So my baby rabbits are 7 weeks old and they get diarrhea when I give them pellets they eat baby rabbit food so I dunno what’s going on.They produce poop that will harden on a surface or their fur which is a pain to take off.They do perfectly fine if they eat just hay,normal poop but I dunno if that’s good enough for them.A little backstory on them is that unfortunately mother rabbit was being aggressive and hurting her babies so I had to take them away(advised by vet) and feed them goat milk/kmr with a pinch of probiotics till they got a little older and refused to drink from it aside from that they get unlimited alfalfa/Timothy hay fresh water daily.
Baby rabbit diarrhea
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What type and brand of pellets are you feeding? And do you try and feed limited or do you limit the amount of pellets per day to make sure a pile of hay the size of their body is consumed?
Blue bonnet rabbit booster %16 protein,I sprinkle some all over their hay and if I see that their poop isn’t runny I’ll add a little more which results in the poop I’ve mentioned then I just let them eat only the hay, I could be wrong and they could just be having the runs with the pellets no matter how much I give them…
That's not the highest quality feed. You may have better luck with something like Oxbow, Sherwood, or Supreme Select. They're more expensive pet brands, but I've found they're less apt to cause digestive issues in sensitive rabbits. If you're still having issues after having switched to a better feed, then it may just be your rabbits need a reduced amount of pellets, or to be on a free fed hay only diet for a while, to give their cecum microbes to reestablish.
If they still continue to have issues even after reduced pellets and a break from pellets, then they may need to remain on a pellet/carb free diet. I've had a few rabbits that have had to be on entirely free fed medium cut grass hay and select greens diet, with no pellets or carb rich foods, due to digestive sensitivities. On the hay/greens diet, they did really well, but it does need to be done in balance for a rabbit to maintain good health.
https://rabbit.org/intermittent-soft-cecotropes-in-rabbits/
https://rabbit.org/disorders-of-the-cecum/
https://rabbitsindoors.weebly.com/pellet-food.html
If they still continue to have issues even after reduced pellets and a break from pellets, then they may need to remain on a pellet/carb free diet. I've had a few rabbits that have had to be on entirely free fed medium cut grass hay and select greens diet, with no pellets or carb rich foods, due to digestive sensitivities. On the hay/greens diet, they did really well, but it does need to be done in balance for a rabbit to maintain good health.
https://rabbit.org/intermittent-soft-cecotropes-in-rabbits/
https://rabbit.org/disorders-of-the-cecum/
https://rabbitsindoors.weebly.com/pellet-food.html
Doesn’t a diet free from pellets cause them to grow slower?They are a little on the small side already for a giant breed that should already be big but if it doesn’t impact their health in a negative way then alright.I’ll try the brands you’ve suggested if nothing then just hay I suppose.Thank you
You're feeding alfalfa hay too aren't you?
As I stated before,yes.unlimited Timothy/alfalfa hay.
Alfalfa is high in protein and calcium, so good for growing bunnies. Which can essentially replace in part, the protein/calcium that is provided in an alfalfa based pellet, which is what you've been feeding. So no, removing pellets shouldn't affect their growth since you're supplementing with alfalfa hay already.
Okay great thank you!Do you think they are too small for a 7 week old Flemish/continental mix ?
