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Forum DIET & CARE Two rabbits – two different dietary requirements!!

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    • sunshinesocks
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        So I’ve been reading this forum for a couple of months, since before I got my boys but haven’t got round to signing up until now so very excited!!

        I have two conti lionhead crosses from a rescue. They’re brothers and very affectionate (with each other and anyone else who possibly has food). They live (near) free from roam in the house together and I’ve been quite lucky as it only took a month to get them litter trained.

        However, the last month has been quite traumatic. The bigger of the two (Ozzie) ended up with a stay in the vets on a drip because he is really struggling to put on weight. The vets suggested that they were both underweight due to not being fed enough at the rescue when they were pre-6 months. So they both went onto an insanely heavy diet to try and get weight onto them as quickly as possible. They both seem much happier now (which is great) and spend most of their time jumping and running around like mental bunnies. However, the smaller of the two (Cornflake) is starting to approach optimum body condition, whilst Oz is quite far off.

        Has anyone got any suggestions of high calorie things I could feed one of them (most of their food is consumed when I am at work) I can hand feed mornings and evenings in order to ensure Oz is receiving more food – I just can’t find anything high calorie enough that they’ll actually eat!!

        They are both in great health otherwise and have had every lab test in the world done, but I’m nervous that with Oz now growing length-wise rather than putting on weight he won’t be able to cope if he does get sick..

        Thanks!


      • LBJ10
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          If he is really underweight and the vet is supervising, I would suggest something specifically formulated for weight gain like Calf Manna. But be really careful with that stuff. It wouldn’t be hard to overdo it. You can give it to him in small amounts by hand and then feed them together their regular food as you would normally.


        • redbunbun
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            We have a megacolon bunny Sukka who was (and still is!) desperately thin due to her condition, with the added bonus of her tummy going extremely wonky at most foods. She put on 300g in the past week with 10tbsp of Burgess Excel Oregano pellets per day, a few handfuls of fresh mint and some unsalted, shelled almonds and pumpkin seeds (one almond and maybe tenish pumpkin seeds with her breakfast). In addition, she gets oat hay (including the tops with oats in them) along with her regular timothy hay, and we’re looking into purchasing alfalfa for her as well. These are all quite tummy-friendly and have lots of calories. It’s important not to mess up an underweight rabbit’s tummy, as a bout of mushy poops from food they’re not used to can cause digestive trouble, which leads to them not retaining nutrients from their food and further exacerbates their weight issue.


          • sunshinesocks
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              That’s great thanks. Will definitely give it a go… the vets gave us a green goo to feed one of them but Oz is so stubborn he’d actually rather starve.

              Redbunbun I’ve been reading all your megacolon posts, with a lot of interest as I had no idea about it… Its amazing so many people are looking after rabbits with such specific conditions. The UK has quite a high tendency towards putting anything down that seems like hard work.

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