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Odd Fecal Output (Sorry horrible poop pictures update)

Amy104

Warren Veteran
Obviously I've reccomended a vet visit but has anyone experienced this before?

12 week old bun on a small amount of allen&page who's an excellent hay eater has huge golden poo's majority of the time but every so often has a mass of soft poop - not watery, more like a load of cetrophs stuck together. Its not an everyday occurance but over the last week has happened 3 times which is a concern.
 
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A&P, as far as I'm aware is quite a high starchy food. A lot of breeders use this for lactating doe's for that very reason. Maybe reduce the pellets as if he's a good hay eater he won't really need them anyway :thumb:
 
She's on fairly little already, and would be reluctant to reduce them anymore in such a young bunny, I know they don't need them but not being fed veg either I'd worry about the vitamin/protein content if they were cut completely.

They want to gradually change her to SS eventually, I'll get them to check with their vet as to whether this would be safe to start implimenting or whether they'd have to wait until the problem had resolved.
 
Is she a broken coloured/spotted Rabbit ?

Is her overall condition good, no potted belly/pointy spine/dull coat ?
 
She's a sooty fawn.

No pot belly, no pointy spine though could possibly do with a bit more weight on her. She's not super skinny though.

Her coat is generally good, still quite a lot of baby fur. It doesn't look unhealthy but hard to tell.

What are you thinking Jane, have you seen this before?
 
She's a sooty fawn.

No pot belly, no pointy spine though could possibly do with a bit more weight on her. She's not super skinny though.

Her coat is generally good, still quite a lot of baby fur. It doesn't look unhealthy but hard to tell.

What are you thinking Jane, have you seen this before?

The question about her colour was in relation to a condition called Megacolon or 'Cow Pile Syndrome'. Rabbits carrying the English spot gene are more predisposed to the condition

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8...?dopt=Abstract

http://www.wrs.upv.es/files/journals...wieberneit.pdf

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_dise...fferential.htm



Has the Vet suggested worming her ?
Or putting her on Fibreplex for a few days ?
 
This little girl is now a member of our family as it seems her issues are going to be ongoing.

On the initial visit to my vet she was given a vit B12 injection and advised to try a hay only diet. It took a while but gradually her soft poops improved dramatically we even had days where there weren't any uneaten ones.

However since coming of the fibreplex and introducing a tiny amount of food we have gone backwards. We have been trying the supreme vet diet for digestion as its supposed to be gentle on sensitive stomachs but clearly it isn't agreeing with her.

My vet is very impressed with her overall health, gut sounds are healthy, teeth excellent, temperature normal. We've gone back to a hay only diet with a scoop of pro fibre pellets.

Has anyone ever had a bunny that couldn't eat anything but hay? Our only concern is that she is tiny (only 800g) and I'm worried about her growing being effected without the protein from pellets.
 
Quite a few rabbits on here are on hay only diets.

Could you try a few different herbs as they are gentle on the stomach or any forage like bramble leaves, dandelions? Bramble leaves are good for digestion.
 
If it was an adult bun I'd be ok with 100% hay as I know they can do fine on it, my concern is this is a baby bunny who is growing who is also a little on the light side. Even certain hays set her stomach off.
 
Sorry for the gross pics but this is what her poops look like if anyone has any suggestions.

Her normal poops look healthy:

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But then we are getting this:

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Can you get Coccidiosis in mild forms or would she be extreamly sick if this was the problem?
 
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Hey

Just wanted to say - my Sweep does this quite regularly. We went to a rabbit specialist vet who tried all sorts to try and find the source of the issue. We tried hay only diet, panacur, fibreplex, probiotics, metacam, and some other stomach calming type drugs that I can't remember :oops:

In the end, after nearly a year of vet visits with no permanent improvement, me and my vet decided there was no cure for him and that managing it was the best option. The good thing about Sweep is that his caecals are never stuck to him, always deposited on the floor. So we just ensure any excess caecals are cleaned up, we have a variety of fly deterrants for summer etc.

Strangely enough, we do find in the colder weather he does less excess caecals (maybe one episode per month) whereas in the summer it's more like 3-4 times a week.

I hope you get to the bottom of your problem - it's frustrating not getting a diagnosis!
 
Thank you. She is on panacur and we are now trying meta am to see if it is a mobility issue but it certainly seems to be a dietary issue as she is fine on hay only and fibreplex. Hopefully once we've got the balance right things will improve. She's indoors at mo as quarantined from my other buns so its warm.
 
It's possible she might have a sub-clinical cocci so I would take some poo and caecotroph samples to your vet to be checked for cocci and, if present, treat with Baycox.

I would also query megacolon.

Also - can you feel any hard lumps in her intestines?

Buns can carry cocci without any symptoms at all especially adults while youngsters can become severely ill with diarrhoea, razorback, wasting away and stunted growth although others can have a high coccidia count yet remain asymptomatic.
 
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