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They have a good quality hay that they munch on all day. They get their pellets in the morning with a little bit of dried fruit mix, and at night they get some more pellets and some veggies, but I don't over feed them. I could try and feed them in 2 seperate bowls, that might work. Luckily she is not too overweight, just cuddly, but I want to keep an eye on her weight just in case. Rather be safe than sorry. The pellets I feed them are in a green bag, with an outline of a bunny on it, and cannot remember what it's called, and I am at work at the moment so cannot check.
 
I think your using burgess then, thats a good food to use. Its surpsing how small 50g looks you know. I had to weigh it it check it out. So from that you can remove a small amount and end up removing quite an amount from their calories of that day and they will hardly notice.

Does any bunnie have a preference for any of the foods?

Dried fruit is very sugar rich (if you think how suagry a rasin tastes compared to a grape) so its worth keeping them for treats or trying some fresh veggies. A carrot should last them all day plus they can spend all day chewing on it.

Of course they also need to have enough space to run in, even a rabbit fed not very much without excercise can get fat!

If shes not too overweight and their bums are clean then you can just do it all gradually rather than being really strict and feeling bad about it. If they are outside a bit of fat might be good if the Winters cold!
 
Thanks for all the info, I think I will do as you suggested, slowly, because it is not too serious now, but will keep an eye on her. The fruit mix I give with their pellets isn't really a sugary treat, this one is more little pieces of dried banana with a bit of oats and dried carrot, their are no raisins or anything like that in it, but I still give it to them sparingly and it's their favourite part of the day... they eat it all before they touch their pellets :lol:
 
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