bluedragon
Young Bun
Hi there. Our two boys have been neutered just last Saturday and are recovering fine, eating again like normal.
They are about 5-6 months old now and I'm wondering how we should plan out their feeding routine?
Up until now it's been like this:
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Morning about 08:00
I go out to them and give them 2 cups of junior pellets (now mixed with adult pellets to move them onto adult pellets only eventually)
I notice they've usually eaten all the hay that was stuffed in the rack from overnight so fill it up again.
Hay is a mixture of meadow hay and alfalfa/lucerne
I replace the water bottle with fresh water
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Evening about 20:00
Another 2 cups of pellets
More hay put in rack (stuff it to quite overflowing)
Water bottle replaced for the night
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During the day time I put more hay in to keep it full and we usually let them have a run around the garden weather permitting (where they run around, eat grass) the duration of this has been steadily increasing.
They eat from the same bowl (hence two cups)
The cup size is probably a bit bigger than an egg cup (it's a scoop from a tub of Vanish if you know that!)
Many weeks ago B had a weight loss problem and became very thin so had to go to the vet and get some injections; he recovered fine from that but obviously needed to put the weight on so hence we started feeding them extra pellets. We also changed our hay supplier to a local pedigree show-horse supplier and added alfalfa (which seems to have helped, compared to the dusty farm bale we had before)
Past week or so I've been reducing their pellet intake a bit to maybe 1.5 cups twice a day. They really devour it all up and get super excited around pellet time!
Normally they have permanent link from hutch to playpen so they can run around a bit and usually every day around those times they're there waiting for the pellets :lol:
Anyway I'm wondering what would make a good feeding schedule and over what time period to introduce it? Oh for veg/fruit just the past few days we've given them very small pieces of apple; not really sure when/how often to give them fruit and veg?
They are about 5-6 months old now and I'm wondering how we should plan out their feeding routine?
Up until now it's been like this:
----
Morning about 08:00
I go out to them and give them 2 cups of junior pellets (now mixed with adult pellets to move them onto adult pellets only eventually)
I notice they've usually eaten all the hay that was stuffed in the rack from overnight so fill it up again.
Hay is a mixture of meadow hay and alfalfa/lucerne
I replace the water bottle with fresh water
----
Evening about 20:00
Another 2 cups of pellets
More hay put in rack (stuff it to quite overflowing)
Water bottle replaced for the night
----
During the day time I put more hay in to keep it full and we usually let them have a run around the garden weather permitting (where they run around, eat grass) the duration of this has been steadily increasing.
They eat from the same bowl (hence two cups)
The cup size is probably a bit bigger than an egg cup (it's a scoop from a tub of Vanish if you know that!)
Many weeks ago B had a weight loss problem and became very thin so had to go to the vet and get some injections; he recovered fine from that but obviously needed to put the weight on so hence we started feeding them extra pellets. We also changed our hay supplier to a local pedigree show-horse supplier and added alfalfa (which seems to have helped, compared to the dusty farm bale we had before)
Past week or so I've been reducing their pellet intake a bit to maybe 1.5 cups twice a day. They really devour it all up and get super excited around pellet time!
Normally they have permanent link from hutch to playpen so they can run around a bit and usually every day around those times they're there waiting for the pellets :lol:
Anyway I'm wondering what would make a good feeding schedule and over what time period to introduce it? Oh for veg/fruit just the past few days we've given them very small pieces of apple; not really sure when/how often to give them fruit and veg?
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