Underweight rabbit

[freak_unique]

Hey i have an 8 week old lionhead lop rabbit and got her from the pet shop last week. The petshop i got her from is pretty good they give all the animals an all over test before they are sold...unfortunately she was quite underweight and wanted to keep her in until the sunday. I went down sunday and apparently she had been eating fine and was ok to take home althought she is underweight i was told to keep an eye on her and bring her back if she wasnt eating. She currently weighs 0.545 kg, and her recomended weight is 0.8 kg. Apparently the reason she is sosmall is because she is very timid and they believe the guinea pigs may have taken all her food whilst in the petshop. She has been feeding on rabbit mix food, carrots, celery and hay and these small hay ball things also for rabbits. Does anyone recomend anything to help fatten her up a little faster (as healthy and rabbit friendly as possible) as i hate seeing her so skinny.
Any advice would be great

[oldwoman]

As long as she is eating and getting enough water she will be ok . Ours likes to eat apples. If you see a rabbit without its fur on they`re not that fat. Just enjoy her in a couple of weeks you`ll be wondering why you were worrying.

[freak_unique]

Aw cheers for that im just so attached to her so worrying.yep she loves apples but i was told she shouldnt eat too many of them?

[what..the?]

You can get lots of treats for rabbits and like treats for humans they do tend to put the weight on us if we eat too many.

My bunny likes yogurt drops that come in lots of different favours, I get them for a normal uk pet shop. It does sate a limit on the box to feed them per day for examplt 2-3 drops a day.

If you put these in her food bowl with her mix food I 'm sure that would work well.

[freak_unique]

Many thanks for that il give them a try :)

[cazxx1]

hi we got a loin head rabbit on wednesday 12 weeks old we bought an inside cage for her she is very timid where did you get yours from and how much was she x

[freak_unique]

Hey yes mine is very timid and i have kept her inside - she really is the sweetest thing ive ever seen. I got her from Wilsons pet stores in Kidderminster for 20 pounds.where was your from? and how much was she?
cheers

[cazxx1]

yes ours is very timid we went to a auchion and this man bid for two but he only wanted one he paid a whole �2 for them so my husband offered him �1 he was well chuffed i wouldnt mind but we had no hutch or nothing lol but my son was chuffed to bits we have kept him indoors we are going to train him with a bit of look keep in touch let me know how your getting on x

[freak_unique]

Thats real good. If there is a Wilsons Pet store near you i paid 40 pound for a 4ft hutch starter kit with a large bag of hay, sawdust and a drinking bottle! Apparently they are really easy to train and they practically toilet train themselves when given a tray - i saw some rabbit litter crystals in the pet shop today which attracts them to do there business on there...only 3 pound for a large bag might be worth a try?

[cazxx1]

i will have to get some of that litter stuff...lol we let ours roam in the kitchen and outside on sunday she loved it. it was trying to catch her was the problem....all good fun though we got an inside rabbit hutch my hsuband will get round to making her an outdoor one....one fine day x

[freak_unique]

Id like to house train mine actually but id be scared as shes so small that she may get trodden on... yeah i let mine have a hop around the living room and stuff shes ever so sweet then shell go sleep on my lap i swear shes more like a cat haha! I have a hutch indoors also...dont think i want to keep her outside at any point only for a run if you get me. Shes doing very well by the way shes eating none stop and putting some weight on which is all good! :) i dunno why i was so worried!!!