Gezabella09
Well-Known Member
So for the past month Chop has had trouble with his poo.
It hasn't been ongoing for a month but it has been on and off.
For about 3 or 4 days he will get really tacky poo. It comes out fully formed and looking like any other normal poo but is tacky and gets stuck to his bottom fur.
He will then be Ok for a week or so and then the funny poo will start again.
Sometime the poo will get really small (about half the size of a pea) and quite smelly and dark but then it will be back to the normal size the very next day.
He is still in tack and his man sacks hang over his little bottom so I don't think that is helping matters and the poo gets caught between his man sacks and bottom and then cling on!
This has convinced me to have his bits off and we are going to the vet beginning of next week to have a consultation about his manhood.
All treats and veg etc has been stopped and he is getting a reduced amount of pellet food. And when I say reduced I mean a small handful morning and then a bit at night. I am pushing the hay but he didn't really seem to be eating that (I think this may be because the hay is at the opposite end of the cage to his pellets. So the last few days I have been putting his hay in his food bowl and he seems to be eating more of it. He will always go potty for the pellets.) He has has new pellets of late so I don'tknow if thats what the matter is but he does wolf them down when we give them to him.
Im washing the poop off his bum just with luke warm water and a face cloth and he doesn't mind it - seems to think its a bit of a game.
He is fine in himself still being a little bugger when he is out for his play times and still as loving and cuddly as ever.
When I read some of the posts on here about other rabbit diets I timothy hay mentioned but as I am in the Uk I think our rabbit food is different to that in the US. I feed him regular pet store hay and pellets. And also some of the pro biotic products mentioned I don't know if I'd be able to get hold of.
So really my question is should I be worried?
Also some people mention hard and soft bellys when talking about funny poo. His belly is like a big old squish of jelly!!
And what to do about his diet.
Also the poor little love keeps sneezing. He has a sneezing fit of about 10 in a row once a day. It's quite cute to watch - his nose isn't runny its a bit damp but it always had been.
He is about 10 -11 months old.
Thanks in advance for any help
It hasn't been ongoing for a month but it has been on and off.
For about 3 or 4 days he will get really tacky poo. It comes out fully formed and looking like any other normal poo but is tacky and gets stuck to his bottom fur.
He will then be Ok for a week or so and then the funny poo will start again.
Sometime the poo will get really small (about half the size of a pea) and quite smelly and dark but then it will be back to the normal size the very next day.
He is still in tack and his man sacks hang over his little bottom so I don't think that is helping matters and the poo gets caught between his man sacks and bottom and then cling on!
This has convinced me to have his bits off and we are going to the vet beginning of next week to have a consultation about his manhood.
All treats and veg etc has been stopped and he is getting a reduced amount of pellet food. And when I say reduced I mean a small handful morning and then a bit at night. I am pushing the hay but he didn't really seem to be eating that (I think this may be because the hay is at the opposite end of the cage to his pellets. So the last few days I have been putting his hay in his food bowl and he seems to be eating more of it. He will always go potty for the pellets.) He has has new pellets of late so I don'tknow if thats what the matter is but he does wolf them down when we give them to him.
Im washing the poop off his bum just with luke warm water and a face cloth and he doesn't mind it - seems to think its a bit of a game.
He is fine in himself still being a little bugger when he is out for his play times and still as loving and cuddly as ever.
When I read some of the posts on here about other rabbit diets I timothy hay mentioned but as I am in the Uk I think our rabbit food is different to that in the US. I feed him regular pet store hay and pellets. And also some of the pro biotic products mentioned I don't know if I'd be able to get hold of.
So really my question is should I be worried?
Also some people mention hard and soft bellys when talking about funny poo. His belly is like a big old squish of jelly!!
And what to do about his diet.
Also the poor little love keeps sneezing. He has a sneezing fit of about 10 in a row once a day. It's quite cute to watch - his nose isn't runny its a bit damp but it always had been.
He is about 10 -11 months old.
Thanks in advance for any help