catherine09
Mama Doe
I am hoping some of you might be able to give me some advice.
I adopted Skye (female, age unknown but approx 3-4, French lop) and her son Noah (male, about 9 months old, French x Conti) in December. When they arrived into rescue Skye was overweight (they found her in a small hutch and she had at least one litter), and when I picked her up she still had a few pounds to lose.
I have been feeding them unlimited meadow hay, about 2 handfuls of speciality hays (timothy/ings/oat) per day. In the morning they get about 6-8 fibafirst sticks between them and in the evening they get 2 small handfuls of Science selective (if you put this in a normal rabbit bowl it would fill 2/3rds), plus a small amount of either veg or more often forage.
Noah is thriving on this diet, and is a perfect size. Skye however, has dropped a lot of weight recently, and is now IMO too thin You can now feel the bones along her spine and her pelvis, and my efforts to increase her food intake have not worked in the past week.
She, in all other respects, is fine. Eating fine, drinking, pooing, weeing etc. She is active and not lethargic etc. Pretty much bowls me over for fenugreek crunchies :roll:
I have her booked in at the vets this week, but I just wanted a few opinions so I can go in armed with a bit of knowledge.
She had a dental at the rescue when she went for her spay, so I have an inkling this may be it, but the fact she is still eating with gusto makes me think it might not be.
I have an elderly piggy who is very thin, she was diagnosed with kidney failure in March 2013, so I'm terrified Skye might have something more sinister
I adopted Skye (female, age unknown but approx 3-4, French lop) and her son Noah (male, about 9 months old, French x Conti) in December. When they arrived into rescue Skye was overweight (they found her in a small hutch and she had at least one litter), and when I picked her up she still had a few pounds to lose.
I have been feeding them unlimited meadow hay, about 2 handfuls of speciality hays (timothy/ings/oat) per day. In the morning they get about 6-8 fibafirst sticks between them and in the evening they get 2 small handfuls of Science selective (if you put this in a normal rabbit bowl it would fill 2/3rds), plus a small amount of either veg or more often forage.
Noah is thriving on this diet, and is a perfect size. Skye however, has dropped a lot of weight recently, and is now IMO too thin You can now feel the bones along her spine and her pelvis, and my efforts to increase her food intake have not worked in the past week.
She, in all other respects, is fine. Eating fine, drinking, pooing, weeing etc. She is active and not lethargic etc. Pretty much bowls me over for fenugreek crunchies :roll:
I have her booked in at the vets this week, but I just wanted a few opinions so I can go in armed with a bit of knowledge.
She had a dental at the rescue when she went for her spay, so I have an inkling this may be it, but the fact she is still eating with gusto makes me think it might not be.
I have an elderly piggy who is very thin, she was diagnosed with kidney failure in March 2013, so I'm terrified Skye might have something more sinister
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