Honestly my experience has been the opposite. They used to gobble their food up like little fluffy wolves and now they eat so slowly that sometimes they don’t even finish their pellets, and they only get 1/8 cup per bunny per meal so it’s not like they have a lot. I even switched from Oxbow Essentials to Garden Select because I thought the flavor might make them eat faster. I think that the slowness comes with food security because they’ve never missed a meal so if they aren’t hungry right this second they aren’t worried about not finishing. Your boy might slow down after he’s been there a while and knows he’s always going to have enough to eat. In the meantime he could get fat and it isn’t fair to your girl to miss out. Are you at home during the day so it would be possible to feed less but more often?

I was worried about this with previous pairs, but they seem to sort themselves out and eat what they need. You can keep track of your slow-eater’s weight to make sure she isn’t losing weight if you’re worried about it. I think doing a couple smaller meals is also a good idea, as long as it doesn’t reduce hay consumption!

Hi, I’ve been in a similar situation. My newest Rabbit also eats much slower than my original.  Instead of trying to separate them, she basically just gets a little less food which seems to work fine. She maybe has figured out she needs to eat what she can in one sitting at least. I cut them back on morning pellets because he was overeating, but for some reason they’ve both lost some interest in pellets and they both at least get some throughout the morning. She also doesn’t eat veggies so I have been feeding her a few extra pellets while the other gets veggies, and sit and monitor until they finish. He used to try to go steal them but not much anymore. I have learned how much she can eat in the time he can eat all the veggies 🙂 When I give them a treat I give her less and they finish at the same time.