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Soft poos

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milly100

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Hi :wave:
My rescue rabbit who Ive had for 4 weeks has started having soft poos. Ive checked his bum and that is clean but his cage has them in. I was wondering if it was the vegetables as previously he had only had carrots. Ive just been giving him a little bit of dif things every day. Should I stop with the veg and just give him hay and no pellets for a couple of days and see if it improves?? Hope someone can help
 
PS - this is what I said somewhere else - I'm saying it over and over today :lol:

Introducing veg MUST be done very gradually - one type of veg at a time (including grass) - just a small mouthful the first day, then nothing next day, then if their tum is OK another small mouthful and so on over the course of 2 weeks - ages! This it to give the gut bacteria time to multiply enough to digest it - otherwise they get overwhelmed and result is an upset tum.
 
What pellets is your bunny eating? Our Barney produced loads of soft poos when he was on Burgess Excel and I believe a few other people have had the same. I was convinced the veg was the problem and it took ages (duh) to realise the pellets were the cause.

PS We are holidaying in Alnwick this year!
 
Vanessa.B said:
What pellets is your bunny eating? Our Barney produced loads of soft poos when he was on Burgess Excel and I believe a few other people have had the same. I was convinced the veg was the problem and it took ages (duh) to realise the pellets were the cause.

PS We are holidaying in Alnwick this year!
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yep I've just mentioned excel on a couple of other threads too - it's quite a common problem although nobody knows why :shock:
 
I have a feeling Excel is alfalfa based, I am sure this was too rich for Barney when we had him. He also had a problem with SS, which again I 'think' is alfalfa based. It was only when we tried him on Oxbow BB/T whch is Timmy hay based that his excess poops disappeared.
 
elve said:
yep I've just mentioned excel on a couple of other threads too - it's quite a common problem although nobody knows why :shock:
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He is on Burgess supa rabbit at the moment as that was what he was on when we got him. I am going to wean him off onto a pellet food rather than the mix.
Alnwick is a really lovely place for a holiday. Even more so if the weather is nice!
 
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