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Should I be wooried? Baby Gloria update!

clairescanvas

Young Bun
My little Gloria is doing so well, shes got a little bigger and her ears seem to have grown in a week and are starting to part (shes a lop ear)

However when you stroke her she really is fur and bones! she has a tubby little belly on her but you can feel her bones on her back! My other rabbit Norris is slightly over weight and 5 years old so thats all i have to compare her to.

She is 6 weeks old and is eating and drinking all the time, she is also very energetic and running around my front room. When i took her to the vets last week they said she was very healthy and doing brilliant but small for her age. She sleeps quite a bit but im told this is expected for a bun of her age.

But should she be fatter? is there anything more i can give her apart from hay and rabbit food?

She is eating excel for young rabbits and dwalfs and excel herbage hay.
 
she sounds quite normal...but you could check her wieght with a vet to be sure. regards other food. if you introduce any new food do it gradually as otherwise you may upset her tum...a little veg or maybe porrige oats with warm water throughly soaked can help with weight gain.
 
wow i didnt know you could feed them that may try a little today she'd love it!

I was planing to take her to the vets weds but obviously if theres something to worry about i will be there today! x
 
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