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Forum DIET & CARE Two rabbits

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    • Deleted User
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        I got a pair of angoras recently and trying to learn more about their habits and bunny-ality. Fuzzy and Wuzzy are brother and sister about 3 years old. I groom them regularly, but over these past few days I noticed a big change in Fuzzy. He seemed heavier than Wuzzy. So I took out the kitchen scale and weigh them: Wuzzy is 4.5#, Fuzzy 5.3#. I don’t get it. Should I be concerned that one is heavier than the other?

        They have access to timothy hay all day and get a small salad in the evenings, and 1/4 cup of pellets in the morning. They are healthy and love to sit together, eat together, play together. Should I separate them when they eat? From my understanding of their history, they’ve never been separated and it shows!


      • Sarita
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          No, don’t separate them. The best thing to do is to monitor their weight and see if there is indeed a weight gain or loss over a period of time rather than rush into making any changes.

          It is possible that the male is going to be larger than the female but a one time weigh is not going to tell you much really.


        • Kokaneeandkahlua
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            Sounds fine to me-my brother is like-six inches taller than me and we’re fine My point: They are not clones no need to be the same weight I would monitor if your interested-for changes in individual weight, but not for changes between each other.

            Welcome!!! Btw-we’d looooove to see pictures of Fuzzy and Wuzzy !


          • RabbitPam
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              I just want to be sure that Fuzzy is not gobbling up all the pellets and Wuzzy isn’t getting her share, which would be the quickest way for him to grow larger than her since you got them. I agree that they would not remain the same size regardless of being bonded siblings. But if they eat together, you might watch them after putting down the pellets and greens to see if they are, in fact, sharing food.

              If not, you might separate them for a pellet feeding only.


            • Beka27
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                You can also try scattering their pellets so they are both foraging for them rather than nibbling out of a bowl. Try this and see how they react. The smaller bun may just get his fill first and be done with it. Just because they are siblings doesn’t mean they’ll like the same things necessarily.


              • Chilly's Mom
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                   This is Fuzzy & Wuzzy. The first photo being their studio shot. You can see that they’re matted. This isn’t the case now. They’ve been groomed since. Here’s a photo of them now:


                • Elrohwen
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                    Have they been to a vet lately? A vet will be able to feel them and see if there is excess fat or if one is just bigger than the other.

                    Even purebred rabbits can very quite a bit in weight (holland lops, for example, can be 2-4lbs) so Fuzzy might just be bigger boned.

                    They’re very cute! They look like American Fuzzy Lops to me.

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