Hi everyone,
As some of you may know, Lily had a dental a few weeks ago in January, to see if it would help her digestion and make her want to eat hay more. The good news is that she is definitely eating more hay - we recently discovered Hay Box too, and all of my bunnies absolutely love the Timothy 1st Cut. Her poops are now a lot lighter and crumble in your fingers, but a lot of them are still coming out oblong/egg shaped:
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The cecos have pretty much stopped now too, but on occasion there might be a small amount like these this morning:
20210204_103217 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
Aside from the hay, she will share a few small leaves of cabbage with Maple in the morning (I have reduced to a very small amount) and an eggcup's worth of extruded pellets in the afternoon.
The only thing I have noticed, which I don't know is worth mentioning, is that after she eats her greens, she sometimes will sit there for 5 - 10 mins afterwards with her eyes closed in a huddle, as if she has a tummy ache? But this will last all of 5 minutes, and then she'll be running around happily again.
Ham, Jelly and Maple will all go to the hay bar straight after their greens, excited for the fresh morning hay, but Lily will hang out a bit outside first as if she's not really bothered before she finally goes to have some.
Anyway, the main question is, what could be causing her poops to sometimes be oblongs, and should I be concerned about it?
These are her poops from BEFORE the dental and her new fave timothy hay - as you can see, they have become a lot lighter and more uniform in shape. So definitely an improvement there:
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She generally seems to be a happy, healthy bunny, lots of energy. She is a nervous girl around humans, compared to her sister who is more calm in nature, but other than that she seems really content. Would you be worried about the shape of the poops, or change her diet in any way?
Finally, a cute picture of Lily (because why not)
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As some of you may know, Lily had a dental a few weeks ago in January, to see if it would help her digestion and make her want to eat hay more. The good news is that she is definitely eating more hay - we recently discovered Hay Box too, and all of my bunnies absolutely love the Timothy 1st Cut. Her poops are now a lot lighter and crumble in your fingers, but a lot of them are still coming out oblong/egg shaped:
20210204_103017
20210204_102948
The cecos have pretty much stopped now too, but on occasion there might be a small amount like these this morning:
20210204_103217 by Rachel Brown, on Flickr
Aside from the hay, she will share a few small leaves of cabbage with Maple in the morning (I have reduced to a very small amount) and an eggcup's worth of extruded pellets in the afternoon.
The only thing I have noticed, which I don't know is worth mentioning, is that after she eats her greens, she sometimes will sit there for 5 - 10 mins afterwards with her eyes closed in a huddle, as if she has a tummy ache? But this will last all of 5 minutes, and then she'll be running around happily again.
Ham, Jelly and Maple will all go to the hay bar straight after their greens, excited for the fresh morning hay, but Lily will hang out a bit outside first as if she's not really bothered before she finally goes to have some.
Anyway, the main question is, what could be causing her poops to sometimes be oblongs, and should I be concerned about it?
These are her poops from BEFORE the dental and her new fave timothy hay - as you can see, they have become a lot lighter and more uniform in shape. So definitely an improvement there:
135492303_220352869585807_7134481663561790146_n
She generally seems to be a happy, healthy bunny, lots of energy. She is a nervous girl around humans, compared to her sister who is more calm in nature, but other than that she seems really content. Would you be worried about the shape of the poops, or change her diet in any way?
Finally, a cute picture of Lily (because why not)
20210204_103206
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