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Rabbit with runny poo

Keep to restricted pellets for a couple of days and just feed loads of hay until his poops are back to normal. (I personally would feed only hay until he has solid poops again but some people don't like doing this) Then very slowly reintroduce the veggies when his poops are big and golden again :)
If he is still very loose tomorrow or seems lethargic and not himself I would get him checked by a vet but hopefully that won't be needed :)
 
I would keep him on a hay only diet for a day or two to give him time to settle (as you say you're going to anyway).
As the excel seems to be giving him problems I would personally just swap right over, as you are stopping the excel he wont be on pellets for a while so I see no reason restart with them. Just increase the amount gradually. The first day just give a couple of ss pellets with his hay and veg and then slowly increase the amount to your normal feeding level. :)
 
why not post your 10kg bag on the forum in a new post and see if anyone wants it?

Do you have any raspberry, black current or strawberry leaves? They are very binding.
 
If he is only that old and has a gurgly tum I would get him to the vet first thing tomorrow for a thorough check up. I didn't realise he was so young before!(I should have asked :oops: ) The vet may give him some probiotics to help balance his gut flora and he can check that he is well hydrated and feel his tummy to make sure all feels ok and that its just the food that upset his tum :)

How long have you had him and what did the previous carer feed him?
 
Hi, I've also got our 1st bunnies, have had them 3 weeks now (they are now 17 weeks) but I was under the impression that veg/fruit was to be very slowly introduced over a period of time, not too much at once. I also use excel junior & dwarf, the first few days we had the bunnies we got a few 'softer' poo's (i realise now I went overboard on the veg) but I was advised not to stop the veg or pellets but just cut them down as stopping and then restarting could cause more problems.
As I'm just a first time bunny mummy I know I'm not very knowledgable but 12 weeks seems quite young to be giving a big variety of veg/fruit.
 
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