Robyn89
New Member
Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum. I'm trying to find some information about my rabbit's condition. Rowan is a 4-yr-old male, neutered, mini lop (or possibly holland lop) who, for the past year or so, has had problems with his bowels. He tends to have soft stool that sticks to his bum. He has been to the vet and last summer was diagnosed with early arthritis in his lower back. He was started on Metacam and glucosamine/condroitin which seemed to help for awhile. Then the symptoms came back. I took him to another vet who didn't seem to think it was the arthritis acting up as Rowan is young and has no problems getting around. He suggested I try deworming which I have been doing for the past 2 weeks. Again, at first it seemed to work but now his soft stools are back. When the vet examined Rowan he said that everything seemed normal with his digestion and suggested it could be allergies. He eats Martin timothy based food and timothy hay (doesn't tolerate veggies well). I started increasing his Metacam yesterday from every second day to everyday. I am at the end of my rope. I don't know what else to do with Rowan. Has anyone experienced this problem and what have you done to help it? Interestingly enough, I've been tracking Rowan's stool patterns for the past 2 weeks as I thought I was noticing a trend. Sure enough one week he's fine then the next week he isn't. I don't know if this has any significance.
Please help if you think you might have anything to offer. I'm really concerned about my little fella.
Thanks
Please help if you think you might have anything to offer. I'm really concerned about my little fella.
Thanks