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Gooey Bum

S

SAR

Young Bun
Hi

I have two bunnie, Honey and Molly and I have had them for 2 years from babies and they are lovely! They all are aren't they?

But poor Molly has always had a bad gooey bum - every month I have to have her bum shaved as she gets in a real mess. I was told to cut down on their veg which they hardley have any now and there is always Timothy Hay for them to eat but only Honey seems to eat it lots. They are on Excel Junior/Dwarf pellets - any suggestions on what else I could do as I worry when the summer comes.

Honey is fine but Molly is so mucky - is there better pellets for them to eat?

Any help would be very grateful

Sarah x
 
my Gus was exactly the same

i changed all my bunnies over to Science Selective and since then i've gone from having to clean his stinky bum every day to maybe a little do once every 8 weeks

i would highly recommend science selective.
 
How much pellet feed are you giving? Too much of those is more likely to cause a mucky Bum rather than Veggies.
Has the Vet checked your Buns teeth? Rabbits with molar spurs (sharp spikes on their back teeth) often get a mucky Bum as they tend not to eat enough hay and also find cleaning themselves difficult.

Hay/Grass should form the main part of an adult Rabbits diet. A variety of Veg can also be given (with the sugary ones only fed sparingly)Pellets are only needed in very small amounts. As an example one of my adult Buns, who weighs about 3kg gets no more than a tablespoonful of pellets a day. They have unlimitted hay and a portion of Veg twice a day. I do not feed them any fruit or any of the Rabbit Treats sold in Pet Shops

Janex :)
 
Hello,

have the droppings of your bun ever have been examinded on worms or coccidias (more about coccidias klick here)?

A lot of goey bums are caused by these single-celled parasites living in the intestinal tract of rabbits. They cann't be killed by a "nomal"anthelminthic like Panacur but by special medicaments against coccidias. In Germany these medicaments are: Appertex, Baycox or Retardon - you have to find out what such medicaments in England are.

Greetings. Kristina
 
How about trying the PF4P pellets from Bunnybasics website as these are 27% fibre and Science Selective is 19%. I have some of this on order and am hopefully going to change my three rabbits onto it. My oldest rabbit has had tummy problems ever since we got him 6.5 years ago, changing him onto Science Selective has definitely helped, but I am hoping the even higher fibre pellets will improve him some more.
 
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