope those help!

Rosie*

 

[Bunman]

I'd encourage them to eat more hay, by cuttingback on pellets. You may also find a type of hay they like better. Manybuns don't learn to eat hay because they did not get it when young, butthey need it.

 

[turbotina]

Thank you

I emailed SweetBinks rescue where we adopted them. They said yes its okto cut back to 1/3rd cup total for the 2 dwarf bunnies. I also puttheir hay on the grate of their cage instead of in the trough. Lookslike alot more hay is being eaten!