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Feeding Polish & Weight Problems
Topic Started: Sep 20 2012, 11:33 PM (159 Views)
majorv
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I'm having a problem with my Polish juniors making senior weight by the time they're 3 months old...not all of them but probably half. The problem is that some of them overeat while they're still with Mom and siblings. Obviously, Polish have a slow metabolism and some of them just don't know when to stop eating. I really don't have the cage space to separate everyone into separate cages as soon as they're weaned so I'm trying to figure out what else I can do to try and keep my juniors at junior weight. I feed Purina Show 16% protein. I try to feed enough for each to get 1/4 cup and feed twice/day.

Any ideas? This isn't necessarily restricted to Polish. If anyone else has a sedentary breed I'd like to hear how they do it!
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A junior Polish only needs two ounces to three ounces of feed a day. Smaller bucks only eat that much. So if you're feeding a 1/4 cup twice a day, that's way more than they need. Just offer less feed and more hay. If you have three juniors in a cage, give them around half a cup of feed once per day, and plenty of hay they can munch on if they need it.
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Hi, just read your reply this morning. We were at a rabbit show yesterday and one of the breeders said it could also be genetics, too. She said that they have that problem in dwarfs. So, maybe I should not only reduce the feed but only keep the rabbits who don't gain weight so quickly. ;)
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