Hi everyone,
Since getting Plumpkin and giving her such large portions to try and help her put on weight, I'm worried I've been giving Hamilton and Beatrice too many extras/larger portions without even realising it, and that they're getting a bit overweight. Here are some photos I took this evening:
20180611_182743 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
20180611_182802 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
20180611_182646 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
20180611_182631 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
They both get a cereal bowl of greens each day (mainly leafy greens such as spinach, kale, cabbage, but also a tiny bit of carrot and occasionally broccoli or cauliflower), also an eggcup of pellets each and hay throughout the day. They've been getting extras in the form of forage recently because Plumpkin has been getting it and they get very jealous if they see me feeding her and don't get anything.
I asked my vet about it today and he said you should be able to feel their spine, which you hardly can on Hamilton but you can a bit more on Beatrice :S I wouldn't say that Bea looks overweight, but I think Hamilton definitely does.
My instinct is to cut out the pellets completely and just give forage and hay without the rich greens from our fridge. What does everyone else think?
I feel really bad for letting their portions slip and letting them get a bit chubby, but I've been so worried about Plumpkin that it seems to have crept up on me
Since getting Plumpkin and giving her such large portions to try and help her put on weight, I'm worried I've been giving Hamilton and Beatrice too many extras/larger portions without even realising it, and that they're getting a bit overweight. Here are some photos I took this evening:
20180611_182743 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
20180611_182802 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
20180611_182646 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
20180611_182631 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
They both get a cereal bowl of greens each day (mainly leafy greens such as spinach, kale, cabbage, but also a tiny bit of carrot and occasionally broccoli or cauliflower), also an eggcup of pellets each and hay throughout the day. They've been getting extras in the form of forage recently because Plumpkin has been getting it and they get very jealous if they see me feeding her and don't get anything.
I asked my vet about it today and he said you should be able to feel their spine, which you hardly can on Hamilton but you can a bit more on Beatrice :S I wouldn't say that Bea looks overweight, but I think Hamilton definitely does.
My instinct is to cut out the pellets completely and just give forage and hay without the rich greens from our fridge. What does everyone else think?
I feel really bad for letting their portions slip and letting them get a bit chubby, but I've been so worried about Plumpkin that it seems to have crept up on me