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I find the problem with bunnies is that it's difficult to tell just by looking at them if they're at a good weight. Sometimes when my two are sitting in certain positions I think, oh my goodness they're really porky I need to put them on a diet. Then an hour later they'll be in a different position and I'll think, oh my goodness they look really scrawny, I need to fatten them up!
That's why I'm constantly poking and prodding them to feel their spine and ribs to reassure myself. No wonder they don't like me, it must be annoying to keep getting poked in the ribs!
Snoopy's weight remains pretty consistent. At practically every weigh in he's been 2.7 kilos, although it did go up to 2.8 once. Fudgie fluctuates more, usually going between 1.8 and 1.9 kilos, which I think is a bigger difference for smaller bunnies.
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Chibbs is basically a ball of fluff with teeny tiny legs poking out :lol: She looks like a muntjac XDI find it varies with the weather too in outdoor buns. Flopsy looks enormous but when I pick her up it is mostly fur. She has grown a really thick winter coat. Benjamin, who is indoor, hasn't and looks the same as he did in the summer. My outdoor buns have a hutch as a base (the doors are never closed) so that they can keep warm in the colder weather but they never use it, preferring to stay outside in their run so I guess Flopsy needs her insulation. She looks like a huge ball of fluff
Chibbs is basically a ball of fluff with teeny tiny legs poking out :lol: She looks like a muntjac XD
J&B, Joey is 'ideal' at 2.6, yes? So if he puts on 260g that's 10% of his bodyweight. 15% is 390g if I've done that correctly.
As a comparison, on the BMI my just-below-average ideal is about 50kg, 15% above that would be 7.5kg, which just puts me in overweight
dear jacks-jane,-thank you for the link,-when I frequent my local dvm,s office he has posters-which depict-animal-wellness longevity vrs obesity,-but I am curious if many people adhere to it..--I think not.--sincerely james waller from the other kent-usa