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Sudden Diarrhoea

R

Radish

Mama Doe
HI

my bun Mr Benjamin Fairweather has done a small amount of diarrhoea..ie a small puddle, it smells gross.

I wiped his tail and cleaned his foot and he's quite happy and behaving normally, eating hay and a few pellets.

is it possible I have caused it by giving him greens straight from the fridge?

I was in a rush earlier and just stupidly gave them all greens from the fridge but the others all seem fine.

he seems fine in himself but just this puddle of smelly runs, which I have removed and put vetbed in hot wash.

Am working in vets in morning so can get stuff then if necessary just want a little info for tonight really.

he is warm and safe and lively and eating and well hydrated this evening.
thanks.
 
I doubt the greens caused such a sudden GI upset, but I guess anything is possible.
I would keep him on just hay and water overnight. If you have some Fibreplex you could give him some of that too. Or some probiotic to add to his water.
 
It's probably too much green and perhaps the green is a bit cold just off the fridge. Is his diet compose of 90% hay all these years?
 
My rabbits have always been fed a suitable diet, mostly hay with a few vegetables each morning and evening and pellets only once a week.

Mr Fairweather only had that single episode of diarrhoea and was back to normal by the following morning. I simply put bio lapis in his drinking water and fed just hay for 48hrs. I think it was just the chilled veg.

(funnily enough whilst we were doing a dental on a clients rabbit recently, one of the vets commented about how all my rabbits have great teeth and that it is because i am feeding them correctly)
 
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