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Strange poo related thing

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Sky-O

Wise Old Thumper
One of my fosters (not the head tilt one) has pooed something bizarre stuck to her normal poo. It's like a dreg from a pot noodle. It is about 3 mm long, flat, about 1 mm wide and sticky. It's also an offwhite colour.

It is not wriggling and gives no indication of worms (although I have now started a round of Panacur), but, erm, any ideas? I'm stumped.
 
No, it's definitely not fur, and it doesnt even look like something she could have eaten, and if it was, I have NO idea what it could have been or where from :| It's a mystery.
 
Sky-O said:
No, it's definitely not fur, and it doesnt even look like something she could have eaten, and if it was, I have NO idea what it could have been or where from :| It's a mystery.
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You'd be surprised what they can find to eat :roll::lol::lol: Well, whatever it is/was I'm guessing it's better out than in ;)
 
Thanks guys, sorry I didn't reply, I didn't realise there were more responses.

I was thinking of another analogy, and it was a bit like a bogey. It wasn't mucous, that's for sure (seen enough of that), and it didn't look like a worm. Only thing I could think of was old puss (like if she had some sort of abscess inside) but I couldn't wrap my mind around how that would be the case (in terms of how it came out), because it doesn't make sense with any othert option I could think about.

But thank you all for the replies :)
 
Just thought I would update this.

They were tapeworm egg cases. My foster brought us a tapeworm. So they have all been treated for it.
 
Are you sure it's a tapeworm egg case? My buns pooed something sounding very similar so I wormed them all. After a 9 day course, they still pooed them (every so often) so I wormed them again for 6 weeks. At the end of this, two of them STILL pooed the odd white thing - like you say, about 5 mm long, 1mm wide, off white, slightly sticky, not moving. This time, I took a sample to the vet who in turn, sent them off to the lab. The lab results came back as 'vegetable matter'. The vet said that buns are an intermediate host for tape worm and cannot actually have them themselves. They develop the tapeworm cysts which then develop into a tapeworm only if eaten by a predator such as a fox or dog etc.

If you find them again, I'd strongly suggest taking a sample to your vet for analysis, just to put your mind at rest.
 
Yeh, I'm sure. It is very rare for rabbits to have them, but it is possible. I came across someone whose bun had them and eventually passed the tape worm in two pieces and now is still trundling on and incredibly healthy. The company that produces the Droncit also agreed that whilst rare, was possible, and given the symptoms she had it pointed to it, and nothing else. She's a different bunny now indicating we treated for the right thing.

She had Droncit injections ten days apart, well, that's what she will have, she is having her second on Monday.

I thing taking a tapeworm to share around is necessary, and should become the new fashion. I don't want to be the only lucky one :p :lol:
 
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