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Matilda and her on going 'poo' issues!?!

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emmiiee

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I'm pretty sure Matilda is the runt of her little I saw her bros and sisters, and they were alot bigger, whether that has anything to do with this i don't know,

anyway... She keeps getting a runny bum, the poos are still formed in balls but kind of sludgie and all stuck together looks abit like corn on the cob, like all stuck together,

I have cut down on her food intake and she is on minimal veg, litrally 2 small bits of carrot, and 2 tiny ripped but of greens. But still no change, the only think I can think it could be is her hay!!

Now do i limit the amount she gets? only giving her a small amount each day, or cut out the veg completly, I think this is a definetly a diet issue of some sort guess its just finding the right balence.

any ideas? x
 
I got this with Mini, went when I cut out sweet veg like carrot. :) How much pellets does she get?
 
Schuette said:
I got this with Mini, went when I cut out sweet veg like carrot. :) How much pellets does she get?
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i dnt normally measure it but i'd guess at maybe 1 small handful a day, had to up her pellets about 2 months ago cos she just wasn't putting on weight, but dropped them now shes abut chunckier x
 
What pellets is she on?

I would cut out all veg, just small amount of pellets and good quality hay, if tummy settles then slowly introduce a small amount of one type of veg at a time. I've had to do that with good success, turned out to be not one particular veg but when they had it with another (think broccoli & greens but not 100% as was many years ago)
 
emmiiee said:
i dnt normally measure it but i'd guess at maybe 1 small handful a day, had to up her pellets about 2 months ago cos she just wasn't putting on weight, but dropped them now shes abut chunckier x
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I'd reduce the carrot a lot more then. I did stop pellets altogether for a while but it didn't make a huge amount of difference as she was on an eggcupful to begin with and we use SS, not Excel which is known to affect cecals. It was once I stopped the sweet veg (carrot, babycorn, peapods) and fruit that she improved. She rarely gets any of these. Sometimes a piece of banana and sometimes an empty pea pod when they're in season but that's all.
 
Rykat said:
What pellets is she on?

I would cut out all veg, just small amount of pellets and good quality hay, if tummy settles then slowly introduce a small amount of one type of veg at a time. I've had to do that with good success, turned out to be not one particular veg but when they had it with another (think broccoli & greens but not 100% as was many years ago)
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shes on burgess dwarf rabby pellets,

i don't give her brocolli did that once never again ha went straiighhtt through her, she mainly has spring greens but like 2 tiny peices x
 
Schuette said:
I'd reduce the carrot a lot more then. I did stop pellets altogether for a while but it didn't make a huge amount of difference as she was on an eggcupful to begin with and we use SS, not Excel which is known to affect cecals. It was once I stopped the sweet veg (carrot, babycorn, peapods) and fruit that she improved. She rarely gets any of these. Sometimes a piece of banana and sometimes an empty pea pod when they're in season but that's all.
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okay so noo carrots! or sweet veg, spring greens still okay in tiny amounts, stupid question how can u tell when their in season *im only used to males*
 
emmiiee said:
okay so noo carrots! or sweet veg, spring greens still okay in tiny amounts, stupid question how can u tell when their in season *im only used to males*
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Nooooooo I mean peas in season! We grow our own so they have a pod when we shell them. Rabbits don't go into season. ;)
 
If you can get hold of Science Selective then I would switch her slowly onto that as if it's Burgess Excel then it's quite common to have poop probs.
 
Schuette said:
Nooooooo I mean peas in season! We grow our own so they have a pod when we shell them. Rabbits don't go into season. ;)
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ahaha ohhh dear :oops::oops: ahaa! unlike guinea blobs then aha! well they do say you learn something new everyday and I've learnt that aha! I have never had female rabbits, lol always got stroppy boys ha! x
 
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