How much should i feed my bunny rabbit?

Question

ok, my little polish bunny is developing a dewlap (which is a DQ in her breed) i need to feed her a little bit less. but how much less? right now i feed her 1/2 a cup a day. but someone told me that they feed their polish 1/4 a cup a day. would that be too little? are there any other ways that i could help her dewlap get smaller? like exercising her? how would i do that? if you have any ideas or anything, plz tell me.

Answer 1

I feed ours i time a day about 1/2 cup of pellets mixed with old fashioned oats. she loves the oats

Answer 2

1/4 to 1/8 cup of plain high quality pellets is best, depending on her age and size.

You should limit pellets and free feed grass hay, and then feed a cup of veggies daily. But lots of out of cage exercise is good too. Helps her burn calories.

Read over http://www.rabbit.org/

Answer 3

To give her more exercise I would suggest a bigger cage - the absolute biggest you possibly can. Then give her plenty of furniture and toys - such as old phone books or newspapers to shred, a box to dig in, tunnels to run through, a shelf or box to jump on, small boxes and tubes to throw around etc.

Rabbits should also get time out every day to exercise and explore - eg in a safe outdoor run (supervised) or in a safe room indoors.

Answer 4

Tater Salad is right about the amount of pellets.  I make sure that my rabbits always have a LOT of hay to munch on because I sometimes feel like 1/4 cup of pellets is too little.  I also give them some baby carrots.

As far as exercising rabbits, I know some people put their bunnies on a leash and walk them.  Mine never liked that.  I've heard that you should let them out of the cage for 2 hours a day.  When I let mine out, they run around and play on their own, and I don't need to do anything to make them exercise.  You can try give them toys to play with.  My rabbits love running up and downstairs, or running through a tunnel.  Take a cardboard box that's bigger than the rabbit, and cut holes in both ends so they can run through it.  Simple, cheap, and they love it!

Answer 5

Polish should be fed around 1/4 to a 1/3 of a cup of pellets daily.