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Warren Scout
Hi All,
We recently adopted a new bunny from the RSPCA to bond with our recently widowed female rabbit. The new bunny is about 3 months old and appears in good health, my only concern is his enormous and rather inconsistent poops.
The RSPCA said prior to his neutering his poops were a little runny with some mucous and so they gave him a course of antibiotics (I believe) and it seemed to clear up although they did comment that he pooped a lot and they were very big. We thought that all rabbits pooped a lot and didn't see this as a problem.
Anyway we have had him almost two weeks and have noticed that his poops are massive and rather misshapen, he is also more recently doing more softer poops (much like large caecotrophes but unlike a bunch of grapes they are a normal poop shape) . Other than his poops being unusual he appears very healthy and happy - eating very well (tonnes of hay, <20g excel nuggets each day and a medium/large leaf of kale) and is happily binkying around the garden showing no signs of pain or discomfort.
I've uploaded a picture of his poops and a 5p coin to show you the size comparison.
Any ideas or experience of this? I've always taken in older rescue rabbits so wasn't sure if this is more common in younger rabbits? His history for info is that he was voluntarily given up to the RSPCA from a rescuer who wasn't coping. He had mites when he presented to them but that was the only problem he presented with.
Many thanks
We recently adopted a new bunny from the RSPCA to bond with our recently widowed female rabbit. The new bunny is about 3 months old and appears in good health, my only concern is his enormous and rather inconsistent poops.
The RSPCA said prior to his neutering his poops were a little runny with some mucous and so they gave him a course of antibiotics (I believe) and it seemed to clear up although they did comment that he pooped a lot and they were very big. We thought that all rabbits pooped a lot and didn't see this as a problem.
Anyway we have had him almost two weeks and have noticed that his poops are massive and rather misshapen, he is also more recently doing more softer poops (much like large caecotrophes but unlike a bunch of grapes they are a normal poop shape) . Other than his poops being unusual he appears very healthy and happy - eating very well (tonnes of hay, <20g excel nuggets each day and a medium/large leaf of kale) and is happily binkying around the garden showing no signs of pain or discomfort.
I've uploaded a picture of his poops and a 5p coin to show you the size comparison.
Any ideas or experience of this? I've always taken in older rescue rabbits so wasn't sure if this is more common in younger rabbits? His history for info is that he was voluntarily given up to the RSPCA from a rescuer who wasn't coping. He had mites when he presented to them but that was the only problem he presented with.
Many thanks
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