binkyCodie
Mama Doe
hi all :wave:
first of all I'm here to report on lunatic, who is doing fine
we had a check up yesterday, she hasn't gained any (still 2.2kg) but she hasn't lost any, which is good. she still feels very boney of course, so I'm looking for ways to help gain a bit of weight back on. I posted elsewhere but I got an answer of "nothing as long as she has a good diet" which doesn't make any sense to me. with any thing be human or any if you lose weight, continuing as you are won't help you gain weight.
I know obviously I don't want her to gain too much fat, but we're down almost 400g which is quite a lot. she's nearing the weight of Orion and he is much smaller than her.
I've tried to make sense of the rabbit body conditioning as suggested but I can't. Luna bulges out at her ribs which indicates and makes her look overweight. but then you can easily feel her spine and ribs at her 2.6kg she doesn't bulge out anywhere. so I think the 2.5-2.6kg mark is correct for her. right now she'd be classed as thin by how she looks and how she feels, very sharp spine, ribs, and hips. I don't know if its just her skeleton as to why she bulges out.
anyway - is it just a case of doing nothing and she will get better or is it a case of perhaps giving her an extra tablespoon of pellet?
& onto my second question.. is there any way to manage the top teeth for a bunny who have them misaligned? Orion's don't align correctly from his quick look yesterday our usual vet hasn't mentioned it, and we saw the nurse for a quick check up. she said they look perfectly fine right now and its just something to keep an eye on but it still fills me with dread.
I hate dentals and I don't want to have another dental bun, not after Snoopy
first of all I'm here to report on lunatic, who is doing fine
we had a check up yesterday, she hasn't gained any (still 2.2kg) but she hasn't lost any, which is good. she still feels very boney of course, so I'm looking for ways to help gain a bit of weight back on. I posted elsewhere but I got an answer of "nothing as long as she has a good diet" which doesn't make any sense to me. with any thing be human or any if you lose weight, continuing as you are won't help you gain weight.I know obviously I don't want her to gain too much fat, but we're down almost 400g which is quite a lot. she's nearing the weight of Orion and he is much smaller than her.
I've tried to make sense of the rabbit body conditioning as suggested but I can't. Luna bulges out at her ribs which indicates and makes her look overweight. but then you can easily feel her spine and ribs at her 2.6kg she doesn't bulge out anywhere. so I think the 2.5-2.6kg mark is correct for her. right now she'd be classed as thin by how she looks and how she feels, very sharp spine, ribs, and hips. I don't know if its just her skeleton as to why she bulges out.
anyway - is it just a case of doing nothing and she will get better or is it a case of perhaps giving her an extra tablespoon of pellet?
& onto my second question.. is there any way to manage the top teeth for a bunny who have them misaligned? Orion's don't align correctly from his quick look yesterday
our usual vet hasn't mentioned it, and we saw the nurse for a quick check up. she said they look perfectly fine right now and its just something to keep an eye on but it still fills me with dread.I hate dentals and I don't want to have another dental bun, not after Snoopy
