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For The Vet Nurses
Feb. 27th, 2007 02:58 pmHey, I have a couple of vet nurses on my f-list, so this is for them; I have... A QUESTION.
So I've had Pan and Pagan for 3-ish weeks now; Pan is living with Phoenix and Pauper, but Pagan is in a cage next to theirs because I don't want pregnancies. He can play with Phoenix since she's spayed, but Pauper and Pan aren't (yet, I'm planning to get them done some time between now and the summer.)
Anyway!
My question is about Pagan; when I brought he and Pan home, they were both bitty little things, and since then Pan has been growning and gaining weight steadily, but Pagan has stayed much the same. He's grown a little, but still seems skinny; you can feel his spine and ribs.
He's eating everything I give him (pellets, hay, apples, celery, carrots, and occasionally granola w/ raisins), drinking fine, pooping/peeing fine, and seems energetic and happy. His coat is fluffy and soft and shiny. He loves to explore, loves to cuddle, loves to play with the cats, and especially loves to sit on the desk next to me while I'm on the computer.
Nothing seems wrong, but I'm still a little concerned about his weight (or lack thereof); he's the first lop rabbit I've had, though, and I've noticed some things that set him apart from the others, mostly in his body shape and conformation. Are there other differences? Are their metabolisms different? Are lops naturally thinner?
Am I worrying about nothing?
So I've had Pan and Pagan for 3-ish weeks now; Pan is living with Phoenix and Pauper, but Pagan is in a cage next to theirs because I don't want pregnancies. He can play with Phoenix since she's spayed, but Pauper and Pan aren't (yet, I'm planning to get them done some time between now and the summer.)
Anyway!
My question is about Pagan; when I brought he and Pan home, they were both bitty little things, and since then Pan has been growning and gaining weight steadily, but Pagan has stayed much the same. He's grown a little, but still seems skinny; you can feel his spine and ribs.
He's eating everything I give him (pellets, hay, apples, celery, carrots, and occasionally granola w/ raisins), drinking fine, pooping/peeing fine, and seems energetic and happy. His coat is fluffy and soft and shiny. He loves to explore, loves to cuddle, loves to play with the cats, and especially loves to sit on the desk next to me while I'm on the computer.
Nothing seems wrong, but I'm still a little concerned about his weight (or lack thereof); he's the first lop rabbit I've had, though, and I've noticed some things that set him apart from the others, mostly in his body shape and conformation. Are there other differences? Are their metabolisms different? Are lops naturally thinner?
Am I worrying about nothing?
