Older Bunny with diarrhea

[rtvarnell]

I received this bunny Saturday and he seemed to be a grumpy Bunny he bit me several times. And come to find out he wasn't feeling good. This afternoon I found runny poo in his cage. It smelled awful also.

How to treat him??

We brought him home from a show. He is almost a year old.

 

[rtvarnell]

He is also eating not real well but he is eating and drinking.

 

[I_heart_Fraggles]

No treat feeding. Stick to hay and pellets only. I'd give him pedialyte for dehydration. If it does not clear in 24 hours I would take him to a vet.

 

[Maureen Las]

Best to get a vet ASAP; this very well could be a parasite caleed coccidia which is treatable.
make sure that you keep him hydrated with pedialyte , feed good quality grass or timothy hay and for the time being pull the pellets and feed hay only
Also good to give a dose of a probiotic called benebac which comes in individual tubes for small mammals and/or a powder form for dogs and cats which is fine for rabbits ; you could actually mix the powder with the pedialyte
benebac is sold at petstores like petco and petsmart
let us know ...

 

[rtvarnell]

Looking better already been upping the Oats and Hay. We won him in a raffle and I believe it is probley from switching his food since I have no idea what he was feed before.

 

[TinysMom]

If his poo smells really bad (think the smell of tar or sulphur) then you may be looking at cocci and need to get medication.

Cocci has a very distinct odor - to me - it smells like tar.

If the odor is just from the poo itself - then cocci isn't involved.

 

[rtvarnell]

didn't smell like tar. But was smelly like human poo. I believe he is better. Almost eating like he should, but is pooping better and is not biting anymore.

 

[tonyshuman]

I would try to get some albon to treat for coccidia or ideally have a vet do a fecal test.

 

[rtvarnell]

He has have normal poo now.