Jenova
Wise Old Thumper
I know a few people have this problem and I thought I'd made a thread about it before, but I can't find it.
When you have a pair or group of rabbits and one needs to eat pellets all the time and other other one needs to loose a little weight. Grim can't eat hay so ideally I want him to have access to what he can eat all the time, which is pellets, but if I leave them out Smoo eats them and gets fat.
I'm sure I made a thread before because I remember someone suggesting giving Grim a box with a cat flap that only he could get through, with a collar or microchip. I thought this might be too much for him because he's basically blind now and also because I think Smoo would just put her nose on his back and follow him through.
I used to bring Grim out of my room to feed him, but he takes up to half an hour to eat so I can't sit an watch him. I closed my door and he would scratch on the door to get back in. Usually I would hear him, he can open the door himself and I would run up and pick up the food before Smoo got to it. But then he started to only want to eat if Smoo was with him. :roll:
So for Grim's health for the last two days I've been feeding them together, but then that is detrimental to Smoo's health. So my new plan has to be to remove Smoo from the room so Grim can eat. Which isn't really fair on Smoo. I'll have to put her outside as my room is the only room that is bunny proof (bar the landing but they can open my bedroom door from that side). So I pick Smoo up, which she doesn't really like, carry her all the way through the house and outside. Give Grim his food and he's no hungry... So then I'll have to feed Grim when she's there to see if he wants to eat and if he does then move Smoo. But that's so mean because then she knows he's getting food and she isn't.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! :lol:
Any ideas?
When you have a pair or group of rabbits and one needs to eat pellets all the time and other other one needs to loose a little weight. Grim can't eat hay so ideally I want him to have access to what he can eat all the time, which is pellets, but if I leave them out Smoo eats them and gets fat.
I'm sure I made a thread before because I remember someone suggesting giving Grim a box with a cat flap that only he could get through, with a collar or microchip. I thought this might be too much for him because he's basically blind now and also because I think Smoo would just put her nose on his back and follow him through.
I used to bring Grim out of my room to feed him, but he takes up to half an hour to eat so I can't sit an watch him. I closed my door and he would scratch on the door to get back in. Usually I would hear him, he can open the door himself and I would run up and pick up the food before Smoo got to it. But then he started to only want to eat if Smoo was with him. :roll:
So for Grim's health for the last two days I've been feeding them together, but then that is detrimental to Smoo's health. So my new plan has to be to remove Smoo from the room so Grim can eat. Which isn't really fair on Smoo. I'll have to put her outside as my room is the only room that is bunny proof (bar the landing but they can open my bedroom door from that side). So I pick Smoo up, which she doesn't really like, carry her all the way through the house and outside. Give Grim his food and he's no hungry... So then I'll have to feed Grim when she's there to see if he wants to eat and if he does then move Smoo. But that's so mean because then she knows he's getting food and she isn't.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! :lol:
Any ideas?