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Mucky bums

Georgeypudding

Georgeypudding

Wise Old Thumper
What can i do! Mae had a little bit of poo stuck to her fur the other day but I pulled it off and she cleaned it up, but this afternoon she's got poo staining up her tail (underneath) what can I do to help? I'm just swapping thier pellets over so it could be that, she occasionally does leave some speacial poos but hasn't caused a problem before
 
What pellets do you feed Mae on? The higher the fibre content the better. I use Science Selective which is 16% I think. I would cut down on the pellets and increase the amount of hay. Also if you are swapping over pellets it is better to do it very gradually. Hope this helps :)
 
I'm swapping her from p@h to excel, I'm doing it gradually but don't have enough of the p@h to do it right as my mum was feeding them and didn't let me know it was almost gone!

They get plenty of hay, their hutch is full :) just checked on her and she's cleaned herself up now but it can't keep happening :/
 
Hay is the answer. If you cut down on the pellets Mae will automatically eat more hay. See how you go and let me know how you get on.

Does Mae get an veggies? I feed a handful of pellets in the morning veg at night and hay all day x
 
Emm-Jane76 said:
Hay is the answer. If you cut down on the pellets Mae will automatically eat more hay. See how you go and let me know how you get on.

Does Mae get an veggies? I feed a handful of pellets in the morning veg at night and hay all day x
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They get prehaps 10 pellets each in the morning, either spring greens or herbs depending on what there is and extra veg as a treat. I'll try putting hay in thee run aswell so it's always there
 
It could also be that the excel is too rich for her.

Most of the rabbits that have mucky bums when they come in here but are being fed a pellet food, tend to be on Excel.

I'd keep an eye on her Georgie and see how she goes.
Might also be an idea to add some probiotic to the water for a few days.
 
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rngpwelfare said:
It could also be that the excel is too rich for her.

Most of the rabbits that have mucky bums when they come in here but are being fed a pellet food, tend to be on Excel.

I'd keep an eye on her Georgie and see how she goes.
Might also be an idea to add some probiotic to the water for a few days.
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Blumin typical of it's the pellets :p only just opened this bag! What is probiotic :s I need to buy my dog some food so I guess I'll have a look in the shop for some. What would be best?
 
Something like Avipro would be fine.

Don't know if you can get it in pet shops but you can get it in vets of the shelf and on line at some where like Vetark
 
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