Hungry bun!

So. I gave Jack the recommended egg cup full of pellets. ...and he looked at me as if to say...is that all mum, are we destitute! I felt like I should rename him Oliver. Either I've done something wrong or this is going to be a LONG road... lol x

ooooo those buns are good at that face, they know how to work us! ....... Give him some hay or some veg hun to eat, he'll be okay.

Yeppp...I always get that, but then they really do eat more hay..it's so much better for them! You're doing the right thing, don't get taken in by their cute ways...it's all a clever ploy to trick you into making them fat! As long as he has hay available 24/7 he'll have to go to that for his nomnoms!

Lol, I know you probably don't know but you just stopped me from crying

I caved, and gave him another egg cup Tomorrow I will not fail!!

Wuss

Be stronger tomorrow.

Oh God, My girls would love it at yours!

They dont get anything NEAR an egg-cup full, they get literally a couple of pellets morning & evening, and some days they dont have any.

If you feel that he looks hungry (They will, rabbits always look hungry) you could always buy a 'treat hay' as below & give him a bowlful of that instead of pellets

https://www.thehayexperts.co.uk/Hays%2C+Grasses+%252526+Herbs.4/Select+by+Hay+Type.130/Oat+Hay.18/Oat%2C+Wheat+%252526+Barley+Hay+%3A+1.8kg.290.html?osCsid=tl00ta6pluhnbes2j5k8epkjc7

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/excel-herbage-timothy-hay-1kg-15678

It's kinda like ready grass? I 'm going to probably get slated for this BUUTTT!!!...every night they get a handfull of readi grass and some dandilion salad...because.....I feel so cruel eating treats when they don't get to... :'( xx

Whats dandelion salad? A handful of readygrass each nights not like, mass trauma - as long as its only a bit & not effecting their wee or anything

We wouldn't slate you

Are your buns currently overweight? I know it is really hard, but it's much easier in the long haul to get them used to eating a normal amount now, rather than them continuing to eat too much, and you having to put them on a proper diet. Proper diets are so hard, when my boy Bruce is on it, I have to avoid him all day because all he does is chase me around the house demanding food!

Good luck and hopefully you can resist their cute little faces a bit better tomorrow!

NSD wrote:We wouldn't slate you

Are your buns currently overweight? I know it is really hard, but it's much easier in the long haul to get them used to eating a normal amount now, rather than them continuing to eat too much, and you having to put them on a proper diet. Proper diets are so hard, when my boy Bruce is on it, I have to avoid him all day because all he does is chase me around the house demanding food!

Good luck and hopefully you can resist their cute little faces a bit better tomorrow!

They're not over weight They're just so dammned adorable!

....today,I shall not be defeated!! They just have so much energy it doesn't seem like that amount of food could sustain their bodies! xx

Ha ha ha we have all been the victim of the "ive never been fed" and the "poor me" looks.........they are soooo hard to resist.

So long as he is eating his hay and his veg, its all he needs.

he seems happy. It's only when he remembers he had no food that he's like oh yeah.mmuuummm!!

Sounds familiar - my cats are very good at it too. Hay pellets are great, and twig treats usually keep Tibbs quiet for a while....

For a bit =-p How long is that bit? Lol xox

Mine always look like they are starving!

I need to cut the pellets down for my two - they have about a childs beaker nearly full a day (i measure it in the morning and spread it out over 2 meal times) . I admit i've been feeding them extra over the winter and will gradually cut down. They are fantastic hay eaters though and they love their greens. They arent over weight or anything.

Hmm...well I think that's natural for them, they'll eat what they can get in winter because the food is scarcer? Maybe?I don't know...

It's good that they love their hay though, I know that much! xx

I tend to think they need the extra layers to keep them warmer too! That mifght just be me worrying though. I always have extra layers of fat on me in winter too!

Depends how warm it is indoors, I mean... it's a constant temprature in ours, and it's pretty warm,so they dont' need any extra layers they wont burn it off in the cold. So I guess they don't need as many treats and stuff! xox

I know I have the same,in teh summerIdon't want to eat anything I get down to like from a size 18 toa 16.. :/ xx

I think indoor buns are different because the temperature remains pretty constant year round.

Yeah i'd agree So...no more "treats" or naughty things from mummy x

Lol! I love to treat mine with parsley - they go nuts for the stuff.

Awww, I gave them somoe mint yesterday they went CARAZY!

lexybee91 wrote:For a bit =-p How long is that bit? Lol xox

Never long enough, I'll tell you that!

Lol! oh deary me! xx

You should never just cut down their food in one go, it should be done gradually, please take a month or so to reduce the amount until you get down to an egg cup full, make sure there is plenty of fresh hay every day and fresh water twice a day