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Help please - mucky bum

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Dandelion22

Warren Scout
Any advice or tips would be really helpful -

I went to clean out my buns hutch (Which I last did last night and everything was normal) and i noticed a pile of squashed cecotrophs on his blanket and litter tray, which is unusual. By this point he was running around the garden and I could see his bum was mucky. He normally eats loads of hay and he's not had a mucky bum before. As he's white it looked quite drastic, (and smelt very bad too) but I managed to get it all clean again after a while using a damp cloth.

I'm keeping him inside for now so I can keep an eye on him, my first concern was flystrike as he's an outside bun. Are there any chances this could still happen even now hes clean and I couldnt see any eggs or anything?

He hasn't stopped eating - he's munching away on hay as I type.

Should I take him to the vets to be checked out in the morning?

Sorry I've no experience of this so as i said any comments will be helpful. I've not changed his diet, he has 1/2 handful of excel nuggets a day and all the hay he can eat.

thanks
 
when mine have been in situation like that i just reduce or cut out pellets and do hay only for few days it usually clears it up stress can cause it or too much grass with mine or too much pellets mine going through this as i am trying to get them on the same food so having few messy poops lying around but i just make sure i go clean them out few times a day until its resolved xx
 
Has he had a sudden introduction to grass recently? Or sweet foods like carrot or fruit or more treats than usual?
 
One of mine has this problem if he has too many pellets or carrot. If he's a good hay eater then maybe reduce the pellets a little.
 
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