I have a house bunny, aproximately 9 monhts old, 5 lbs.
This is our feeding routine:
I give her 1/4 cup of pellets in the morning and about an 1/8 at night...I feel guilty if I put her to bed with an empty crunchy bowl. In the morning and night I clean her box and in the corner of it layer some bermuda grass (only a little because she doesn't love it) a generous pile of Timothy Hay with a little Alfalfa Hay on top. I've been told that I need to ween her off of the Alfalfa soon, but she really enjoys that too. At dinner time I give her a heaping dinner plate of fresh greens (aprox 2 - 3 cups); a combination of at least 3 of dandalion greens, cilantro, parsley, basil, mint, spinach, or spring mix. The ocassional baby carrot or bit of brocolli as a treat.
I'm kind of new to being a bunny mom though. I'm really interested in finding out if I'm feeding my bun the right/wrong foods/amounts. I'm trying to get it right based on what I've read, but it's difficult. She loves the pellet mixture so much (which I now know are the wrong kind) and I feel like I'm depriving her by having to cut her way back. I assume she feels deprived by the way she attacks her pellets with gusto when I provide them.
I'm a little concerned because sometimes I pick her up and she feels like a little pigglet and then the next thing I know she's as light as a feather. There is a noticeable difference sometimes in the same day. This is with consisent feeding amounts.:?
How to balance being a good bunny mom from two perspectives. Feeding them an appropriate diet versus one they really enjoy?
We threw out the yogurt drops among other bunny "treats" that she also loved, because the vet said it was the equivalent of feeding your kids McDonalds every day.