huppie
Mama Doe
Dear all
I have two buns. Both are drinking and weeing as normal with no behavioural change I can see. Both eat hay regularly, both eat their cecals and I very rarely find cecals in their litter. Their bums are clean and coats shiny. Both buns are fed Hope Farm Rabbit Select, each x25g twice a day plus they have unlimited hay and every day they have fresh veggie/s. Both rabbits weigh about 1.5kg.
BUT!!!!!!!
One lot of poo is normal, the other set has started to become bigger and smooshier. I think Rambaldi (male) is doing the smooshy poos.
Huppie (female) has had some weight loss - although she was slightly overweight so that is not too much of a problem I think.
I think Huppie's weight loss and Rambaldi's squidgy poos may be because Rambaldi eats very fast and steals Huppie's mix as soon as he is done. I try sitting with them to monitor what they eat but can't do this during all feeds. Plus Huppie has always been a slow eater - we rescued her from a friend a few months before bonding her with Rambaldi. She would eat her food throughout the day, but always finish it. She has started to eat more quickly in response to his theivery but I think it isn't enough.
What do I do about the poo and weight loss problems? How do I control what they eat? :?
Help!
Emma
I have two buns. Both are drinking and weeing as normal with no behavioural change I can see. Both eat hay regularly, both eat their cecals and I very rarely find cecals in their litter. Their bums are clean and coats shiny. Both buns are fed Hope Farm Rabbit Select, each x25g twice a day plus they have unlimited hay and every day they have fresh veggie/s. Both rabbits weigh about 1.5kg.
BUT!!!!!!!
One lot of poo is normal, the other set has started to become bigger and smooshier. I think Rambaldi (male) is doing the smooshy poos.
Huppie (female) has had some weight loss - although she was slightly overweight so that is not too much of a problem I think.
I think Huppie's weight loss and Rambaldi's squidgy poos may be because Rambaldi eats very fast and steals Huppie's mix as soon as he is done. I try sitting with them to monitor what they eat but can't do this during all feeds. Plus Huppie has always been a slow eater - we rescued her from a friend a few months before bonding her with Rambaldi. She would eat her food throughout the day, but always finish it. She has started to eat more quickly in response to his theivery but I think it isn't enough.
What do I do about the poo and weight loss problems? How do I control what they eat? :?
Help!
Emma