I'd say for almost a year now, Molly has been having trouble with a messy bum. She has always done perfectly normal droppings too, but she does these big cow-pat type things, that just stick to her. She doesn't seem to clean herself, although I've seen that she can reach down there to do so. She also does normal poops mixed with sloppy ones, at the same time, which is odd. I looked into mega-colon, but she doesn't do odd shaped droppings and hasn't lost weight, in fact she has gained weight. In the last 6 weeks I've had to take her for a bum shave three times, as she is impossible to handle. I can only just stroke her. Yesterday I took her for a nurse appointment to sort her bum out, it was only two weeks since the last time, but there was a lump as hard as a rock, which took ages to remove with the clippers it was so close to the skin that the nurse nicked her with the clippers, and she jumped a mile, poor Molly she then had a bit of a bum bath to clean her up better.
Molly is a very stressy bunny and was really traumatised afterwards. I am now worried that she might be going into stasis, due to the stress. I have in the last few days cut out loads of things from her usual daily diet that I thought might be causing the problem, such as broccoli, spring greens, and most treats. She only had a bit of parsley and coriander at teatime, not all of it. She is eating some hay and fried plantain, and likes fibreplex. She gets very lonely and sad by herself, so I am reluctant to cut out absolutely everything that she looks forward to she has metacam in a bit of banana, so I can't not give her that.
Just after any ideas, please? At my wits end with them all, and rapidly going bankrupt
ETA: forgot to say, in order to get her to the vets, I have to trick her into going into the carrier. Yesterday was very difficult, as it was so soon after the last time I'm just praying she doesn't get ill now, as I've no idea how I will get her there!! I think maybe she is sore underneath after yesterday.
I'm just spending some time with her right now, to try to cheer her up a bit.
Also forgot to say, she has 15 SS pellets for breakfast, so not a huge amount anyway...
Molly is a very stressy bunny and was really traumatised afterwards. I am now worried that she might be going into stasis, due to the stress. I have in the last few days cut out loads of things from her usual daily diet that I thought might be causing the problem, such as broccoli, spring greens, and most treats. She only had a bit of parsley and coriander at teatime, not all of it. She is eating some hay and fried plantain, and likes fibreplex. She gets very lonely and sad by herself, so I am reluctant to cut out absolutely everything that she looks forward to she has metacam in a bit of banana, so I can't not give her that.
Just after any ideas, please? At my wits end with them all, and rapidly going bankrupt
ETA: forgot to say, in order to get her to the vets, I have to trick her into going into the carrier. Yesterday was very difficult, as it was so soon after the last time I'm just praying she doesn't get ill now, as I've no idea how I will get her there!! I think maybe she is sore underneath after yesterday.
I'm just spending some time with her right now, to try to cheer her up a bit.
Also forgot to say, she has 15 SS pellets for breakfast, so not a huge amount anyway...
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