pls help - Dobbin not right

[ShivyRex]

he normally loves his hay - but as yet he is not touching it.

He has done another giant poo

Sue
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Does the giant poo look like 2 poos stuck together? Fia has done a few of these and its because she is moulting quite a bit and is making them stick togther. Is it possible it's that?

Shiv

 

[Dobbin]

no it is like a long thick sauage - he has done another one of those to

Sue
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[AlisonA]

Is it sticky and smelly? It could be his caecatrophs, which he isn't eating as he normally would. Possibly because he has a mouth problem brewing, or maybe the timing of their production has got a bit out of sync where his guts have slowed down a bit. Good news that he has munched on a bit of hay - if he doesn't continue to pick up, I would get him to a vet later today so please do keep a very close eye on him.

Even if he is fine by later, I would still pop him to the vet for a check up, as problems with not eating are usually secondary to something else - often something dental. Hopefully as it's the first time it's happened, if there is something going on in his mouth, it should be relatively minor and easily solved. Fingers crossed xxx

 

[Dobbin]

yay he is now eating his hay cube and has had some pineapple juice

Sue
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