Mariah
Well-Known Member
Hello, me again!
So to those that don't know- papaya is a 6 month old fuzzy lop who was neutered about 4 weeks ago. He's a happy little dude!
Anyways, I've noticed he's not eating all his cecotrophs. I'll find some stuck to his cage floor and some was even stuck to his foot tonight which I found when I was grooming him.
His diet consists of:
1/3 cup of martins regular bunny food (alpha based), martins adult bunny food (Timothy based) and oxbow adult pellets. My plan was to switch over to the oxbow but of course he dosent like it, so I'm weaning him off the alpha based pellets to the Timothy based pellets mixed with the oxbow.
He has unlimited Timothy and orchard hay with a sprinkle of alpha just to temp him to eat the Timothy. The reason he gets the alpha is because after he was neutered I was feaking out cause he wasent eating a lot, I gave him the alpha to make him want to eat.
About 4 days ago I introduced lettuce to him. I've only given him a tiny piece for 4 days. Could this be causing the excess cecotrophs and a poopy bum?
When I got him he had coccidia and pinworms so he was treated for that and I've since has his fecal checked and it was negative.
Why does he have a poopy bum? It's not a lot, just streaks which I believe may be caused by excess cecotrophs.
Advice?
So to those that don't know- papaya is a 6 month old fuzzy lop who was neutered about 4 weeks ago. He's a happy little dude!
Anyways, I've noticed he's not eating all his cecotrophs. I'll find some stuck to his cage floor and some was even stuck to his foot tonight which I found when I was grooming him.
His diet consists of:
1/3 cup of martins regular bunny food (alpha based), martins adult bunny food (Timothy based) and oxbow adult pellets. My plan was to switch over to the oxbow but of course he dosent like it, so I'm weaning him off the alpha based pellets to the Timothy based pellets mixed with the oxbow.
He has unlimited Timothy and orchard hay with a sprinkle of alpha just to temp him to eat the Timothy. The reason he gets the alpha is because after he was neutered I was feaking out cause he wasent eating a lot, I gave him the alpha to make him want to eat.
About 4 days ago I introduced lettuce to him. I've only given him a tiny piece for 4 days. Could this be causing the excess cecotrophs and a poopy bum?
When I got him he had coccidia and pinworms so he was treated for that and I've since has his fecal checked and it was negative.
Why does he have a poopy bum? It's not a lot, just streaks which I believe may be caused by excess cecotrophs.
Advice?