Morning all :wave:
Peter had another bit of a wobble during the week. I noticed his poops were dark and getting smaller and smaller but he was still keen enough to eat.
I noticed he was pooping in the hall and bathroom, which he usually only does when stressed. The neighbours are STILL getting work done to the house and its LOUD and makes me on edge let alone poor Pete. So I think this has something to do with it. Also to make matters worse my fire alarm started chirping at that high pitch to let me know the battery needs replaced and Peter was petrified and hid under the bed. So all in all, its not been a good week for him!
I gave him some metacalm and tummy meds and hes perked back up and was tripping me up from as soon as I opened the bedroom door this morning, begging for breakfast. :roll::lol:
However, he just did a load of poops about 15mins ago in his litter box and I notice they are still very dark and slightly damp to the touch (gross I know, sorry!). I suppose fresh poop should be slightly damp? Up until last week his poops had gone nice and golden and large. His diet is mostly hay based with dried forage mixed in, he only gets a handful of herbs/dandelions each day now.
So what could be wrong? How could his poops still be so dark?
Also it just so happens that I ran out of readigrass (Pete's fave) for about a week but he was munching away on other hays and dried forage no bother. Then as soon as readigrass was back on the menu he went off. This coincided perfectly with the drilling next door! So now I don't know if readigrass or stress or both could be the issue. Anyone ever experienced a bunny sensitive to readigrass????:? I've removed it the last 3 days but poops are still dark.
I don't believe its his teeth as they were checked in May and were fine and he sits and eats his hay no bother.
Peter had another bit of a wobble during the week. I noticed his poops were dark and getting smaller and smaller but he was still keen enough to eat.
I noticed he was pooping in the hall and bathroom, which he usually only does when stressed. The neighbours are STILL getting work done to the house and its LOUD and makes me on edge let alone poor Pete. So I think this has something to do with it. Also to make matters worse my fire alarm started chirping at that high pitch to let me know the battery needs replaced and Peter was petrified and hid under the bed. So all in all, its not been a good week for him!
I gave him some metacalm and tummy meds and hes perked back up and was tripping me up from as soon as I opened the bedroom door this morning, begging for breakfast. :roll::lol:
However, he just did a load of poops about 15mins ago in his litter box and I notice they are still very dark and slightly damp to the touch (gross I know, sorry!). I suppose fresh poop should be slightly damp? Up until last week his poops had gone nice and golden and large. His diet is mostly hay based with dried forage mixed in, he only gets a handful of herbs/dandelions each day now.
So what could be wrong? How could his poops still be so dark?
Also it just so happens that I ran out of readigrass (Pete's fave) for about a week but he was munching away on other hays and dried forage no bother. Then as soon as readigrass was back on the menu he went off. This coincided perfectly with the drilling next door! So now I don't know if readigrass or stress or both could be the issue. Anyone ever experienced a bunny sensitive to readigrass????:? I've removed it the last 3 days but poops are still dark.
I don't believe its his teeth as they were checked in May and were fine and he sits and eats his hay no bother.
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