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Mushy poo within the past hour

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Danigrl8484

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Selene has started having mushy very smelly poo within the past hour or so, only thing different we've given to her is some Oat, Wheat, & Barley hay by Alfalfa King last night and earlier this morning.
I managed to find a bit she'd not stepped in and they look like they were meant to be ceceotropes (due to some of them being tiny circular shapes bunched together) but are not tightly formed, easily mushed, and a much lighter brown than her cecals.
She didn't drink much water overnight but has been drinking, eating, and acting as usual today so far.
 
It is probably the new hay type that has caused her to pass excess caecals. As long as she is eating, drinking and passing normal 'hard poos' then I would just hold off on the new hay type for 48 hours and avoid feeding carrots/fruit.
Just feed half her normal concentrate feed and provide her with 24/7 access to the hay she's used to.
A probiotic in her drinking water may help too.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
It is probably the new hay type that has caused her to pass excess caecals. As long as she is eating, drinking and passing normal 'hard poos' then I would just hold off on the new hay type for 48 hours and avoid feeding carrots/fruit.
Just feed half her normal concentrate feed and provide her with 24/7 access to the hay she's used to.
A probiotic in her drinking water may help too.
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It looked like she had normal fecals this morning and everything else seems normal. She's sleeping in her tunnel warren right now (normal for her around this time of day) so I'll keep a watch on her whenever she comes out.
We don't feed her veggies or fruit yet. Tried broccoli almost a week ago but it gave her an upset tummy and what looked like big soft fecals so we didn't give her anymore and things sorted themselves out within a day.
Feed half her pellets?
Yep, has umlimited access to timothy hay.
What brand/type of probiotic?
 
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