AnnieNMolly
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Hi everyone I have a question about my rabbit's stools.
I'll try to make this short...
History... I have 2 female 12 week old bunnies. I have had them for 5 weeks. They eat unlimited Timothy hay all day, small amount of pellets in the morning and about 1/4 cup of greens (romaine lettuce and kale). When I first got them I was giving unlimited pellets and hay (no greens) as everything I read said to give that to babies, until a few days after getting them I noticed a few soft/strange stools and I immediately rushed to the vet thinking they were sick, and the vet told me I should be giving greens in small amounts. He wasn't very concerned because they were still both eating. I realized it was probably diet changes from what they were eating before. I started them on greens that night and they have done great on them. I am also changing their pellets right now to the Oxbow (young rabbit pellets). I've been mixing a little bit with their current pellets each day.
Since I've had them there have been days with a few soft stools here and there but with diet adjustments I haven't seen any in a while. The past couple of days I have seen a few really small poops (not all of them but I find about 5 or 6 total in their playpen). And a few of the more normal sizes poops still look a little bit smaller in size. I think I know which rabbit it is and I've been waiting to physically see them go so I can determine who it is. I also saw one poop last night that was elongated (almost like a normal human poop but rabbit size).
Everything I've read points to GI stasis as far as small poops. She is still eating/drinking/playing. A few times she has been hunched up teeth grinding (which I thought was bad, but after reading about teeth grinding and watching some YouTube videos it seems like this is more of a "tooth purr" and not loud grinding, but everything Ive read says being hunched up can mean pain. My question is, are a few small poops here and there normal? Or would stasis onset have normal and small sizes? I thought with stasis they would mostly all be small. It seems like stasis can happen very quickly and I'm so afraid I'm going to come home from work to a dead bunny if I don't catch it in time.
Is there anything I should give her. Ive read pineapple can help but I don't want to just give it if it's not stasis onset.
I also plan on finding another vet as I wasn't very happy with the first one. In the meantime I feel like rabbit owners who are around them everyday sometimes know more than a trained professional. I don't want to keep rushing to the vet paying $200 each time if I'm just being over paranoid. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm still learning a lot. Thank you
I'll try to make this short...
History... I have 2 female 12 week old bunnies. I have had them for 5 weeks. They eat unlimited Timothy hay all day, small amount of pellets in the morning and about 1/4 cup of greens (romaine lettuce and kale). When I first got them I was giving unlimited pellets and hay (no greens) as everything I read said to give that to babies, until a few days after getting them I noticed a few soft/strange stools and I immediately rushed to the vet thinking they were sick, and the vet told me I should be giving greens in small amounts. He wasn't very concerned because they were still both eating. I realized it was probably diet changes from what they were eating before. I started them on greens that night and they have done great on them. I am also changing their pellets right now to the Oxbow (young rabbit pellets). I've been mixing a little bit with their current pellets each day.
Since I've had them there have been days with a few soft stools here and there but with diet adjustments I haven't seen any in a while. The past couple of days I have seen a few really small poops (not all of them but I find about 5 or 6 total in their playpen). And a few of the more normal sizes poops still look a little bit smaller in size. I think I know which rabbit it is and I've been waiting to physically see them go so I can determine who it is. I also saw one poop last night that was elongated (almost like a normal human poop but rabbit size).
Everything I've read points to GI stasis as far as small poops. She is still eating/drinking/playing. A few times she has been hunched up teeth grinding (which I thought was bad, but after reading about teeth grinding and watching some YouTube videos it seems like this is more of a "tooth purr" and not loud grinding, but everything Ive read says being hunched up can mean pain. My question is, are a few small poops here and there normal? Or would stasis onset have normal and small sizes? I thought with stasis they would mostly all be small. It seems like stasis can happen very quickly and I'm so afraid I'm going to come home from work to a dead bunny if I don't catch it in time.
Is there anything I should give her. Ive read pineapple can help but I don't want to just give it if it's not stasis onset.
I also plan on finding another vet as I wasn't very happy with the first one. In the meantime I feel like rabbit owners who are around them everyday sometimes know more than a trained professional. I don't want to keep rushing to the vet paying $200 each time if I'm just being over paranoid. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm still learning a lot. Thank you