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Bunny is having diarrhoea to often?

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kinnies

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Hi

I have a 4 month old bunny and she has just started having mild diarrhoea not runny or strange colour just more moist,compact,larger and more frequent than normal .she is still eating plenty of hay and her pellets, water, she wont eat any vegetables so it cant be her diet, she has had all her vaccinations, is this normal or the signs of any major problems, its been on and off for about 2 weeks now ( probably 2-3 times a week) she lives in my bedroom and is vary cared for

thanks for any help :)
 
well what they look like are tiny balls all compacted together and moist is this caecotrophs? sorry to sound silly i just have never had an indoor bunny before

thanks for the help
 
Yes, they are caecotrophs. They normally pass them during the night and eat them (to help their digestive system) so it is unusual to see them. Not sure reasons for excessive ones, but someone will be along shortly who can give a bit more advice.
 
If she is not eating all her caecotrophs it may be because you are feeding her too much concentrated feed.
What brand of pellets do you feed her and how much ?
As she is still growing she does need a concentrated feed but you could cut back on the quantity so she has to fill up on hay :)
 
i bought her " scratch & Newton " pellets it seemed like the best one in the pet shop, i have been allowing her the advised daily allowence on the packet of pellets which is 140 grams , she really loves the stuff, and she eats loads of timothy hay, she refuses to eat any freah vegetables.we let her out of her cage to excersise each day for a few hours, today as soon as we let her out she did these moist nuggets for about 2 hours, about 7 small piles, she is still out with access to her cage, and now shes doing normal nuggets in her litter tray,does it sound like im doing or feeding her anything wrong?

thankyou for all the help its reassuring to know this happens to other rabbits
 
Firstly you can get really good quality pellets really cheaply :)
Allen and Page i believe is only £6.50 for 20kg a bag, and it's got very high fibre content.

At the moment i'm feeding mine Burgess Excel £12 a 10kg bag, but when that runs out (got a long way to go) i'll try them on that :)

The soft grape-like poos are what i call 'cats' (short for 'caecotrophs' the long word that i can never spell!) Bunnies eat these to help their digestive system, so seeing them isn't fantastic. Cut down on concentrated feed and make sure the bun gets way more hay. If your bun isn't eating hay there are many different ways in which you can try and convince it. You can try different kinds of hay such as timothy hay which is very scummy for bunnies :)

Buns should be eating their body weight in hay :)
 
a rabbit diet, according to dr. susan brown, a contributor of the book "the 5 min. vet consult to rabbit and ferret" requires 90% hay. So you should downsize the pellet and make sure his daily diet is composed of 90% hay, w/ the remaining 10% consists of greens, pellet, fruits, etc
 
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