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Should I be worried?

Orenoko

Orenoko

Mama Doe
Every few days I am finding a couple of slightly unformed and uneaten cecals. I think they're from Rupert although both he and Lilac have lovely clean bums so a bit hard to be 100% sure.

He's just finished a course of precautionary panacur following being ill just over a month ago, and he seems absolutely fine in himself, happy and causing plenty of mischief.

Each time it happens I cut out veg and only give hay and nuggets, then give veg again when I no longer find any cecals. All treats are off the menu too. Just not sure why it keeps happening and whether it's something I need to be concerned about.

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Orenoko said:
Every few days I am finding a couple of slightly unformed and uneaten cecals. I think they're from Rupert although both he and Lilac have lovely clean bums so a bit hard to be 100% sure.

He's just finished a course of precautionary panacur following being ill just over a month ago, and he seems absolutely fine in himself, happy and causing plenty of mischief.

Each time it happens I cut out veg and only give hay and nuggets, then give veg again when I no longer find any cecals. All treats are off the menu too. Just not sure why it keeps happening and whether it's something I need to be concerned about.

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Has it started after the Panacur or did it happen before ? IME excess cecals are usually caused by too many pellets rather than Veg. How much Pellet feed do you give and what brand ? Excel is known to cause excess cecals for some Rabbits.
 
InspectorMorse said:
Has it started after the Panacur or did it happen before ? IME excess cecals are usually caused by too many pellets rather than Veg. How much Pellet feed do you give and what brand ? Excel is known to cause excess cecals for some Rabbits.
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It started after the panacur, he had his last dose about 48 hours ago. I use Excel, they have about an egg cup between the two of them each day. I can cut down further to see if it makes a difference. He would sometimes leave some of the pellets but recently he's been eating his share.

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