Hi everyone,
I have an 8 month old cross breed male neutered rabbit whom I adopted. He is my first rabbit and is a free range very active, house rabbit. Overall he seems quite healthy, apart from a respiratory infection when he was very young, which was the reason he was up for adoption as pets at home are not allowed to sell rabbits that have had health problems. The only problem he does seem to have is problems with digestion, he seems to have odd oval and log shaped poo's mixed in with round poo's. He produces the right amount of poo and I clean his litter twice a day and keep a constant check on his poo. He does produce Cecal's and every now and again I will find one, I usually find that too many greens make him produce excess Cecal's. His stomach is very sensitive so I only feed a small amount of kale every other day. Along with that he has oxbow Timothy hay, burgess forage grass and a sprinkle of dried herbs which he picks at throughout the day. He has science selective pellets in the morning, just an egg cup full and a scoop of pro-fibre pellets in the evening. For treats he may get a slice of banana or Apple but this isn't every day, his main treats are fibrefirst sticks which he has about 4 of throughout the day. He absolutely loves these and the pro-fibre. When I noticed his oval/log shaped and odd sized poo's I took him to the vets along with a sample (she seemed to think it was hilarious that I had brought a sample to show her!) she took his temperature and gave him antibiotics as she said it was high and worming medication and said goodbye to us. She didn't seem to think anything of the odd shaped poo's. I am now in the process of changing vets and although Ludo is not sick and I seem to manage his diet well, I just wondered if anyone had any advice as I'm pretty sure he is pre Mega colon - every now and again he will not poo for a few hours and I give him a few drops of pineapple juice in water and rub his stomach which works very well. I also give pro-c probiotic in his water and have bio-lapis on hand for stressful situations like moving home (which we are doing on Monday!)
Any more diet advice would be greatly appreciated as we move home on Monday, I don't want to take him to the new vets I have found for a few weeks as I want him to settle in first, he really, really hates going the vets and getting put in his carry box and can get rather stressed out. I am aware that this home move will stress him for a few days and also as he not sick, I thought it best leave him for a few weeks, I would just like to change vets so I can get to the bottom of the odd shaped poo's.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I have an 8 month old cross breed male neutered rabbit whom I adopted. He is my first rabbit and is a free range very active, house rabbit. Overall he seems quite healthy, apart from a respiratory infection when he was very young, which was the reason he was up for adoption as pets at home are not allowed to sell rabbits that have had health problems. The only problem he does seem to have is problems with digestion, he seems to have odd oval and log shaped poo's mixed in with round poo's. He produces the right amount of poo and I clean his litter twice a day and keep a constant check on his poo. He does produce Cecal's and every now and again I will find one, I usually find that too many greens make him produce excess Cecal's. His stomach is very sensitive so I only feed a small amount of kale every other day. Along with that he has oxbow Timothy hay, burgess forage grass and a sprinkle of dried herbs which he picks at throughout the day. He has science selective pellets in the morning, just an egg cup full and a scoop of pro-fibre pellets in the evening. For treats he may get a slice of banana or Apple but this isn't every day, his main treats are fibrefirst sticks which he has about 4 of throughout the day. He absolutely loves these and the pro-fibre. When I noticed his oval/log shaped and odd sized poo's I took him to the vets along with a sample (she seemed to think it was hilarious that I had brought a sample to show her!) she took his temperature and gave him antibiotics as she said it was high and worming medication and said goodbye to us. She didn't seem to think anything of the odd shaped poo's. I am now in the process of changing vets and although Ludo is not sick and I seem to manage his diet well, I just wondered if anyone had any advice as I'm pretty sure he is pre Mega colon - every now and again he will not poo for a few hours and I give him a few drops of pineapple juice in water and rub his stomach which works very well. I also give pro-c probiotic in his water and have bio-lapis on hand for stressful situations like moving home (which we are doing on Monday!)
Any more diet advice would be greatly appreciated as we move home on Monday, I don't want to take him to the new vets I have found for a few weeks as I want him to settle in first, he really, really hates going the vets and getting put in his carry box and can get rather stressed out. I am aware that this home move will stress him for a few days and also as he not sick, I thought it best leave him for a few weeks, I would just like to change vets so I can get to the bottom of the odd shaped poo's.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.