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Forum DIET & CARE measuring veggies with a food scale

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    • Lani
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        I just got a food scale for baking and would like to also start using it to more accurately measure how much vegetables I’m giving Oreo. I know she’s supposed to get 1 cup but how would I weigh this out. Info I’ve found so far on the weight of a cup of veggies has been pretty conflicting.


      • Kokaneeandkahlua
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          1 cup roughly is one handful no scale needed


        • LoveChaCha
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            Chacha (roughly the size of Oreo LOL) gets 2-3 lettuce leaves nightly.


          • Monkeybun
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              Mine get a ton of greens, but a very small amount of pellets.

              I give roughly 2-3 hand fulls of greens to my pair, and slightly less to Moose. and the girls get 1/8 cup pellets per day to share, moose 1/8 cup to himself.

              They aren’t fat, so it seems to work for them


            • Sarita
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                Well, you don’t want to measure by weight for veggies because it’s really meant to be a measurement by volume not weight. Also one cup may not be adequate depending on how many pellets your rabbit receives.

                You are getting conflicting measurements because vegetables have different weights so that’s why a cup is by volume rather than weight for measuring rabbit veggies and remember, 1 cup is a guideline, it’s not set in stone and each rabbit’s diet is going to vary depending on the rabbit.

                Weighing with a scale is best for baking more than anything.

                Measuring by leaves like LoveChaha does or handfuls of say cilantro or parsley is better.


              • RabbitPam
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                  New scale? Sounds like you’ve joined me at Weight Watchers.
                  If I ate more like Samantha does, I wouldn’t need WW. She gets a handful, like the others said, not by weight.


                • Silly Sungura
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                    I agree with you; it’s really conflicting. Several weeks ago I also bought a kitchen scale and it makes it so much easier to be precise. I decided to get one after reading the suggestion in The House Rabbit Society Handbook. In it, author Marinell Harriman says: “You need a postal scale in order to put together a diet of mixed ingredients while ensuring adequate nutrition.” It really made so much more sense to me than the measuring cup thing. In a table giving the sample diet for mature rabbits Harriman says 4-6 ozs of varied and mixed vegetables should be given to the average adult daily. After I started using the scale I saw that I wasn’t doing a bad job guessing on my own, but I’m glad I got it anyway. It’s a good idea, I think, because my veggie choices vary so much, and as people have said, weight and volume aren’t the same at all. Weighing is more accurate. I’m just fussy about accuracy. Plus, I’m married to science teacher! Lol.


                  • Lani
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                      Ok good to know that the scale may not necessarily be any more helpful. Mostly I was hoping to have an accurate number to give my brother, who is taking care of Oreo for me for a while (while I deal with some of my own health issues). I trust him but he’s not always the most diligent about feeding the same amount every day. Plus his handful is more than twice what mine is. Maybe I’ll weigh out what I’d normally give and have him use that as an estimate, just for my own peace of mind

                      Thanks for the suggestions!


                    • Elrohwen
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                        Do you have a salad spinner or a bowl that fits her whole veggie portion? It’s easy for people to fill up one thing. I find the small salad spinners are a good size for one bun and I can easily tell the pet sitter to fill it up twice to feed both bunnies. A large bowl that just exactly fits the amount of veggies you feed would be good too.


                      • mocha200
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                          I Prepare my veggies for the pet sitter by portioning out there veggies ahead. I put as much as I would feed them in one day and wrap it up in paper towel. Someone here on BB said that they did it and it works! As long as you aren’t going to be gone longer then a week the veggies stay fresh.


                        • Lani
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                            Thanks for all of these ideas! I did find a bowl that fits her portion for my brother to use, which has been great for consistency. Unfortunately the baggie thing wouldn’t work since he’s already had to buy more veggies and will be caring for her for another week at least. It’s so funny to see my 6’5″ 200-something lbs brother caring for this tiny 3lb bun

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