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Warren Scout
I think I've mucked up her diet.
She is nursing 2 week old kits and I thought that wisdom was let her eat as much as she wants so she can cope. So she has unlimited hay anyway but I've been allowing her as many pellets as she want and I think this is the root of the problem. I've cut the pellets out completely today and reverted to loads of hay, forage and alfalfa in limited amounts.
She had alfalfa as a young bun, and I've re-introduced it as its suppose to offer a good boost for nursing mums. I wonder if this could be part of the issue.
So now I have a dilemma, I want her to eat but she needs to eat her caecals and I'm very worried today she hasn't even cleaned her bum. Last rabbit that did this after giving birth deteriorated fast and was dead within a week. That was Poppy's mum Rosie - died from a caecal compaction which I'm told is rare.
Poppy is eating (loads) and pooing a lot. The poos are big and round but are black and a little sticky. I don't think there is enough hay getting in. Am I right to restrict the diet to hay and forage? She can have as much as she wants, I put half a massive bag in this morning but I am worried.
She is nursing 2 week old kits and I thought that wisdom was let her eat as much as she wants so she can cope. So she has unlimited hay anyway but I've been allowing her as many pellets as she want and I think this is the root of the problem. I've cut the pellets out completely today and reverted to loads of hay, forage and alfalfa in limited amounts.
She had alfalfa as a young bun, and I've re-introduced it as its suppose to offer a good boost for nursing mums. I wonder if this could be part of the issue.
So now I have a dilemma, I want her to eat but she needs to eat her caecals and I'm very worried today she hasn't even cleaned her bum. Last rabbit that did this after giving birth deteriorated fast and was dead within a week. That was Poppy's mum Rosie - died from a caecal compaction which I'm told is rare.
Poppy is eating (loads) and pooing a lot. The poos are big and round but are black and a little sticky. I don't think there is enough hay getting in. Am I right to restrict the diet to hay and forage? She can have as much as she wants, I put half a massive bag in this morning but I am worried.