Truffton
New Kit
My 3yr old lionhead dwarf x, Arthur, has had pretty constant messy bottom problems since I got her at about 6weeks. I sometimes manage to get a grip on it but never for long and it now seems to be getting worse.
She has really runny poo's after any veg so that's been taken out of her diet but it seems to be happening at random times now and I can't figure what in her diet is causing it. The long fur around her bottom is getting in quite a state now so we're off to the vets next week as I can't keep up.
After having read various posts I think there's a few things I need to do with regard to her diet but I'm worried that these things are going to have an adverse affect on my 1yr old lop, Daisy.
At the moment they get:
50g Excell dwarf and junior pellets morning and night
Unlimited FibaFirst sticks (they don't really eat very many)
a couple of alfalfa mini bales
Unlimited fresh hay, usually dandelion or camomile forage as this makes Arthur eat more
a handful of Woodlands dandelion mix; plantain and clover mix; and blackcurrant leaves and apple sticks each day
I've had to remove ALL fresh veg as this is definitely a problem for Arthur. I've also tried reducing and removing pellets but Arthur lost a visible amount of weight and she's only 1.4kg anyway. She got quite boney.
I'm going to switch to SS pellets but can anyone see anything else I should change? Or anything I should introduce?
I could try only hay for a few days but would this be bad for Daisy?
I really don't know what to do anymore, every time I seem to be getting somewhere we have another 'incident'. Poor bun!
Thanks
Hayley
She has really runny poo's after any veg so that's been taken out of her diet but it seems to be happening at random times now and I can't figure what in her diet is causing it. The long fur around her bottom is getting in quite a state now so we're off to the vets next week as I can't keep up.
After having read various posts I think there's a few things I need to do with regard to her diet but I'm worried that these things are going to have an adverse affect on my 1yr old lop, Daisy.
At the moment they get:
50g Excell dwarf and junior pellets morning and night
Unlimited FibaFirst sticks (they don't really eat very many)
a couple of alfalfa mini bales
Unlimited fresh hay, usually dandelion or camomile forage as this makes Arthur eat more
a handful of Woodlands dandelion mix; plantain and clover mix; and blackcurrant leaves and apple sticks each day
I've had to remove ALL fresh veg as this is definitely a problem for Arthur. I've also tried reducing and removing pellets but Arthur lost a visible amount of weight and she's only 1.4kg anyway. She got quite boney.
I'm going to switch to SS pellets but can anyone see anything else I should change? Or anything I should introduce?
I could try only hay for a few days but would this be bad for Daisy?
I really don't know what to do anymore, every time I seem to be getting somewhere we have another 'incident'. Poor bun!
Thanks
Hayley