One porker..

[CharlieH]

Sorry if this seems a little odd... I just wanted to check!

I currently have a cage with 3 wiggies in it.
Poggle (m) - 1.4kg
Dumpling (f) - 1kg
Tiny (f) - 800g

Now. Pog, King of the Dewlaps, is a little... erm on the chubby side.. He doesn't really like to run about that much (except when food is coming LOL) and spends almost all day eating nuggets.

Am I alright to mostly remove the nuggets? As long as he has fresh veggies, water and unlimited hay?

I'm a bit concerned to do this as Tiny is still very small.

I would put 3 lots of the daily nugget allowance into the cage a day, but the problem we have is that Poggle sits there and eats the lot (we've even put 3 separate bowls in and STILL he eats it all!)

Tiny is a little slower to want the nuggets lol!

Is there a way around this anyone can think of? We've already tried offering Tiny the food out of the cage and she just stares at it lol!

I wouldn't be too concerned except that Pog has a feeling of chub about him and I wouldn't want his lardarse to cause any pressure on his joints haha.

They're currently fed on Burgess excell by the way!

Thanks for reading! (and sorry for any typos - am on my phone :p)

 

[Amanda1801]

Scatter nuggets around the cage rather than feeding in a bowl. He'll HAVE to move to find them, it'll slow him down, give the others a chance, and forraging is much more fun than eating out of a bowl!

 

[CharlieH]

Ooh that's a good idea, will see how he gets on with that, lazy boy! Haha.

Thanks!