Mucky bum

laurax1989 · Mar 29, 2011

My 4year old nethie Nala gets a mucky bum quite often, i clean her up she's on a hay/food diet, veg makes her get a mucky bum.
Been in spain last week, the mother in law looked after her, she knows no veg only what i left for her, and shes covered, ive cleaned her up but shes still having runny poo's.
I dont know what to do anymore, think im gonna phone the vets, im so worried about my nala-koala

lousilverfox · Mar 29, 2011

poor thing! hope shes ok xxxx

yvette · Mar 29, 2011

Too many pellets?????
Too many treats???
I hope you get her sorted before the summer........

laurax1989 · Mar 29, 2011

yvette said:
Too many pellets?????
Too many treats???
I hope you get her sorted before the summer........

She only has an eggcup full of food.
I try not to give treats as it usually sets her off.
Shes a indoor bun, shes so lively, she now running around like crazy doing binky's.

I did try her with fenugreek crunchies, my other buns love them but she ignores them.

prettylupin · Mar 29, 2011

An eggcup full may still be too many i'm afraid, some buns can't tolerate any although some will cope with a few but will need a good few days - weeks - months of NONE and just hay to restablish gut floral balance before reintroducing them slowly, and veggies too, others do best with purely just hay and grass and safe wild plants/weeds.

However, I would suggest you get your bunny checked by a rabbits savy vet first as there is often an underlying physical cause for mucky bums. Only assume it is purely dietary once all health issues have been ruled out, including infection of the bowel. x

laurax1989 · Mar 29, 2011

prettylupin said:
An eggcup full may still be too many i'm afraid, some buns can't tolerate any although some will cope with a few but will need a good few days - weeks - months of NONE and just hay to restablish gut floral balance before reintroducing them slowly, and veggies too, others do best with purely just hay and grass and safe wild plants/weeds.

However, I would suggest you get your bunny checked by a rabbits savy vet first as there is often an underlying physical cause for mucky bums. Only assume it is purely dietary once all health issues have been ruled out, including infection of the bowel. x

Thanks for your advice, im taking her to yorkshire vets on thursday morning, shes okay now shes clean, ive taken the food away and will keep plenty of fresh hay in.
She dont even eat much hay, she has a full box of it she has underbed storage box for a litter tray and thats full of hay.

prettylupin · Mar 29, 2011

laurax1989 said:
Thanks for your advice, im taking her to yorkshire vets on thursday morning, shes okay now shes clean, ive taken the food away and will keep plenty of fresh hay in.
She dont even eat much hay, she has a full box of it she has underbed storage box for a litter tray and thats full of hay.

This may be the problem, it may be behavioural, down to the quality or type of hay being offered OR she may have underlying dental issues - that would explain the mucky bum also so she definitely needs to see a good rabbit savy vet. Good luck x

If the vets says all is ok you might like to read this:
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=3012&S=1&SourceID=43

laurax1989 · Mar 29, 2011

prettylupin said:
This may be the problem, it may be behavioural, down to the quality or type of hay being offered OR she may have underlying dental issues - that would explain the mucky bum also so she definitely needs to see a good rabbit savy vet. Good luck x

If the vets says all is ok you might like to read this:
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=3012&S=1&SourceID=43

That link is quite interesting, thankyou.

I will hopefully find out more on Thursday, thanks for the advice.

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