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Cecals

Jessie21

Jessie21

Warren Scout
One of my buns has had cecals in her pen all last night and today.. The two get fed exactly the same diet - Mostly hay (unlimited supply) and they are constantly muching it, an eggcup of dwarf rabbit/junior pellets a day each (they are mini lop x lion head 13 week old buns), then a couple of types of different veg each day - their fav is lettuce/cabbage, cucumber & cherry tomatoes. She is the smaller of the two so it's not like she can't reach to eat the cecals. Any ideas would be helpful :)
 
I'm not that clued up on younger rabbits someone else might come along to help but I would't give them much veg at this age....definately not lettuce and I never give my buns tomatoes. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will come along though!
 
Agree, i wouldnt feed any lettuce or tomatoes.

You may find one of them has a slightly more sensitive gut than the other.

I'd cut the tomatoes and lettuce out - how much of the veg are you giving them, per day?
 
Lady Logamorph said:
I'm not that clued up on younger rabbits someone else might come along to help but I would't give them much veg at this age....definately not lettuce and I never give my buns tomatoes. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will come along though!
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Ah ok then thanks i have heard this now and again but the breeder was giving them tomatoes and carrots at 8 weeks so i thought it would be ok:( don't think i had the best advice
 
Honestly some of the things breeders come out with that I have heard on here is shocking. I'm sure there are some very good breeders but then you get most that talk utter nonsense! I got one of my rabbits from a breeder and he said it was female....when i got back he started mating with my female and I looked and he had balls and a willy! I rang him to explain and he said it was definately female 100% and sometimes females look like males.... I even doubted it myself so I took it to the vet who confirmed he was male. The breeder also told me never to go to a vet just ring him for advice!
 
Lady Logamorph said:
Honestly some of the things breeders come out with that I have heard on here is shocking. I'm sure there are some very good breeders but then you get most that talk utter nonsense! I got one of my rabbits from a breeder and he said it was female....when i got back he started mating with my female and I looked and he had balls and a willy! I rang him to explain and he said it was definately female 100% and sometimes females look like males.... I even doubted it myself so I took it to the vet who confirmed he was male. The breeder also told me never to go to a vet just ring him for advice!
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Aww:( yeah mine gave me two females when i asked for one of each as well, so they don't get on very well at the moment had to separate them untill after neutering. The breeder also gave me a bag of food to ween them off slowly so their stomachs don't get upset.. i only kept them on it for a week because even i knew that it was cheap and coloured muslei mix type stuff :(
 
GrahamL said:
Agree, i wouldnt feed any lettuce or tomatoes.

You may find one of them has a slightly more sensitive gut than the other.

I'd cut the tomatoes and lettuce out - how much of the veg are you giving them, per day?
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Ok doke thank you. I was giving them probably a big handful each a day eek! this is the first poop problem we've had though so hopefully will get better. So what type of veg do you recommend for a little bit to eat, or non at all until 6 months? And should i increase pellets if i completely stop feeding them veg?
 
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