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Dusty - am I being paranoid?

SarahP

SarahP

Wise Old Thumper
I went out to see the bunnies and Dusty didn't jump up like she normally does, and was sitting in the corner in the sun. I went into paranoia mode (she has had 2 bouts of stasis), and scooped her up into the house. She's been in the house for about an hour now, and eaten some carrot and parsley, as well as a papaya and pineapple tablet, but...... no poos.

She's pretty active now she's in the house and won't let me have much of a feel of her tummy, but..... the trouble is I don't really know what I'm looking for!! I need to see if I can feel Clover's I suppose. I am wondering whether I should be trying her with some Infacol, but I just don't know whether I'm totally paranoid - she could be completely fine! :?
 
Difficult isn't it! Infacol is inert so it won't do her any harm if you give her some as a precaution. Mine tend to poop in phases so I wouldn't worry too much about no poops yet as long as she is still eating and active.

Hopefully she's just making you paranoid! Let us know how she goes!
 
Right, update time: there are some poos at last, but also some caecotrophs. This is unusual, as since they've been on hardly any dried food, I haven't seen any of those.

Am wondering if it's anything to do with the dried grass they eat these days (a handful each per day). The brand is Friendly dried grass. I've stopped giving it to my piggies, as I think it bloats one of them, and am conscious of what happened with Jane's bunnies too. :?
 
:lol: :lol: Me too. The number of times on a Saturday I say "why are the buns sitting in their run, why aren't they out running around" and my hubby, who works at home, says "they are always like this during the day". I guess I just see them at either end of the day when they are active, and assume they are the same all day, but in actual fact they aren't!
 
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