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Not pooing - please help

Roly Poly

Roly Poly

Warren Veteran
Hi,

My bun has been to vet this morning as he seemed a bit off yesterday and when I went to feed him this morning, he was totally disinterested.

The vet checked him all over, no teeth issues, gut moving ok, etc.

He gave him an injection to make sure his tum keeps moving and also an injection of metacam.

He's home now and has eaten a little bit of grass and a few nuggets, he seems a bit perkier but he hasn't done any poos.

I know he hasn't eaten much yet and I will continue to encourage him, I also have some recovery food from the vet which I will try later if needs be but should I be worried about the lack of poos at this stage?
 
I'm really not sure how long you should expect it to take before the poos appear, but hope someone else can give you some advice.
 
I wouldn't worry too much right now about no poo, they should arrive shortly. I would personally start using the recovery food now to get all the fibre possible into your bun.
 
Also forgot to add, get some fresh herbs to help bun getting around to eating more. Most rabbits can't resist the fresh herbs (well works with my 4 anyway)
 
Thank you so much for your advice, bun is eating but only small amounts and also done a few small poops. Tried to syringe some of the food into him but I find it so difficult, he seems to store it in his mouth and spits it out when I let him go!

He does seem a bit better now but I will keep a very close eye on him xx
 
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