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Diarrhoea?

Misty's Mummy

Misty's Mummy

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Yet another question about poo...

I noticed Mistys poo were wet looking and were quite sticky and not sure if this is normal or if she has a tummy upset.

Anytime ive seen her poo's they have been dry and hard.

I dont think its the ones she is meant to eat
 
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If it's true diarrhoea and watery then it's an emergency and she needs a vet asap.

It sounds more like a cecal upset though. Sometimes their cecals can get all mushy and 'wrong', sometimes it's called mucky bum or cow pat. It's usually to do with too much rich food and not enough hay. Does she eat plenty of hay? How much dry food do you feed?

Sometimes it can also be health related (for example, something stopping them eating their cecals like arthritis or teeth problems) so a chat with a vet is also wise. :)
 
Misty's Mummy said:
she gets an egg cup full of pellets. She has done some since my post and they seem harder and dry
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It tends to be somehting that comes and goes. Does she eat plenty of hay? The rough guide is a pile about the size of their body, but more is better.

Also what pellets do you feed? Excel is a bit notorious about being a bit too rich for some rabbits. Don't do any change suddenly though.
 
she's on wag.

we use hay as her bedding and she also gets loads of hay seperatley. She gets new hay everyday and they hay as her bedding is changed regularly.

Her poo's seem ok today. One thing i was thinking was ive never seen her eat her poos :?
 
That's good. The other thing we found upset Mini's tum was certain veg, especially sweet things like carrot, baby corn, peapods and fruit.

You don't normally see them eating their cecals, they usually eat them straight from their bum and usually during the night. Often the tell tale sign is them bent double, head down and then sitting up as normal munching.
 
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