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Fattening up a bunny

0XBunnyta

Warren Scout
My buns a little on the thin side so he has been given wormer. To fatten him up a bit i'm feeding extra pellets (= 1 1/2 - 2 egg cups) a tea spoon of oats because they are quite fatty, a couple sunflower seeds a day again quite fatty, lots of bramble leaves to help the stomach (I've heard it prevents/ helps diarrhea but its one of his fave foods if its just a rumor :lol:) I have increased his veggies mostly, more dried forage to prevent any runs again but also gets fresh food. Fresh twigs all day (he just loves the green under the bark and helps his teeth too which is a bonus) and lots and lots and lots of hay! I'll sneak out a dried banna slice every couple days too because he loves them (no added sugars or anything pure dried fruit only all of the sugars in dried fruit are condensed so he gets half what he normaly would with wet fruit. I feed dry so i can hide it in the hay to encourage him to eat more and it wont go all mushy :lol:)

Does this sound ok? There is a lot of sugary fatty things but i didnt just want to increase the pellets more as they are very filling and he wouldnt eat that important hay :roll:
 
Why is he underweight? Has he had a vet check?

Yeah dont worry, we think the main cause is worms preventing him from gaining all the nutrience out of his food coupled with it being winter and him being an older bun and my other bun eating lots of his food. They eat separate now. No teeth or liver problems or anything like that thank god :shock:
 
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