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Penelope's basic background:
So, I have a 3-year-old rabbit. She's a Netherlands dwarf and has been spayed.
I take her to the vets every couple/few months when her nails begin to get too long. Whilst there she also has a health check. I've been told she is overweight by 2kilo (a lot, I know). They advised me to stop giving her lettuce, and cucumber due to it bloating her out. So, I followed their advice, and cut it out. I figured she'd lose some of the weight after over a month without it. Alas, she has gained weight, again. I stopped giving her treats, or anything she can snack as a extension to her hay.
Eating habits:
So, down to what she is currently eating.
- Supreme Science Vetcare Plus Urinary Tract Health Formula For Rabbits (She had Urinary sludge when she was younger, so I was advised to switch to this, from normal pellets)
Original, she had the average serving the box advised. Then I was told, she was putting weight on, so I cut her down to 3 quarters of a stick, which is split over three different times of the day. She has one-quarter of a stick in the morning for breakfast, a quarter in the evening for her second meal, and then before bed. A quarter of a stick is about equivilent to an index finger tip size.
-Grass
She has fresh with her evening meal
-Brocolli stem
She has a small sized piece of broccoli stem with her evening meal. Again this is about the size of a fingertip.
So, her diet to sum up:
Morning: a quarter of her stick portion and, hay.
Evening: Broccoli stem, quarter stick portion, fresh grass and, hay.
Before bed: Quarter stick portion and, hay.
So, apart from her evening meal, her main source of food is Timothy meadow hay. I pretty much just put a pile equivalent to her size on the floor, and then check every so often to see if she needs more.
She is an indoor bun. She has a cage, but it is left open. She has three different rooms to hop between, with access at all times.
The vet ha snow advised that I cut her stick portions down. If I do that, she'd pretty much have none. I worry that if I take them out completely, that her sludge condition would come back, or worse.
I'm really not sure what else I can do to help get her weight down. So, any advice would help. I'm completely stumped on why she is gaining more weight when I'm taking away/lowering her food.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Penelope's basic background:
So, I have a 3-year-old rabbit. She's a Netherlands dwarf and has been spayed.
I take her to the vets every couple/few months when her nails begin to get too long. Whilst there she also has a health check. I've been told she is overweight by 2kilo (a lot, I know). They advised me to stop giving her lettuce, and cucumber due to it bloating her out. So, I followed their advice, and cut it out. I figured she'd lose some of the weight after over a month without it. Alas, she has gained weight, again. I stopped giving her treats, or anything she can snack as a extension to her hay.
Eating habits:
So, down to what she is currently eating.
- Supreme Science Vetcare Plus Urinary Tract Health Formula For Rabbits (She had Urinary sludge when she was younger, so I was advised to switch to this, from normal pellets)
Original, she had the average serving the box advised. Then I was told, she was putting weight on, so I cut her down to 3 quarters of a stick, which is split over three different times of the day. She has one-quarter of a stick in the morning for breakfast, a quarter in the evening for her second meal, and then before bed. A quarter of a stick is about equivilent to an index finger tip size.
-Grass
She has fresh with her evening meal
-Brocolli stem
She has a small sized piece of broccoli stem with her evening meal. Again this is about the size of a fingertip.
So, her diet to sum up:
Morning: a quarter of her stick portion and, hay.
Evening: Broccoli stem, quarter stick portion, fresh grass and, hay.
Before bed: Quarter stick portion and, hay.
So, apart from her evening meal, her main source of food is Timothy meadow hay. I pretty much just put a pile equivalent to her size on the floor, and then check every so often to see if she needs more.
She is an indoor bun. She has a cage, but it is left open. She has three different rooms to hop between, with access at all times.
The vet ha snow advised that I cut her stick portions down. If I do that, she'd pretty much have none. I worry that if I take them out completely, that her sludge condition would come back, or worse.
I'm really not sure what else I can do to help get her weight down. So, any advice would help. I'm completely stumped on why she is gaining more weight when I'm taking away/lowering her food.
Thanks in advance for any help.