Overweight?

[borken]

I’ve been concerned that my rabbit is overweight. I was looking at the vet papers from when he was neutered and I thought it said 7 lbs but it says 7 kg! There’s no way he’s 16 lbs!

How concerned should I be? I’m going to cut down on his pellets. My mom has a habit of giving him pellets throughout the day :/

[Sarita]

Uh, no he looks perfect to me. He’s beautiful. Don’t change a thing – that scale has to be wrong and he in no way overweight.

[borken]

Whew, okay. Thank you!

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Haha our old clinic did that all the time, they switched the computer system and showed my dog going from 44lbs to 44kg-was quite the weight gain!

Your rabbit looks great, and unless your vet suggests otherwise I wouldn’t worry. A little extra weight is preferable in my opinion, as if they do have a health concern, they don’t get scary thin, they have a bit to sustain themselves with.

[Nora]

I am also curious if Pippin is a little overweight based on his pear-shaped-ness. He is a lop mix (according to the shelter, I don’t know enough to specify) and weighs 4 lbs. This picture shows what I mean:

I feed him unlimited timothy hay, 1/4 cup of timothy pellets in the morning, and a large serving of veggies at night. I don’t want to starve him but it’s so hard to tell since they go so crazy for all their food and my last bunnies didn’t have such big butts so I don’t know if it’s normal (but they were a different breed).

[Deleted User]

Firstly, I have to agree with Sarita and Kokaneeandkahlua that your bun looks (from the pic’s without even reading the other replies) perfect borken. I wouldn’t change a thing with his current diet – and I have to also agree with KK about the extra weight – I’m a believer in that for human’s and all animals. As long as your pet isn’t obese or overweight to the point where their quality of life is affected, a little extra weight for ’emergencies’ like illness is better than being perfectly weighted or under weight. Nope, nothing to worry about there borken. Cheers.
I’m not sure how to translate weight from lbs to kg’s Nora, but my Henry is a mini lop and depending on how he lays, sits, and stands he always ‘looks’ a different size – sometimes HUGE, sometimes little and tiny. And yep, Henry’s bottom is bigger (YAY!) than his head too…. all good with me! Lol!
PS – That’s what I feed Henry toooo!

[Nora]

Okay phew! I can definitely be a worrier. And it’s so hard to refuse such cute little beggars. Pippin knows where his pellets/treats are kept (in a plastic drawer in the living room) and now he has started digging at the side of the drawer all the time. Like he’s so starving when he has plenty of hay! He just wants raisins.

[Deleted User]

Don’t they all?!?!? LOL!

[borken]

My bun tends to look more pear-shaped too, like Pippin, so that’s why I was wondering. I saw some picture “guides” of what underweight, healthy, and overweight frames should look like, and he seems to have more plump. He’s my first bunny so I get too concerned sometimes.

Thanks everyone!

[JackRabbit]

My lops (3 lbs and 4 lbs) get a touch over 1/8 cup of pellets (1/2 in the AM and half in the PM) plus salad at night. They eat tons of hay. Moshi (4 lbs) is definitely pear shaped. Marlee isn’t as long as Moshi and she’s more round. Used to give them more pellets but I cut them back to make sure they eat plenty of hay. Our vet encourages a salad and hay (few to no pellets if at all possible) diet but I worry about them getting all the vitamins they need so I compromise at a little over 1/8 cup pellets to try to keep everyone happy.

[LongEaredLions]

Pear-shaped is perfect!
Both your bunnies look just fine.

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