Jesselle
Mama Doe
Since adding a little pad under Neville's fleece in his box where he sleeps for his sore hocks, he's not been able to stop digging. I don't think he likes the pad much so I've removed it.
With his digging and scratching he's created some 'fleece fluff' which I've just been removing from his pen. However, I've noticed some large droppings and one 'pearl string' dropping which I inspected (as you do).
Turns out there were fibres in the droppings. His ears are moulting at the mo, but his body isn't. I think the fibres were from the fleeces. They were quite fine and short but still slightly alarming.
Do I need to worry about a blockage? He's eating and pooping normally. He never dug at his fleece until the pad was underneath it so I'm hoping he'll stop now that the pad is gone. I don't know how else to pad his pen out (unless I use grass mats?) so I'm not keen to remove the fleece.
With his digging and scratching he's created some 'fleece fluff' which I've just been removing from his pen. However, I've noticed some large droppings and one 'pearl string' dropping which I inspected (as you do).
Turns out there were fibres in the droppings. His ears are moulting at the mo, but his body isn't. I think the fibres were from the fleeces. They were quite fine and short but still slightly alarming.
Do I need to worry about a blockage? He's eating and pooping normally. He never dug at his fleece until the pad was underneath it so I'm hoping he'll stop now that the pad is gone. I don't know how else to pad his pen out (unless I use grass mats?) so I'm not keen to remove the fleece.
