Two measured meals for a muscular, velvet-coated breed
An adult Rex rabbit usually needs two measured meals a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. Hay and water do not count toward that total for a Rex, because grass hay has to be available at all hours for grazing, gut movement, and tooth wear. The Rex is a medium-sized, well-muscled rabbit known for its dense, plush coat, and its measured servings should be sized for that build and then held steady. Predictable mealtimes suit an alert, active breed that learns the household's routine quickly and will be waiting at the pen door.
Hay first, pellets measured, in a Rex routine
Hay first is the working rule for an adult Rex rabbit. Fill the rack before you measure anything else, and let the pellet portion stay modest and fixed, because a Rex offered pellets freely will eat them in preference to hay and lose the chewing and fibre its digestion depends on. Offer the two servings at consistent times, scatter part of the pellets or greens through a hay pile to stretch the meal out, and refresh water daily. A rabbit that arrives at the evening meal having clearly worked through its hay is showing you the balance is right.
Leafy greens and variety across the two servings
Leafy greens give an adult Rex rabbit its variety across the two servings. Wash a generous handful for each meal, rotate familiar leaves through the week, and bring any new green in gradually beside the established ones while you watch droppings for softness. Keep sugary roots and fruit as rare, small treats rather than a standing part of the bowl. If the Rex shares its home with another rabbit, feed in a way that lets you see each animal eating, because a confident Rex can monopolise a single bowl while a partner waits.
Short coat, tender hocks, and soft ground
Short coat changes one watch-out for an adult Rex rabbit: its hocks. The same velvety fur that makes the breed famous is thinner over the feet, so Rex rabbits can develop sore, balding hocks where weight presses onto hard surfaces. Keep deep bedding or soft mats over solid floors, avoid wire flooring, and glance at the hind feet at the evening meal. Extra body weight makes hock pressure worse, which is another reason the pellet measure matters. Redness, hair loss, or a rabbit shifting weight off a hind foot calls for a veterinary visit and a flooring review.
Condition checks on a dense-coated rabbit
Condition checks on an adult Rex rabbit rely on touch, since the plush coat smooths every outline. Stroke backward gently over the ribs and hips during handling and weigh the rabbit monthly, keeping the numbers recorded in one place. You want the ribs findable under a light covering on a frame that should feel athletic rather than soft. Trim the pellet measure in small steps if condition builds, leave hay untouched, and tell every feeder the new amount at once so the change is real rather than theoretical.
When appetite drops, and keeping feeders aligned
When an adult Rex rabbit drops its appetite, act the same day. A Rex that leaves both servings, ignores fresh hay, produces few droppings, or sits hunched and grinds its teeth needs a veterinarian promptly, and drooling or hay dropped from the mouth adds dental trouble to the list of things to have examined. Day to day, alignment between feeders prevents the commonest problem, which is a doubled or drifting portion. KinsLe's Care Teams lets you assign each Rex feeding to a named helper with a completion timestamp, so the record settles what the rabbit's hopeful face cannot.