WOW I think I quite remember seeing a photo of a chubby bunny before! She's looking great now!
Pellets are less than 10% moisture (water) and fresh foods more like 80-90%. So weight for weight she'd need to eat several times the amount of fresh foods as pellets to get the same amount of non water component. If you think how small and light herbs, for example, crush down to when they are dried compared to the same amount fresh.
So in a very rough example, if you had a fresh leaf that weighed 100g but was 80% water, that means dried it would weigh 20g. Or the other way around, if you had 20g of dried food, she'd have to eat 100g of fresh (5x the amount) to get the same food value.
It looks like a lot more just because its less condensed
Have you noticed her drinking less where she's getting more water in her food?
She's looking good
What sort of hay is that she's got? It looks good
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She's definately slimmer but not worryingly so from the photos. But as Tamsin says, only real way to check and monitor is hands-on - your vet should be able to show you how to assess her body condition (weight doesnt mean a lot on its own).
I'd also check, but a daily porridge meal might be good - give her some energy source which is slow release so she'll act less hungry all the time. my bun did this when we took her off pellets years ago - she tried to eat everything because she was so hungry,whereas before she wasnt at all destructive.
It is probably a lot of food, but if you imagine a handful of pellets once a day (what i give my buns) x 5-7 in veg to make up the dry matter, its quite a lot. Measure in handfuls as thats probably easier, and space it out in several meals if possible. As long as she is eating hay all day it wont do her stomach any harm.
maybe i missed it in the other thread - was the lack of pellets because of calcium and the crytals?
Julie is looking great! I guess the change is a bit difficult to get used to though for you.
Good news on the reduction in crystals in her urine. I haven't been RUing so much recently but seem to remember that Julie's vet was querying a metabolic disorder? Her voracious appetite would seem to be even more extreme than your average Californian bun so there must be something behind it rather than just breed predisposition.
Porridge oats aka rolled oats are the same as oatmeal so better for buns to make it up with some water.
Really hope you get to the bottom of all this, although the improvements you have seen from the diet change much be encouraging - even if Julie is not too impressed!