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Sloppy Poo / matted furr

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Bhm1712

Young Bun
my bun has started to do really really sloppy poos, so much so that it sticks to her furr and matts together. not quite diarroea poo but never the less, very sloppy and smelly. she is eating and drinking ok, and she has done some dry tods in between but the slops still coming! there has been no diet change at all

any ideas?
 
she must have not been eatting her celotropes( sorry i cant spell it) theses are the soft poos whihc you should really never see as they should eat them its the eqivilant of a cow chewing its cudd but a rabbit doent have 2 tums! there must be a rason for her not eatting theses, i sust you clean her bum with some damp pape and make sure its dry. there are a few reasons why she might not be eatting them, chagin of diet, but you have indicated you havent done this so it could be that she is over weight? and is not able to reach to eat the soft poos. there are many other reasons too which im sure the people on here will advise you of, it is howeer ery ipotant that you keep her bum clean as with poo on there she is at risk of fly strike and you really really dont want that!
 
no she is not on excel pellets, she wont eat them!

ill try reducing her food, is there any need to get worried yet?
 
Not really if she seems fine in every other way. I'd try reducing the food a bit first and if that doesn't solve the problem after a few days, I'd pop her up the vet just to check.

Oh and I just thought, you need to get the sloppy poo off of her or she may get flystrike. I find you can if you trim it off carefully with scissors, it's the easiest way.
 
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One of my bunnies did a few sticky poops the other day so I cut down veg to minimum (half a leaf of greens - no grass) pellets to minimum (couple of teaspoons morning and night) and gave extra hay to them - I normally give fresh hay morning and evening. This sorted the problem as usually it's caused by not enough hay plus too much dry food/veg.

If you want to clean her up use some baby wipes for the worst of it, then rub in cooking cornflour as it will help slide the dirt off without getting her wet. Really she needs a diet change as she can't live in this state without flies getting her.
 
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