I would go ahead with the bonding if it were me. The junior just has more protein and calcium in it and tbh I have never given babies any different to their Mums and they have been fine and live long. If you are sensible about what they eat everything should be fine, Lillabelle is not a young baby and if she was still with Mum she would be eating what Mum ate. If you give small amounts of forage, Readigrass, green veg, and pellets with hay and herbs, they will be fine. You don't need to give all that in the same day, just use your common sense, and don't forget Rabbits digest some of it twice. I am glad Lillabelle is lighter than what you thought!
Thank you so much. I think I will move them both over to Science Selective then. However it will not be straightaway as I need to buy some plus I have bags left of the other. We have spent so much money recently.
I think I will have to sprinkle her feed down for both of them for now. Is that the best idea? Mischief was eating her mix until recently anyway as he had it when he refused to eat. He would cope ok with her feed. I could sprinkle down Excel adult aswell but I'm thinking it would be too much for her tummy. Would that be right?
The other dilemma is the amount of feed she has. Firstly, am I right to feed her so much pellets/mixed feed? She has 4 of those little washing machine pots full. The squishy ones. I think they are about the size of an eggcup. She has currently half Science Selective junior and half her mix feed from breeder ( Allen and Page natural pellets and flaked peas). She literally wolfs a scoop down in 5 minutes and she is always begging for food. She has no real tummy. I think she is about right but I wouldn't want her any smaller.
She has a large pile of meadow hay mixed with 2 large handfuls of timothy hay, a small handful of Readigrass, one large handful of alfafa hay and a tiny amount of dried dandelion/plantain added.
She also has a small bowl of green veggies twice a day which is usually a mix of 3 of these...curly kale, spring greens, cavolo nero kale, coriander, flat leaf parsley and dill.
She hardly leaves any hay and polishes off everything else in sight. And she doesn't look fat by any means. Do I sprinkle down that much feed for them? I worry Mischief will scoff half of that and get fat while she loses condition. Will she be ok with lots of hay being a baby?
I'm planning to do this Saturday now. We will have to split them up on Monday for him to go to the vets. We have seperate carriers but not a large one for them both if they are bonded. We need to get a small dog crate for them for vet visits so we can sell Lillabelle's bigger crate and hopefully get one.
I just worry about under or over feeding them especially as Mischief is now at a good weight finally xx
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