Help & Advice Please

[nixxy83]

How much should I be feeding Smudge, he is 13 weeks old.

At the moment I give him a small handful of pellets and a brocoli top and then small handful of p ellets at night. He always has hay and water available. but is this enough?

Any advice would be great.

 

[fozzybear]

:wave: I top up the hay each morning and fresh water three times a day.
I only give my little mates a very small amount of science selective pellets each evening alternated with forage, spring greens and or carrot. But hay hay hay is the important think, along with water.

 

[elve]

As he's so young, I would give a big handful of pellets twice a day, rather than a small handful. Spring greens will be good for his growing bones too, as they have lots of calcium in - just try him on a mouthful sized bit at first, and slowly increase over a couple of weeks it if it doesn't upset his stomach - my adult rabbits have about a medium leaf a day each, a tiny knob of brocolli (it can cause wind) and a little chunk of carrot for a treat.

I give them fresh hay twice a day, as they often don't eat it if it's left from the day before - they need roughly their body-size in hay every day. I use science selective pellets, and they have a small handful twice a day - although Maa has a big handful as she seemed very skinny on low pellet rations.

 

[nixxy83]

Thats Great

Just concerned cos he eats and then runs around for hours and I think are you getting enough energy.

Didnt know about the brocoli (vet recommended it). Will increase his pellet intake and see how he gets on with that.

Any other suggestions?