wet bum and blood in poo nothing seems to work to stop it.

garry1974 said:

yesterday noticed male bunny had a wet bum basically his back legs are very wet with what looks like brown pee. and his poos are very small and very dark and hard. the only thing we cant think that has caused it was he was in the run in the garden for about an hour the day before. would eating grass have caused this. gave him a little clean up and he is grooming that area alot.

he is nearly 4 months old also.

the girl was out for the same time and she is ok .

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garry1974 said:

he is ok know looks like it was the grass.
it was just his legs not his bum area and they were like stained brown not actually wet but he must have been wet or let out alot of pee for it to get like it did.
is it normal for young rabbits to react to grass like that?

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lilbun said:

You need to find the cause of the problem.
What does his normal diet consist of?
Had he eaten anything different when this has happened?
Has the vet checked his stools for coccidia?

I do think you need to find a rabbit-savvy vet, because this cannot continue. He is in great danger of flystrike while this is happening

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garry1974 said:

what to do next this has been going on for several months.
the vets dont seem to be listening different antibiotics each time and different ideas each time.

heres what happens every few weeks sometimes he will go for 3 weeks with nothing happening there will be some blood in his hutch normally in a little piles of poos and he will also have a wet bottom and appears to have a watery leakage from his bottom. yesterday found some blood and checked him and there was definatley blood comming from his bottom and was around a poo that was comming out or about to come out.

he has previously suffered from a prolapsed rectum but that hasnt happened for a long time.

we have told the vet time and time again that he becomes withdrawn for a few days when this happens and that his poos become small and dark almost half the normal size even took some in to be told they looked normal this was even with a few nice large golden brown ones next to them.even taken in poos with blood to be told they can do anything and that it doesnt help them.
when we last took him in they put him on a course of panacur for worms/parasites during the course of 28 days he did have a very little amount of blood but no wet bottom it seemed to be doing the trick. within a week of stopping he has had a wet bottom and blood again. have read on here about cleaning on the 21st and 28th day the vet didnt tell us this we clean his hutch and disenfect every week.
should i panacur again and follow the 21 and 28 day thing?
what other diagnosis is there .when this happens he eats and drink normally and doesnt loose weight.
this all started when we seperated him from his female rabbit one vet tells us that stress doesnt cause any problems then another says that stress can cause or bring on alot of problems in rabbits.
the vet asked if we had insurance which we havent as she said they could do ultrasounds and put an endoscope up his bottom but if we dont have insurance its not really an option.

also wondering if anyone knows of a decent rabbit savvy decent vet in dorset preferably in the poole/bournemouth area?

we are considering just letting him carry on like this and just keep cleaning and checking him all the time as this has cost bearly £300 pounds so far i know that with pets you will do all you can but to do all you can and not get anywhere is disheartening and dont think that its making the rabbit feel any better either.

could be there was damage done when he had his prolapsed rectum that is causing it allthough he is not prolapsing anymore.

also thinking about getting his bits done when he is clean just to get him back together.

the girl shows no signs or problems and they use the same run in the garden allthough not together.

help someone with some advice please on what to do next ..................

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