My Doe has her'edible' droppings intermittntly soft squishy masses, sometimes clean enough to drop off other times I have to get it off for her, initially she ate veg and grass without problem , then suddnely started with this, she also has runny eyes at the time, the latter has had drops etc and has improved tho not yet 100% I took her off her greens to try to improve her poops (her normal ones are fine) but altho she would go a day or two it still happened, in the end I took her off pellets and just fed her meadow and oat hay with a little dried herbage, but again she can be fine for a few days and then another bad poop. Vet checked her teeth (re eyes) she is okay in herself and seems to eat ok, I am flummoxed what to do next, any ideas/suggestions/experiences
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Soft droppings on and off
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InspectorMorse
Wise Old Thumper
How old is she and is she overweight ?
Runny eyes can sometimes be related to Dental problems involving the tooth roots- tooth root elongation. This condition can only be diagnosed from skull radiographs. Any type of dental problem can cause unformed/ uneaten cecotrophs.
Have you tried giving a five day course of Fibreplex ? https://www.protexin.com/products/fibreplex-for-rabbits/26
Finally, this might seem to be an odd question, but is she a broken coloured Rabbit ?
She is a sealpoint Lionlop, and certainly not overweight at all, 2 vets have checked her teeth , though to be honest I doubt either knew what they were looking at, but said they where fine, I am aware that a problem can only be seen with x ray etc, so maybe that may be the issue, she does get some eye issues still and has a habit of scratching off an crust from the corner of her eye making it bleed, I probably need to find a more savvy vet, but tbh I am a little wary of the cost as no-one gives you a clue till they throw the bill at you , ad I have had a lot of expense with useless vets, and would hate to go down the same route again....
