Santi
New Kit
Greetings, first of all I would like to say hello as this is my first post in the community. My name is Santiago, I have a mini lion loop named Totoro, he is 9 months old. I discovered this community a few months ago, and seeing that people here are always helpful and welcoming I decided to register and try to get a bit of help with a recent problem I've been having with him.
I got Totoro about two months and a half ago, my partner and me both, are new rabbit owners. About a month ago he started passing some soft and sticky stools from time to time, and they were covered in a similar mucous as the cecotropes, so we took him to the vet. As we were giving him maybe a bit too much broccoli at the beggining (he loves it) vet told me to cut a bit on the veg and gave me Fibreplex. He was doing fine for a while after that, till he got some of the soft stools again. Vet gave me again some fibreplex. About a week and a half ago he got pinworms, we were really worried cause the stools at the beggining were quite soft, with more brown mucous than usual and also some of the stools had the pinworms. Vet visit again and she gave us Panacur for a 7 days treatment. Also after 3 days treatment we took a stool sample to the vet so they could analyse it. On the fourth day of treatment the worms were gone, at least looking at the stools. He was still passing some not so good looking stools but at least the worms dissapeared. Results came back yesterday after a few days since we finished the Panacur treatment. They couldn't find anything in the stool sample besides some pinworm eggs, (I was really worried that he might have coccidia because of the brown mucus) but then again the stools were from only a third day of treatment with Panacur. Problem is that for two nights in a row he passed at least once during the day (usually in the evening) some really mucousy stools. He passes his normal stools and from time to time some soft and darker stools that ocassionally will come with the brown mucous ones. Picture attached from one that I found yesterday night. He is eating and drinking normal, he is a bit underweight, but recently since we got him the Burgess herbage, he seems to be eating more hay (before he was having Pets at home timothy hay which he wouldn't eat as much). He also seems to eat his cecotropes as we haven't been finding any uneaten ones. In 14 days after his Panacur treatment, the vet told me to give Totoro another gradation, and then 3 days after that last gradation we need to get another stool sample to analyse. To give you an idea of what his diet is, we usually give him a handful of pellets in the morning (Burgess Excel pellets) he has his unlimited supply of timothy hay (Burgess herbage with marigold and dandellion), and then at night (not every night), a few veggies. We are trying now with a bit of green beans and coriander and sometimes a bit of kale. Do you think the brown mucous could be related to the recent pinworms infection or do you think it can possibly be something else related to the bowel function?
Here is the picture that I took:
https://i.imgsafe.org/06b5c64.jpg
Best regards.
I got Totoro about two months and a half ago, my partner and me both, are new rabbit owners. About a month ago he started passing some soft and sticky stools from time to time, and they were covered in a similar mucous as the cecotropes, so we took him to the vet. As we were giving him maybe a bit too much broccoli at the beggining (he loves it) vet told me to cut a bit on the veg and gave me Fibreplex. He was doing fine for a while after that, till he got some of the soft stools again. Vet gave me again some fibreplex. About a week and a half ago he got pinworms, we were really worried cause the stools at the beggining were quite soft, with more brown mucous than usual and also some of the stools had the pinworms. Vet visit again and she gave us Panacur for a 7 days treatment. Also after 3 days treatment we took a stool sample to the vet so they could analyse it. On the fourth day of treatment the worms were gone, at least looking at the stools. He was still passing some not so good looking stools but at least the worms dissapeared. Results came back yesterday after a few days since we finished the Panacur treatment. They couldn't find anything in the stool sample besides some pinworm eggs, (I was really worried that he might have coccidia because of the brown mucus) but then again the stools were from only a third day of treatment with Panacur. Problem is that for two nights in a row he passed at least once during the day (usually in the evening) some really mucousy stools. He passes his normal stools and from time to time some soft and darker stools that ocassionally will come with the brown mucous ones. Picture attached from one that I found yesterday night. He is eating and drinking normal, he is a bit underweight, but recently since we got him the Burgess herbage, he seems to be eating more hay (before he was having Pets at home timothy hay which he wouldn't eat as much). He also seems to eat his cecotropes as we haven't been finding any uneaten ones. In 14 days after his Panacur treatment, the vet told me to give Totoro another gradation, and then 3 days after that last gradation we need to get another stool sample to analyse. To give you an idea of what his diet is, we usually give him a handful of pellets in the morning (Burgess Excel pellets) he has his unlimited supply of timothy hay (Burgess herbage with marigold and dandellion), and then at night (not every night), a few veggies. We are trying now with a bit of green beans and coriander and sometimes a bit of kale. Do you think the brown mucous could be related to the recent pinworms infection or do you think it can possibly be something else related to the bowel function?
Here is the picture that I took:
https://i.imgsafe.org/06b5c64.jpg
Best regards.
