Hi all,
Over the past 3 days I noticed that neither of my buns Bob and Mavis seemed to be eating too much. Normally as soon as their food gets put down they're at it like they've not eaten in a week. Mavis then tends to pick at it for a little while while Bob just eats, and eats, and eats.
At first I thought it could have been the heat as it's been sunny and humid over the weekend, however I noticed today when I put the dinner down that Mavis went over to eat as normal but Bob didn't, which is most unlike him. I've since noticed some mucus covered poos near to where Bob was sitting. I did put in some "Ginko Plus" grassy stuff which it looks like he's eaten because the mucus covered poos are near to it.
I was wondering if this could be serious? A couple of summers ago he had a similar reaction to eating some of a plant while out in the garden (they're house buns but go out when possible into a run), and when I first got him he suffered from bloat early on, so I'm always mindful of his stomach. My thoughts were that because he seems to be pooing, even though it's got some mucus around it it's not too serious because at least it shows his digestive system is working, and I should be more worried if he wasn't eating anything at all and not pooing because it would suggest his digestive system was slowing down or stopping. It seems to me it may have just been a bit of a bad reaction to something perhaps he ate while in their run?
Would anyone be able to give me any advice from their experience?
Ooh forgot to say that normally they would have some veg in the morning and pellets in the evening, with a constant supply of hay and water. Other than being in their run over the weekend I can't see how they could have eaten anything different to normal.
Many thanks in advance.
Dan
Over the past 3 days I noticed that neither of my buns Bob and Mavis seemed to be eating too much. Normally as soon as their food gets put down they're at it like they've not eaten in a week. Mavis then tends to pick at it for a little while while Bob just eats, and eats, and eats.
At first I thought it could have been the heat as it's been sunny and humid over the weekend, however I noticed today when I put the dinner down that Mavis went over to eat as normal but Bob didn't, which is most unlike him. I've since noticed some mucus covered poos near to where Bob was sitting. I did put in some "Ginko Plus" grassy stuff which it looks like he's eaten because the mucus covered poos are near to it.
I was wondering if this could be serious? A couple of summers ago he had a similar reaction to eating some of a plant while out in the garden (they're house buns but go out when possible into a run), and when I first got him he suffered from bloat early on, so I'm always mindful of his stomach. My thoughts were that because he seems to be pooing, even though it's got some mucus around it it's not too serious because at least it shows his digestive system is working, and I should be more worried if he wasn't eating anything at all and not pooing because it would suggest his digestive system was slowing down or stopping. It seems to me it may have just been a bit of a bad reaction to something perhaps he ate while in their run?
Would anyone be able to give me any advice from their experience?
Ooh forgot to say that normally they would have some veg in the morning and pellets in the evening, with a constant supply of hay and water. Other than being in their run over the weekend I can't see how they could have eaten anything different to normal.
Many thanks in advance.
Dan
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