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Is Piper getting fat?

Is Piper getting chubby?

  • Yes he looks very overweight

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  • He looks like he could slim down a little but he's not fat

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  • He looks fine as he is

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  • Poor thing is wasting away - what are you talking about?

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Aliandbuns

Mama Doe
Since the day I got Piper I knew I would have to keep a close eye on his weight. Unfortunately we don't have any scales that will accurately weigh a bunny - kitchen scales are too sensitive to movement and bathroom scales are just not precise enough. So, as suggested by Jill, I have taken some pics of Piper from above to see if he has a waistline. :? Only, now I'm still not sure - so what do you lot think - is he getting on the chubby side?

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If the weight were all over his body he would look slimmer, it's because he's carrying it around his bum! He's a pear! Bless. He's not fat though
 
I don't know what natural shape Rexes are meant to be so I can't really comment, but I do think he looks a little on the 'cuddly' side. Can you feel his ribs (I know that's not necessarily a good measure, I'm just wondering).
 
Can't really answer on the weight, as I'm new to bunnies, but what an absolute stunner! :D
 
OK, I just managed to weigh him - it looks like he is still around 2.6kg. (Impossible to get an accurate reading as he kept moving.)

He didn't like getting weighed, he is now giving me evils. :(
 
As long as he's cleaning himself properly, not easily puffed out and can still jump onto things, I'd say he's fine. My giant is fat! She can't jump (or can't be bothered) and is easily tired out. The lady I got her from fed her until she stopped eating. Nice!
 
Alison he does look slightly on the tubby side :shock: but not too bad.....cut his pellets down for a while, but not too much as he isn't terribly porky! Or take him to the gym!
 
:lol: :lol: :lol: I just think he looks lovely and cuddly!

Don't ask me why, but I think Rex's always look like cuddly teddybears! :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:

Bounty my white Ermine Rex just looks like a big snowball! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Carol xxx
 
Bunny Land said:
:lol: :lol: :lol: I just think he looks lovely and cuddly!

Don't ask me why, but I think Rex's always look like cuddly teddybears! :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:

Bounty my white Ermine Rex just looks like a big snowball! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Carol xxx
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.....and my Ermine Rex Miss Bunny-Penny has been refered to as 'voluptuous' :lol: :lol:

Janex
 
my friend said to me that she though rexes tend to look a bit 'baggy' :lol:
its certainly a very accurate term for my to adults, aspen especially!
birch was porkier than piper, and the vet said that he needed to lose some :oops:
 
Can bunnies get fat eating hay?

It's either hay that's doing it (he does eat a lot) or he's eating some of Molly's share of the pellets. Whenever I watch them eat they seem to be eating equal amounts and she's a skinny-minnie - maybe he doesn't run about as much as she does. :?
 
thought I'd post a pic of Piper's brother, Drum, and his waistline! You can compare Alison! :D
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and his sister, Melody
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Awww he's the same colour as Buster :love:, he looks a bit bigger then Buster, but my little Kovu is a bit of a porker :lol: . I find rex's ready greedy :D
 
Looking back at this pic he seems like he was the chubbiest of the 3 by far...
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Or maybe it's just the way he's sat.

I've cut down his pellets - which now means he hoovers them all up within 5 minutes. Will see if it makes a difference to his waistline. :oops:
 
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