HELP! My bunny swallowed a WHOLE melon!
LOL, Apologies if that gave anyone a scare!
Buttons looks big, doesn’t she? She gets limited pellets (1/4 – 1/3 cup per day) and she’s free range. That ought to help keep her weight under control..
This is my checklist for the bunnies, to ensure they’re not obese :
- able to groom self (all the way to hindquarters)
- able to consume cecals (no excess cecals lying around)
- looks pear-shaped from the top (as opposed to looking like a ball)
- no loose flesh hanging from the body
- can feel slight bumps along the spine when I press gently on their backs (whoops, illustration unavailable)
*nyom nyom.. can’t.. speak.. nyom.. mouth.. full..*
*Ex-cuse me! The only things hanging here are my toys!*
Well, Buttons certainly checks all the above, phew! Guess its partly her fur that makes her look big, and a soft tummy which oozes in every direction whenever she lies like a frog, lol! Abs of steel, she does not have 😉
This fella only swallowed a lemon..
Good advice! I always worry that my two are going to get overweight. They gobble up all their food as soon as I give it to them. They seem to always be hungry!
That was a good check list. My Syd girl also seems pretty big and Tyler is, who is smaller is much trimmer, but eats all the time (he doesn’t have worms)……I like your photos, nice examples of concepts.LOL
Wow, Syd and Tyler sound just like Buttons and Yohji! My girl’s the bigger bun between the two of them, whereas Yohji is the little piggy.. and yet, he doesn’t look ‘fat’ like Buttons, because he’s smaller in frame. Glad to hear you liked the photos 🙂
the first pic really meatloaf… nice photos of button and yohji!
Great illustrated post! Freckles went to the vet yesterday, who said that she isn’t fat, just looks chubby at times because of her fur. Sometimes it’s all in the angle of the photo, I guess.
Yeah, but they all still have fat bunnah-bellies even the trimmest buns!
Mmmmmm…. fat bunny belly!
LOL – great post! i’m really careful to feed Zinger right since he’s depending on me, being as if i put it in front of him he’ll eat it! i should be so smart with me!!!
I think Buttons, Sydney, and Freckles are just traditionally shaped female rabbits. That’s what Sydney says at any rate.