Ellasyn
Mama Doe
All of my bunnies (I have 6, all neutered, 3 male 3 female, 2 bonded pairs and 2 unsociable angry bunnies, both able to see my "safe" pair (I know their bond wont change, they're happy near other bunnies)) are losing weight. They have gone from a nice well covered healthy weight to slightly underweight over the past few weeks. Im assuming as all seem healthy and happy and the fact that its all of them that its not health related and is dietary. The youngest bunny is 8 months old, the oldest is 3 years so all young bunnies.
All bunnies are good hay eaters. They get through about a bale a week (standard small horse/farm bale) of meadow hay. They get a couple of handfuls of readigrass a month as a treat. They have one fenugreek crunchie per bun per day, plus one human single handful of pellets (excel adult normal) per bun per day until a month ago when I noticed weight loss, since then they have had 2 handfuls per bun. I hand pick grass, forage and apple twigs for them regularly. All poos are lovely big golden poos and plenty of them.
Where am I going wrong? Im worried as they are all outdoor bunnies and we're starting to get colder weather I would rather they were a tad plump than skinny. They have nice warm beds with megazorb base then soft straw shoved in as much as possible, hutches are already covered with tarp/proper covers and the playhouse is sheltered and not at all draughty. Is there something I can feed them to make them gain some weight? I dont want to upset tummies as they are not used to anything different to the current diet and were fine til recently.
All bunnies are good hay eaters. They get through about a bale a week (standard small horse/farm bale) of meadow hay. They get a couple of handfuls of readigrass a month as a treat. They have one fenugreek crunchie per bun per day, plus one human single handful of pellets (excel adult normal) per bun per day until a month ago when I noticed weight loss, since then they have had 2 handfuls per bun. I hand pick grass, forage and apple twigs for them regularly. All poos are lovely big golden poos and plenty of them.
Where am I going wrong? Im worried as they are all outdoor bunnies and we're starting to get colder weather I would rather they were a tad plump than skinny. They have nice warm beds with megazorb base then soft straw shoved in as much as possible, hutches are already covered with tarp/proper covers and the playhouse is sheltered and not at all draughty. Is there something I can feed them to make them gain some weight? I dont want to upset tummies as they are not used to anything different to the current diet and were fine til recently.
