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REALLY WORRIED - strange poops

J

Joo & Phoebo

Young Bun
Hi everyone
I'm really worried about our bunny Doreen, she is doing the strangest poops. they seem to be stringy and come out in 2-4 pellets but strung together. what's wrong with her??? normally her poops are fine, smaller than our other buns but I presume that's cos she is smaller.

If you can help, please do - I'm really worried about her
xxx
 
When you say 'strung' together, do you mean literally you can see hairs and stuff holding it together, or is it like a little squished bunch of grapes?
 
ITS CALLED CA..... SOMETHING LOL, BASICALLY THE BUNNIES ARE MEANT TO EAT THEM?BUT WAIT FOR BETTER ADVICE, DONT WORRY!
 
thanks guys - it looks like its hay stringing them together! she's done a couple of them today (3 blobs strung together) and then a few a few days ago as well.
she eats a fair amount of hay and lots of grass, I think I need to cut down their pellet intake?
 
What pellets is she on and how many does she have? Does she have any veg and if so what? Does she have any of the dried grasses like readigrass or supaforage?
 
she has science selective, they normally eat 2/3 of a small bowl between them and fresh veg at night, i.e. a carrot and some green beans, cabbage or broccoli, it varies... no dried grasses etc. they have plenty of access to our garden and in their run during the day
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Might be due to lack of fibre, they have no hay at all? Hay should ideally make up 70-80% of their diet and pellets should be limited.
 
Sounds like fur to me, my two get them too when they're moulting. The odd cube of fresh pineapple helps as it breaks the hair down in the gut, or some people use kittymalt - in the past I tried this and its worked well - I've just given them a pea sized blob each day for 3 or 4 days. Charlie hates it though so its a nightmare to get him to eat it :shock: whereas all I have to do with Lavender is wave the tube near her and she's trying to run off with the whole thing! :lol:
 
BevBunny said:
Sounds like fur to me, my two get them too when they're moulting. The odd cube of fresh pineapple helps as it breaks the hair down in the gut, or some people use kittymalt - in the past I tried this and its worked well - I've just given them a pea sized blob each day for 3 or 4 days. Charlie hates it though so its a nightmare to get him to eat it :shock: whereas all I have to do with Lavender is wave the tube near her and she's trying to run off with the whole thing! :lol:
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Ditto! Either kittymalt or pineapple should do the trick!

Doesn't sound like ceacal poops to me!
 
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