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averge wieght of a rex?

beccimarie

Mama Doe
i was watching animal madhouse and saw the huuuge rabbit, although my vet has said poppy is not over wieght she has a bit on the front like that rabbit but not that big, i just woundered everyone with rex's, what is there wieght so i could get a average? there main diet is hay and grass and casper is on the verge of underwieght.. think i just worry :oops:
 
sorry i havnt been very specific :oops: shes a standard and obviously a girl, my problem started when she got spayed .. hormones :roll: but the vet said you can feel her ribs and her back so that means she is fine :roll: id love her to be leaner, casper and her eat together and will not be separted, casper is nearly underwieght as i have to keep the pellets down because of poppy :roll: very difficult
 
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mine are standards and both about 3kg :shock: - I worried that they were a bit heavy but the vet was happy and said they are quite muscly through being outdoors/active types. They don't have any bald bits on their feet so i'm ok with that.
breed standard says about 2.5kg I think?
I still worry..........................:oops:
 
My rex is really tiny but I'm not sure of exact weight. Think he may be a cross breed though because the vet was really unsure as to what sort of rex he is.
If the vet is happy and you are keeping your bun on a healthy diet etc I don't think you need to worry xx
 
mine are standards and both about 3kg :shock: - I worried that they were a bit heavy but the vet was happy and said they are quite muscly through being outdoors/active types. They don't have any bald bits on their feet so i'm ok with that.
breed standard says about 2.5kg I think?
I still worry..........................:oops:

she is approx 3 KG :oops: the vet does keep saying i worry to much but i dont want her to be to heavy.. its very hard as casper needs to keep his wieght but i would love poppy to loose a little, i have saying that reduced there pellets.. im going to keep an eye on caspers weight as i dont want him to go under as its winter, they will have no pellets left soon if a reduce any more, they have a big hutch and run and free range in the afternoons i dont know what else i can do?? :roll:
 
Could you hand feed Casper a few pellets when Poppy isn't looking? I don't know much about rexes, but if she's avoiding sore hocks that is surely a good sign that she is not too heavy for her size? I read an article about 'body-scoring' in Rabbiting On and it said a bunny's ribs should feel like a packet of pens! Spenser's do, but he's 2.9kg (or was when last weighes in September).
 
Could you hand feed Casper a few pellets when Poppy isn't looking? I don't know much about rexes, but if she's avoiding sore hocks that is surely a good sign that she is not too heavy for her size? I read an article about 'body-scoring' in Rabbiting On and it said a bunny's ribs should feel like a packet of pens! Spenser's do, but he's 2.9kg (or was when last weighes in September).

well what i am doing now is casper always runs upstairs at bed time to i give him two table spoons of pellets before poppy even gets upstairs he has nearly finished iv only tried it for a day but seems to be working :D, yes you can feel her ribs and she has never had sore hocks so im guessing she is ok, but she is obviously the max wieght so i would like her to maybe lose a little, she is a very good grass eater so im not to worried about how much pellets she has.
 
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