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Sticky poos

Zara Elsom

Zara Elsom

New Kit
Well, i have 2 rabbits and they both have sticky and horrible poos. I've read that it could be that they are having too many greens.And the weather has been nice so i've been putting them outside more. Couldanything else be causing it?
 
Sticky poos are usually accumulated excess caecotrophs-the soft poos that are normally eaten by the rabbit. They can have a number of causes, usually dietary:
Not enough fibre: How much hay and grass do they eat?
Too many pellets/mix (an eggcupful per day is plenty for most rabbits)
The wrong sort of pellets/mix: the food given needs to be high in fibre
Too much veg if they are not used to it.
Too many sugary foods such as fruit or treats
Being overweight, so that they cannot reach around to eat the caecotrophs.
Having an excessively large dewlap which gets in the way when they try to eat their caecotrophs
Have spinal pain or arthritis will prevent them eating their caecotrophs as well.
The bun may not eat their caecotrophs if they taste 'wrong' which can happen when the bun is on certain medications.
 
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