clarebear
Mama Doe
Hello, I am just after a bit of advice please.
Our house bunny Bungee is 7 years old and over the last 7ish months she has started to produce rather large, sticky, stinky poops. She is still producing normal pellet like poos too, although these don't seem to be as big and golden lately.
I usually find these poops in the morning, mostly in her litter tray, with the ocassional one on the carpet. (We don't mind, as we have have carpet tiles so easy to clean or replace!) They are large and very squashed normally and they are very smelly. Some look as though they are uneaten cecatrophes, but others just look like mini cowpats. Some are so big, I wonder how she gets them out of her little furry bottom :shock:....although they are pretty squishy.
I took her to the vets last month, as she had one episode of not wanting to eat, which thankfully passed quickly, and she checked over was prescribed some Fibreplex, which did nothing. Then another visit where she wasn't eating for a few hours. She didn't want her breakfast and hadn't really produced many poos overnight. The vet gave her a really good check over (Best one we've ever had at our vets!). She completely ruled out teeth problems, and felt everything else was fine and that she was in good condition. She gave her a metacam injection and sent me home with recovery and gut stimulant meds. I left her for a while to let the pain meds kick in and then because she still wasn't eating syringe fed her some recovery. By the afternoon she was back eating again - phew! No gut meds needed!
However her poops have not improved. I've tried no greens, no carrot or parsnip (she only has a small amount of these anyway), but no change. I am cutting down her treats and pellets a little too, but no change as yet.
The lady Bungee boards with, who is very knowledgeable about buns, says she has come across this with older bunnies and suggested I changed Bungee's pellets to one for the more 'mature' bunny, which I am gradually doing. She said she has found this problem in older and single bunnies more than bonded buns.
Bungee is happy in herself, bouncy around and eating well.
Sorry for the long post, but any help gratefully recieved.
Thanks x
Our house bunny Bungee is 7 years old and over the last 7ish months she has started to produce rather large, sticky, stinky poops. She is still producing normal pellet like poos too, although these don't seem to be as big and golden lately.
I usually find these poops in the morning, mostly in her litter tray, with the ocassional one on the carpet. (We don't mind, as we have have carpet tiles so easy to clean or replace!) They are large and very squashed normally and they are very smelly. Some look as though they are uneaten cecatrophes, but others just look like mini cowpats. Some are so big, I wonder how she gets them out of her little furry bottom :shock:....although they are pretty squishy.
I took her to the vets last month, as she had one episode of not wanting to eat, which thankfully passed quickly, and she checked over was prescribed some Fibreplex, which did nothing. Then another visit where she wasn't eating for a few hours. She didn't want her breakfast and hadn't really produced many poos overnight. The vet gave her a really good check over (Best one we've ever had at our vets!). She completely ruled out teeth problems, and felt everything else was fine and that she was in good condition. She gave her a metacam injection and sent me home with recovery and gut stimulant meds. I left her for a while to let the pain meds kick in and then because she still wasn't eating syringe fed her some recovery. By the afternoon she was back eating again - phew! No gut meds needed!
However her poops have not improved. I've tried no greens, no carrot or parsnip (she only has a small amount of these anyway), but no change. I am cutting down her treats and pellets a little too, but no change as yet.
The lady Bungee boards with, who is very knowledgeable about buns, says she has come across this with older bunnies and suggested I changed Bungee's pellets to one for the more 'mature' bunny, which I am gradually doing. She said she has found this problem in older and single bunnies more than bonded buns.
Bungee is happy in herself, bouncy around and eating well.
Sorry for the long post, but any help gratefully recieved.
Thanks x