Wizzy Lizzy
Warren Scout
Hiya,
Every now and again when I go and see my rabbits in the morning there are excess cecotropes in their hutch. I know that they are Daisy's as it happened with her before she was bonded with Lorenzo and has never happened with Lorenzo.
A few weeks ago Daisy produced excess cetotropes over a few days and she went downhill really quickly. I took her to the vet and they said that her gut had stopped working. She had 4 injections, fluids and I was sent home with metacam and other things to get her system working again.
I was really worried but she responded well to the medication and was back to normal within a couple of days. She has been fine since, however this morning there were more excess cecotropes (although she seems fine in herself).
Sometimes when there are excess cecotropes she just carries on as normal and is back to normal (i.e. no excess cecotropes) after a day. I am just worried that she will go downhill again (if it was the excess cecotropes that caused this). Or maybe she is just not eating them.
I am wondering if it is her diet although the vet says it is fine. I would welcome any thoughts that you have:
Morning (breakfast - split between two bowls as I feed Daisy & Loz together - if anything Lorenzo eats more as he is a rather greedy bun!)
- 3 x chopped up brussel spouts
- 2 x broccoli florets and a bit of stalk, chopped up
- 2 x tbs Burgess Excell pellets (1 tbs in each bowl)
- A small handfull of something green (spinach/kale/parsley/spring greens)
Evening
- Two good handfuls (for both of them) of greens - spinach/kale/spring greens etc.
They have a never ending supply of hay - they have Timothy Hay and they have some of the posh P@H chamomile etc hay, as well as meadow hay in their litter trays. She eats loads of hay. I have noticed that she drinks quite a bit too.
I give them the odd treat - Liz's bunny biscuits go down well (They share one every few days), and I give them the odd other special bunny treats.
I don't know if it makes any difference but Daisy was a rescue rabbit. I don't know much about her background apart from she was bred from until she was 18 months old (when she was given to a rescue and I adopted her), she had never seen grass or given much/any exercise in her first 'home'.
I would really like to get her diet sorted out - I just want a healthy bun! So if there is anything I am doing wrong please let me know! Or if you have any ideas please do share!
Thanks in advance
Liz
Every now and again when I go and see my rabbits in the morning there are excess cecotropes in their hutch. I know that they are Daisy's as it happened with her before she was bonded with Lorenzo and has never happened with Lorenzo.
A few weeks ago Daisy produced excess cetotropes over a few days and she went downhill really quickly. I took her to the vet and they said that her gut had stopped working. She had 4 injections, fluids and I was sent home with metacam and other things to get her system working again.
I was really worried but she responded well to the medication and was back to normal within a couple of days. She has been fine since, however this morning there were more excess cecotropes (although she seems fine in herself).
Sometimes when there are excess cecotropes she just carries on as normal and is back to normal (i.e. no excess cecotropes) after a day. I am just worried that she will go downhill again (if it was the excess cecotropes that caused this). Or maybe she is just not eating them.
I am wondering if it is her diet although the vet says it is fine. I would welcome any thoughts that you have:
Morning (breakfast - split between two bowls as I feed Daisy & Loz together - if anything Lorenzo eats more as he is a rather greedy bun!)
- 3 x chopped up brussel spouts
- 2 x broccoli florets and a bit of stalk, chopped up
- 2 x tbs Burgess Excell pellets (1 tbs in each bowl)
- A small handfull of something green (spinach/kale/parsley/spring greens)
Evening
- Two good handfuls (for both of them) of greens - spinach/kale/spring greens etc.
They have a never ending supply of hay - they have Timothy Hay and they have some of the posh P@H chamomile etc hay, as well as meadow hay in their litter trays. She eats loads of hay. I have noticed that she drinks quite a bit too.
I give them the odd treat - Liz's bunny biscuits go down well (They share one every few days), and I give them the odd other special bunny treats.
I don't know if it makes any difference but Daisy was a rescue rabbit. I don't know much about her background apart from she was bred from until she was 18 months old (when she was given to a rescue and I adopted her), she had never seen grass or given much/any exercise in her first 'home'.
I would really like to get her diet sorted out - I just want a healthy bun! So if there is anything I am doing wrong please let me know! Or if you have any ideas please do share!
Thanks in advance
Liz