spinecho
Warren Scout
Hi all.
Our 1 year old male black minilop, Cuddles has recently (past week) started to get a mucky bum!
He's pooing ok, nice and solid poos
and we've not changed diet (Jolly Roger - http://www.copdockmill.co.uk/Our-Brands-CM-Small-Animal.shtml) which both he and his wifebun, Clover have been on since birth (the breeder we got them from feeds all her bunnies on this).
He has plenty of hay to graze on and most days they are both in the run grazing on grass!
The other day we picked him up to check on his bum (for flystrike etc...) and noticed some poo around his bum, matting his fur. We washed if off and even had to cut some fur
He's a placid lad and let us do this all OK.
Checked on him again today and....mucky bum! In all other aspects he's a lively lad, but does like to flop most of the day, especially with the hot weather (we do provide lots of shady areas for them both).
Clover's bum is perfectly clean!!
I think he's just not cleaning himself properly, perhaps as he's lazy or just cannot be bothered in the heat as it's a recent thing, but wanted to check if anyone else has had this problem.
Oh..just to add, no diet changes but we have relocated their hutches / runs due to gardening work; don't know if relevant!
Thanks
Cuddles' favourite position!
And here he is with the love of his life, Clover!
Our 1 year old male black minilop, Cuddles has recently (past week) started to get a mucky bum!
He's pooing ok, nice and solid poos
and we've not changed diet (Jolly Roger - http://www.copdockmill.co.uk/Our-Brands-CM-Small-Animal.shtml) which both he and his wifebun, Clover have been on since birth (the breeder we got them from feeds all her bunnies on this).He has plenty of hay to graze on and most days they are both in the run grazing on grass!
The other day we picked him up to check on his bum (for flystrike etc...) and noticed some poo around his bum, matting his fur. We washed if off and even had to cut some fur
He's a placid lad and let us do this all OK.
Checked on him again today and....mucky bum! In all other aspects he's a lively lad, but does like to flop most of the day, especially with the hot weather (we do provide lots of shady areas for them both).
Clover's bum is perfectly clean!!
I think he's just not cleaning himself properly, perhaps as he's lazy or just cannot be bothered in the heat as it's a recent thing, but wanted to check if anyone else has had this problem.
Oh..just to add, no diet changes but we have relocated their hutches / runs due to gardening work; don't know if relevant!
Thanks
Cuddles' favourite position!
And here he is with the love of his life, Clover!
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