For those with unheated Rabbitries..... Do you increase the pellets and hay in the winter?
I have made a NZ buck fat from overfeeding and I don't want to do that again, but I also don't want to underfeed in the cold...
Buck in question... American Chinchilla: He naturally is a large 13lb rabbit..... He always eats his full portion of pellets daily ... He go the same 1cup that the Fattened NZ got... The Chin has been able to "perform" his buckly duties.... but I cut him back to 1/2 cup in the fall when I realized the NZ was really packing on the lbs!!
(I realized when I went to breed him and he couldn't perform because his Santa Claus belly was getting in the way)
My question, should I boost him, the Chin, back up to a full cup with this cold? (I had a heated garage last year this time, unheated horse barn this year)
At this time I waffle back and forth, some days he gets a full cup and others he gets half... I'd rather be consistent, but if this works, I can use this method too.
I have made a NZ buck fat from overfeeding and I don't want to do that again, but I also don't want to underfeed in the cold...
Buck in question... American Chinchilla: He naturally is a large 13lb rabbit..... He always eats his full portion of pellets daily ... He go the same 1cup that the Fattened NZ got... The Chin has been able to "perform" his buckly duties.... but I cut him back to 1/2 cup in the fall when I realized the NZ was really packing on the lbs!!
(I realized when I went to breed him and he couldn't perform because his Santa Claus belly was getting in the way)
My question, should I boost him, the Chin, back up to a full cup with this cold? (I had a heated garage last year this time, unheated horse barn this year)
At this time I waffle back and forth, some days he gets a full cup and others he gets half... I'd rather be consistent, but if this works, I can use this method too.