growth spurts?

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- 03/15/2019 at 11:56 AM
  Kiki
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  Hey guys,
  
  I was just wondering do bunnies go through growth spurts? Indie has been eating SO much lately. I cut her pellets in half quite awhile ago because I was feeding her the wrong amount. She gets fresh veggies a couple of times a day. I have been filling her hay 2, or 3 times per day lately. She scarfs down her pellets right away, same with her veggies. At night I have been splitting her portion of pellets giving her some at 8 pm and some right before I go to bed so she isn’t starving by 8 am. She just got fixed about a month ago. I mean I don’t need to feed her more pellets do I? It’s just unusual for her to eat so much
- 03/15/2019 at 12:06 PM
  bonnie_bunny
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  How old is your bunny? It’s not unusual for a rabbit to continue growing until they are a year and a half old. Gizmo will be two in May and he just recently reached his full adult size. If she’s getting bigger along with the increased eating, I wouldn’t worry.
- 03/15/2019 at 12:26 PM
  Kiki
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  She’s about 7 months I think
- 03/16/2019 at 12:04 PM
  Bam
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  Growing beings, both plants and animals, have times when they grow less and then times when they grow very quickly. Desexing often makes animals more hungry and prone to overweight, so you need to keep an eye on her body fat.
- 03/16/2019 at 12:06 PM
  Bam
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  Growing beings, both plants and animals, have times when they grow less and then times when they grow very quickly. Desexing often makes animals more hungry and prone to overweight, so you need to keep an eye on her body fat.
  
  At 7 month a bun doesn’t yet have it’s full muscle mass, so she is still growing in that sense.
- 03/16/2019 at 12:59 PM
  LBJ10
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  Yes, at 7 months she is still “filling out”. Considering she isn’t a large breed though, she probably isn’t growing in size anymore. It isn’t unusual for a bunny this age to be hungry. I do agree with Bam though, you do have to watch out to make sure she doesn’t fill out a little too much.
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