Sunday 24 February 2008

How much to feed?

I just read on another HL breeder's blog that she feed 3 to 4 ounces of feed a day. That is equivalent to 85 to 113 grams per day. I really need to bring out the weighing scale to see how much I am feeling my rabbits per day...

Just need to add on more. A dear friend also mentioned that the recommended amount to feed is 1/8 to 1/4 (of 250ml cup) per 5 lbs (2268 grams or 2.268) body weight.

Let's do some calculations here:

Skor is 1.6kg

(1600 g / 2268) * 100 = 70% of 1/4 cup?

That's less than 5lbs so I can just give 1/4 cup I believe as 70% would be too little in my eyes. Wonder how much is 1/4 cup in grams....

This means that I have to start weighing my rabbits to ascertain how much to feed each individual.

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