hunnybunny63
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My bunny, Daisy, loves food!
she could eat all day evryday! she loves her pellets, loves grass,greens, not so keen on hay andthere special bush which bothmy buns love!
i feed my bunnies the about same amount of food each day. a handful ofgreens int eh moringin and 3/4 of a bowl of pellets in teh evnin plusthey have hay and grass and anything else they can find in their run tomunch :bunnydance:
Dandy, Daisy's sister doesnt put much weight on she has a good appetiteand seems very healthy in herself. Daisy on the other hand puts onwieght very easily.
Daisy gradullay got larger over last years so i put on a sort of dietby resticking how much she ate. this worked quite well up until thisspring when she started to put on the wieght again. over the summerwhen i left her with my mum to look after hse lsot a lot of weight veryqucikly as my mum under fed both of them. Dandy also lost some weightthen too. Recently i became a bit worried asDaisy didnt seemto be eating as much but she has put on ltos of weight within about 3/4 weeks.
Over winter i plan to let half of my large open run area grow a bit fograss for next year so that means one rabbit wont have a large space torun around in 24 hrs. what im goign to do is keep both bunnies lockedup in a large huthc with run underneatch at night and have one outduring the day and one out in the evevign this will mean they are safeat night and have some exercise time during the day, either in a run(when they are let into the run there is grass to eat and weeds) or outloose running in my sealed garden (there are plenty of food sourcesincluding grass, bushes, leaves, shrubs, weeds and small plants). Thisalso means that i can monitor Daisy's diet a lot more and as i ampicking her up everyday i can try and monitor her weight.
what would you suggest to me to keep Daisy's weight down this winter?
should i: -
she could eat all day evryday! she loves her pellets, loves grass,greens, not so keen on hay andthere special bush which bothmy buns love!
i feed my bunnies the about same amount of food each day. a handful ofgreens int eh moringin and 3/4 of a bowl of pellets in teh evnin plusthey have hay and grass and anything else they can find in their run tomunch :bunnydance:
Dandy, Daisy's sister doesnt put much weight on she has a good appetiteand seems very healthy in herself. Daisy on the other hand puts onwieght very easily.
Daisy gradullay got larger over last years so i put on a sort of dietby resticking how much she ate. this worked quite well up until thisspring when she started to put on the wieght again. over the summerwhen i left her with my mum to look after hse lsot a lot of weight veryqucikly as my mum under fed both of them. Dandy also lost some weightthen too. Recently i became a bit worried asDaisy didnt seemto be eating as much but she has put on ltos of weight within about 3/4 weeks.
Over winter i plan to let half of my large open run area grow a bit fograss for next year so that means one rabbit wont have a large space torun around in 24 hrs. what im goign to do is keep both bunnies lockedup in a large huthc with run underneatch at night and have one outduring the day and one out in the evevign this will mean they are safeat night and have some exercise time during the day, either in a run(when they are let into the run there is grass to eat and weeds) or outloose running in my sealed garden (there are plenty of food sourcesincluding grass, bushes, leaves, shrubs, weeds and small plants). Thisalso means that i can monitor Daisy's diet a lot more and as i ampicking her up everyday i can try and monitor her weight.
what would you suggest to me to keep Daisy's weight down this winter?
should i: -
- put her on a diet
- change her food in some way
- let her out more ot exercise
- lower the amount offood she eats
