ariusshadow
Well-Known Member
Hey! To those of you who remember me, I'm sorry it's been so long since I last posted here! But now I work at a pet store and I need some help.
We have a male dwarf hotot mix in the store. He's a few months old. Hard to say exactly how old, but he's not super-young since his testicles have dropped. He's normally on pellets and kaytee timothy hay. No veggies. These buns are not litterbox trained but are on carefresh litter.
I always pay close attention to the stool of the buns- of any buns. Knowing that these come from a distributor, I always keep a close eye on them. When they come in, I check on stomach squishy-ness, eyes, ears, teeth, gender, nails... you name it. He was normal for many weeks. He's been there... 3 weeks, maybe? Not /exactly/ sure. He came in with a netherland dwarf mix. They're in separate cages and have been since delivery and the nethy seems to be doing fine.
Few days ago, I noticed that the hotot's stool was mushy. Really super-soft but not runny. I made sure he has fresh hay and a little pedialyte in his water. The next night, he had a normal, healthy bowel movement. Today, I came in, and his stool was not only mushy, but slick-looking. As if covered in a slime. But these are NOT cecals! I know what those are supposed to look like. These are very small bowel movements of slimey, wet, mushy stools. But we're not at the 'runny' stage yet. The confusing thing is that he's still producing a little normal stool on and off.
I have benebac (gel), critical care, and pedialyte at my disposal. But I'm unsure about using anything without consulting the experts here since I don't know what it is.
Notes: The bun is NOT molting. There are no drafts able to get to his cage. He's rarely handled, but skittish. His stomach does NOT feel tight or extra squishy.
We have a male dwarf hotot mix in the store. He's a few months old. Hard to say exactly how old, but he's not super-young since his testicles have dropped. He's normally on pellets and kaytee timothy hay. No veggies. These buns are not litterbox trained but are on carefresh litter.
I always pay close attention to the stool of the buns- of any buns. Knowing that these come from a distributor, I always keep a close eye on them. When they come in, I check on stomach squishy-ness, eyes, ears, teeth, gender, nails... you name it. He was normal for many weeks. He's been there... 3 weeks, maybe? Not /exactly/ sure. He came in with a netherland dwarf mix. They're in separate cages and have been since delivery and the nethy seems to be doing fine.
Few days ago, I noticed that the hotot's stool was mushy. Really super-soft but not runny. I made sure he has fresh hay and a little pedialyte in his water. The next night, he had a normal, healthy bowel movement. Today, I came in, and his stool was not only mushy, but slick-looking. As if covered in a slime. But these are NOT cecals! I know what those are supposed to look like. These are very small bowel movements of slimey, wet, mushy stools. But we're not at the 'runny' stage yet. The confusing thing is that he's still producing a little normal stool on and off.
I have benebac (gel), critical care, and pedialyte at my disposal. But I'm unsure about using anything without consulting the experts here since I don't know what it is.
Notes: The bun is NOT molting. There are no drafts able to get to his cage. He's rarely handled, but skittish. His stomach does NOT feel tight or extra squishy.