Fattie Hattie

Hattie seems to get fatter everyday :shock: Shes always been big girl, but since her daughter Winnie had babies Hattie has got seriously overweight, she eats all the food she can find. Today was the last straw, for 3 days in a row we have had to clean her bottom because she can't hold herself up to clean herself properly. So i decided from now on Hattie is joining my bunny fat fighters club :lol: She is having her rabbit food reduced, and is going to have to run around for 30 minutes every evening! She has started Bunny Fat Fighters today She is having her diet changed so she gets plenty of hay and grass. Surprisingly enough she can run really fast when she wants to! Here's some photos of Hatties first run, well more like rest :roll:

Boo gives her some encouragement




Stretching her legs


There wasn't alot of action, a few quick runs around the garden, then lots of relaxing


She's like a living bunny cushion




Awww just look at that face


Boo says he loves being a bunny herder (he thinks hes sheepdog :roll


I'm hoping (if all goes well) to keep everyone upto date her Hatties progress

Great photo's!

Poor Hattie, she is on the rather large side isn't she!

I have a frenchie (5.5kg) who tends to get porky, as she lives with a tiny nethie (0.975g!) so she eats like a hoover and gets as much as possible, as quickly as possible.

She has about 2.5 hours free time in the garden, but spends lots of that in various lying down positions, just like Hattie!

What breed is she?

BB Mommy said:

Great photo's!

Poor Hattie, she is on the rather large side isn't she!

I have a frenchie (5.5kg) who tends to get porky, as she lives with a tiny nethie (0.975g!) so she eats like a hoover and gets as much as possible, as quickly as possible.

She has about 2.5 hours free time in the garden, but spends lots of that in various lying down positions, just like Hattie!

What breed is she?

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We were told she is a continental x dwarf lop. Hattie is in a run all day but doesnt move at all. So we are hoping free time in the garden will get her moving

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Lillian said:

We were told she is a continental x dwarf lop. Hattie is in a run all day but doesnt move at all. So we are hoping free time in the garden will get her moving

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yeh thats a good idea cus she will want to explore! vibes for hattie getting thin!

Aww she is so pretty. She is a bit on the large size bless her, that few mins run must of worn her out :lol:

Is she dreamas and simbas grandma? Do you have apick of there mum also?

She's almost as big as Milly. I'm glad you are taking steps now to slim her down. Hay and grass is all she needs for a week or so..that and running around the garden..she'll be a different bun.:lol:

Hopper said:

Aww she is so pretty. She is a bit on the large size bless her, that few mins run must of worn her out :lol:

Is she dreamas and simbas grandma? Do you have apick of there mum also?

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Yes Hattie is the grandma.
This is Roo Simbas mum


Hattie, Winnie (Dreamas mum) & Roo (Simbas mum)


Naughty daddy Hazel-Rah


I forgot you weren't around to know the story about all the bunnies. I had two boys Greg (R.I.P) and Hazel and i met Hattie in a petshop, she looked a mess and was being bullied by the other rabbits. We went home but kept thinking about her and after a week my parents said we'd go back and see if she was still there. And she was, so we asked about her and they said she was a 16 week old male continental x dwarf lop. We bought her and gave her a shed of her own to live in. I said i'm sure hes a girl when we got back home and i was right. We had her two weeks and were shocked when we discovered she had had 5 babies!

My mum contacted the petshop and was nice to them explaining what had happened and the petshop owner shouted at my mum :shock: told her we had to take all the babies to the petshop immediately, as they were there property. They said them babies are worth £50 each, bring them straight back. My mum tried to explain that we could not move the babies, but the owner kept on then my mum got alittle rude back :lol:. And said we paid from her, she is our rabbit and therefore WE own the babies! And we ended up keeping all of them. 3 girls Roo, Winnie and Bernard and 2 boys Violet and Bugs. Bernard was put to sleep at 13 weeks old because she got myxi

Then one day in May Winnie and Roo jumped on there hutch and over there fence into the garden where the boys were out in there runs. Hazel saw the girls and dug out and my mum found Roo, Winnie and Hazel running around loose in the garden and caught them. Then june 24th Winnie and Roo had 5 babies each, one of Roo's died at two days old

We had Hattie spayed when her babies were 8 weeks old, she also had a tumor removed from her tummy. All the boys are off the be neutered in September, then the girls are going after the boys have recovered.

Aww what a pudgy little one you got hehe, nice long hoppy time in garden just a little more everyday and she'll slim down nicely :lol: be's a real beauty

When Buu was getting a bit chubby I used to chase her round the garden with their carry box for the vets Im so mean but she knew exactly what it was and it got her moving, because she was never actually put in the box as I only wanted her to see me with it and run its like a game now :roll: :lol: I dont have to carry the box anymore but she loves being chased and then turning round and chasing me, I think its cute and she must be soooo clever

Anyone watching me when I used to do it with the box must have thought I was a right idiot though, running round the garden after her with it for hours and then stopping, putting the box down and telling her to get into her hutch and in she went :lol:

She is beautiful hun x

sillyrabbit said:

When Buu was getting a bit chubby I used to chase her round the garden with their carry box for the vets Im so mean but she knew exactly what it was and it got her moving, because she was never actually put in the box as I only wanted her to see me with it and run its like a game now :roll: :lol: I dont have to carry the box anymore but she loves being chased and then turning round and chasing me, I think its cute and she must be soooo clever

Anyone watching me when I used to do it with the box must have thought I was a right idiot though, running round the garden after her with it for hours and then stopping, putting the box down and telling her to get into her hutch and in she went :lol:

She is beautiful hun x

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:lol: awww bless. My dog Boo chases her, but sometimes she gets annoyed and turns around and chases him :lol:. Boo is a great dog, when a rabbit gets lose he herds it straight back to where its supposed to be. Hes a very gentle dog my other dogs go nuts if they see a rabbit running around, so they have to be shut indoors. We used to have free range rabbits Stanley and Tilly but after we got our dog Ollie they had to be kept in a run cos Ollie bites everything :roll: typical terrier!