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Elphie - weight: UD: Vet says: good health but on the skinny side

tlcwrites said:
Elphie is very bright this morning compared to yesterday. She's a trooper: eats her recovery feed like a pro, and still eating pellets and hay. :) She's tolerating the sub-qs. I think they stress me out more than her! Even so, there's a very long way to go and I need to keep weighing her to keep track of this.
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So glad she's brighter :D

I hope progress continues to be good x
 
Thursday 7th April: 1.56kg

Has gained since yesterday for sure. :)

She's eating amazingly well: anything I put in front of her she eats. Has had hay, readigrass, fibafirst, science selective pellets, rose petals, carrot tops (and a little of the roots too), cabbage, cauliflower, a whole pouch of ss recovery food today.
 
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Lost weight since yesterday PM: 1.46kg

She was bright again this morning; the first to greet me at the baby gate. Glad she's better in herself but obviously not happy about weight loss. I will be more concerned if she hasn't regained this evening though.
 
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Sending vibes. Our rabbit was recently losing rediculous amounts of weight, it's so stressful I feel your pain. Turns out our one had very high liver levels and was put on meds but it took a long while of up and down weight gain and loss even though she was eating x
 
Elphie was 1.59kg last night and 1.49kg this morning, so taking into account overnight weight loss, she's slowly going in the right direction.
 
1.57kg tonight. Down a little compared to yesterday night. :( Was really hoping she'd cross the 1.6kg barrier.
 
MightyMax said:
Bless her :D
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She really likes her oats! I have an adorable video of her devouring a strawberry I need to upload too. :)

And! Exciting news! Elphie had her usual overnight loss of about 80g, but only dipped to 1.52kg this morning! She's going in the right direction. :love: Love my old girl; she has such a huge amount of fighting spirit. :love: :love:
 
tlcwrites said:
She really likes her oats! I have an adorable video of her devouring a strawberry I need to upload too. :)

And! Exciting news! Elphie had her usual overnight loss of about 80g, but only dipped to 1.52kg this morning! She's going in the right direction. :love: Love my old girl; she has such a huge amount of fighting spirit. :love: :love:
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I love fighting alongside a fighter bun :D
 
1.57kg - IN HER MORNING WEIGH-IN!

This is an amazing jump compared to previous morning weights. A good 50g more than yesterday. :love:
 
Elphie is routinely weighing in the high 1.5kgs to low 1.6kgs now. :) This evening, after gorging herself on dock leaves, she made 1.67kg.

She really, really likes dock leaves.
 
I didn't know rabbits could have dock leaves. I've got a garden full of them.

Googled and arrived back at RU... parsnipbun from 2008:
parsnipbun said:
Dock leaves are a NO
They have high tannin and oxalic acids which are bad for the kidneys. This is the same as with spinach leaves which you also shouldn't feed to rabbits.
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happybun said:
I didn't know rabbits could have dock leaves. I've got a garden full of them.

Googled and arrived back at RU... parsnipbun from 2008:
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Interesting.. I'm sure I read on here that they were ok prior to the plant going on flower... I will continue feeding them, though not to an excessive level. Shame, as Elphie really does adore them. She kept eating it above everything else on offer.
 
tlcwrites said:
Interesting.. I'm sure I read on here that they were ok prior to the plant going on flower... I will continue feeding them, though not to an excessive level. Shame, as Elphie really does adore them. She kept eating it above everything else on offer.
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Don't let me put you off. I omitted to mention that my buns have spinach... or they did, until I read that a few minutes ago...
 
There's so much conflicting info about what forage they can and can't eat!

Glad Elphie has put a bit back :wave:
 
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