Bit of a chubby bugger

[JordKil 0]

One of my 2 hobs (from this years kits) is..well..for lack of a better word..fat. Him and his brother are both fed a mixed diet of dry and raw food (ranging from chicken to rabbit and any other dead things like mice etc.) But the fat one eats the majority of the food leaving the other with the leftovers of his meal. How can I get the greedy bugger to drop weight what's the best sort of exercise? He works about a couple of times a week and cant get down some of the holes lol. He's still really active but eventually gets bored when hes out and goes for wanders. But its too risky just to leave him as there is alot of dog walkers in my area and even my dog trys to kill my ferts Any ideas?

 

Cheers

Jordan

[scothunter 12,609]

Stop feeding him dry and feed them seperate.Im sure he can get down the holes,the question i would be asking myself,does he want to?He might just not be interested.Get him a vascectomy and keep him.

 

Thats if you keep jills mate.

[JordKil 0]

Its just the smaller holes that he cant get down. I was actually planning on breeding him to my jills because he is actually a really good worker (and was even better when he was smaller) and he is alot better in temperament than the other one.

So if i stop all dry food and split them up for a while that should help? (i have them in a double hutch so its easy to split them up)

[Kay 3,709]

Well most kits seem to get really big in there first winter but seem to not get so big second winter , i would drop the dry food & just feed the meat or at least limit the dry stuff & feed the other one seperatly so its getting its fair share

 

They drop the weight rapidly when they shed there winter coat , are you sure its not coat rather than actually all fat , its supprising how different they look if there wet through so the coat could be making him look bigger than he is

[scothunter 12,609]

Well most kits seem to get really big in there first winter but seem to not get so big second winter , i would drop the dry food & just feed the meat or at least limit the dry stuff & feed the other one seperatly so its getting its fair share

 

They drop the weight rapidly when they shed there winter coat , are you sure its not coat rather than actually all fat , its supprising how different they look if there wet through so the coat could be making him look bigger than he is

 

Fair point kay,i had to double take at the mother of my kits.The winter coat makes her look like one of the chubby wee kits.

[The one 8,513]

Being a wee bit heavy than they should be isn't a problem if you lose them over night you dont have to worry about them no getting fed and staying warm

[Coatesy900 0]

Split them up when feeding, then after each has had the right amount of food put them back together. Dry food makes them podgy so try to stick to meat.

[stealthy1 3,964]

Split the food up into two piles, the hob can only be in one place at a time.