I just got a new mini lop (Rocket) he's 11 weeks old, he's been with us for nearly 2 weeks now and I made sure that I got him the same pellets that the breeder was feeding him (science selective) and made sure to give it to him the same time - morning and night. I gave him 1/8th cup every time the first two nights he was fine no problems at all but since then every night he leaves me a pile of squished cecotropes.
They're not soft poos as he does normal poo's and they're lovely golden coloured and round, this is just a dark pile squished cecotropes he leaves me at night. I've seen him eat his cecotropes in the morning and afternoons, so he is eating them. Other than this he get alot of timothy hay which he loves and is constantly crunching away at.
Earlier this week I cut down his pellets to just 1/8th shared between both feeding hoping that he would eat his night time cecotropes. Since then he's lost a bit of weight, the cecotropes are still there every morning in the exact same place.
So I'm a bit worried. Should I go back to giving him 1/8th cup morning and nights? what to do about the cecotropes?? A bit confused as I didn't have this problem with Twitch my other rabbit, she's 7months now and a vision of perfect health, we just had her spayed as well.
They're not soft poos as he does normal poo's and they're lovely golden coloured and round, this is just a dark pile squished cecotropes he leaves me at night. I've seen him eat his cecotropes in the morning and afternoons, so he is eating them. Other than this he get alot of timothy hay which he loves and is constantly crunching away at.
Earlier this week I cut down his pellets to just 1/8th shared between both feeding hoping that he would eat his night time cecotropes. Since then he's lost a bit of weight, the cecotropes are still there every morning in the exact same place.
So I'm a bit worried. Should I go back to giving him 1/8th cup morning and nights? what to do about the cecotropes?? A bit confused as I didn't have this problem with Twitch my other rabbit, she's 7months now and a vision of perfect health, we just had her spayed as well.