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Something I noticed with Bunbun's weight

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ok, some of you may know that I have been struggling with Bunbuns getting her weight down. When she was spayed they said she had a lot of fat around her organs and it really needed to come down. I have tried getting her weight down very slowly and gradually, and it is slowly going down. really slowly. but it is getting there. She is a lot more active already and is eating a lot more hay than before. But something is concerning me a bit. I am sure I can feel her spine a lot more than what I should be able to. Fluffy has a lot more of a softer feel to his spine, hers is quite easy to feel. yet her tummy is still big. she is still overweight, yet extremely active, always playing and seems extremely happy, binking, making her cute little grunting noises she does so well, and loads of teeth purring's when she gets cuddles. So I don't know if she is fine and I am just not use to her being a bit slimmer, or if she is loosing weight in the wrong places? she feels very much like two rabbits. thin shape on top, overweight shape in the tummy area. hope any of this made any sense, but any help is welcome.
 
That makes perfect sense. Mouse is the same, she is so skinny feeling down her spine. She has a belly though & I have to take it on good authority (Camp Nibble & frances-harcourt brown) she could still do to lose a bit. Too me she feels too thin & Mouse has told me herself I don't feed her enough. Girls tend to carry weight on their underside, not Boo though, she is all round stocky

As she is exercising & healthy the spine becoming more prominent is probably a good sign she is losing some weight
 
Thanks Louise. you made me feel better now. was thinking. do I need to go to the vet to be sure. but he always says she is fine just too fat. and the one from the rescue who saw her fairly recently said she seemed fine, just a bit too heavy still. but you know what us bunny parents can be like, panic about everything, don't we lol
now I can relax and keep going with things as they are. it's the first time I really started noticing it, so looks like my new food plan is starting to work, woot woot :)
 
I think as the buns weight goes down and they get more active, the muscle over their backs will build up. Then they won't feel so boney.
 
ah yeah that makes sense. so hard when you're used to a chubby bunny and then you suddenly notice things like that. :)
 
I've always noticed that females tend to carry weight beneath and so can have prominent spines. Always good to see if there's any weight lurking there before feeding them up :lol:

Males seem to carry it more evenly distributed!
 
MightyMax said:
I've always noticed that females tend to carry weight beneath and so can have prominent spines. Always good to see if there's any weight lurking there before feeding them up :lol:

Males seem to carry it more evenly distributed!
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Unfortunately more so in bunny world than the human world :lol:
 
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