Wispa & Zola
Mama Doe
is there a way of telling if a rabbit is fat. zola is VERY fluffy and i cant work out if he is fat or just fluffy!
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Wispa & Zola
Mama Doe
Wispa & Zola
Mama Doe
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Wispa & Zola
Mama Doe
well 20 odd people have viewed and nobody has an opinion on whether hes fat or not :roll:
RusselRocky
Mama Doe
I think he looks alright... Am no expert but I thought Rocky was overweight turns out he is perfecto! 
In my experience lops are fluffier... Have you got scales you can hop on and then take him on with you? Or the carrier idea? You could then phone a vets for advice (if you cen understand their accent ) Hope this helps!!
In my experience lops are fluffier... Have you got scales you can hop on and then take him on with you? Or the carrier idea? You could then phone a vets for advice (if you cen understand their accent ) Hope this helps!! Wispa & Zola
Mama Doe
I think he looks alright... Am no expert but I thought Rocky was overweight turns out he is perfecto!
im not overly worried i just wondered if i should be cutting down his food! i think because i have lucy who is smaller than them they are looking bigger to me. wispa looks massive!
i'd quite happily live how we are living but if it is damaging his health then i need to put him on a diet!
oh and the vet i saw for lucy was a southerner!
jackiestone
Warren Veteran
I would say he looks about right,he looks healthy and happy which is the important thing,I love Lucy too,they are so brainy
my vet would say he was overweight....she says my buns slightly overweight & they are thinner than he looks in the piccies (I'm not sure I 100% agree with her though). I always go by
1. Spine - You should be able to feel it, it shouldn't be sharp but there should be definition without too much proding
2. Ribs - You should be able to feel these again with not much proding
3. Arch under the rib cage - There should be one when the bun is standing...no bellies hitting the floor
4. Dewlap, if neutered there usually wont be much of one, especially in a male but this one doesn't always work as some bunnys are very dewlappy.
I'll try and upload a picci of my post diet bunnys tonight...they are now back to the "healthy" weight the doctor gave me.
1. Spine - You should be able to feel it, it shouldn't be sharp but there should be definition without too much proding
2. Ribs - You should be able to feel these again with not much proding
3. Arch under the rib cage - There should be one when the bun is standing...no bellies hitting the floor
4. Dewlap, if neutered there usually wont be much of one, especially in a male but this one doesn't always work as some bunnys are very dewlappy.
I'll try and upload a picci of my post diet bunnys tonight...they are now back to the "healthy" weight the doctor gave me.
that checklist is useful as I am worried that one of my rabbits is overweight but could just be fluffy (fur sticks straight out and is quite frizzy).
My other lady rabbit has a bum dewlap. Imagine a dewlap that runs from one hind leg all the way round to the other, at ground/bum level. I'm not sure if it's something to worry about, because the rest of her feels fairly slim.
My other lady rabbit has a bum dewlap. Imagine a dewlap that runs from one hind leg all the way round to the other, at ground/bum level. I'm not sure if it's something to worry about, because the rest of her feels fairly slim.
honey got that a bit when she was a little too heavy but I suspect that older buns that don't more around so much might also get it as a little bit of middle aged spread.
I tried to get some photos of now skinny buns without much sucess so I've had to resort to:
Honey - A little on the porky side....note bingo wings and a touch of bottom dewlap.
Honey - When she first arrived. Action shot but note the nice curve in her tummy
Foster bunny sid - A nice curve & well proportioned larger nethie
Rosie - Perfect weight but nethies for some reason always seem to have a bit of a pot belly. You can see how much she's grown between that photo & my sigi but the vet still seems to think she is alright.....even though to me she looks like a puffball.
I tried to get some photos of now skinny buns without much sucess so I've had to resort to:
Honey - A little on the porky side....note bingo wings and a touch of bottom dewlap.
Honey - When she first arrived. Action shot but note the nice curve in her tummy
Foster bunny sid - A nice curve & well proportioned larger nethie
Rosie - Perfect weight but nethies for some reason always seem to have a bit of a pot belly. You can see how much she's grown between that photo & my sigi but the vet still seems to think she is alright.....even though to me she looks like a puffball.
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South Mill Bunnies
Young Bun
I read somewhere that when a bun is sitting up that if his shape resembles an apple with a head as opposed to a pear shape that it is likely that he is overweight. I began to notice this recently in our lop. He looks very trim in the picture below but this was before he put some weight on. Two weeks ago we had the VHD injections from our local visiting vet service and the verdict was after an examination that he was a tad overweight. So his pellets have been reduced and he is already becoming much more active than he has been of late and should soon be back to normal. :wave:
neeshkabeesh
Warren Scout
I think she looks a bit on the chunky side. What is she fed on and how much?
Wispa & Zola
Mama Doe
he is fed on pets at home nuggets and a small handful each day. he is VERY fluffy tho
neeshkabeesh
Warren Scout
No hay or veg?
