Rabbit has diarrhea pls help!!
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Augustus&HazelGrace
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What is her diet like?
Duckfarmer1
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Is she still active, is she eating, is her tummy bloated, can you fell it make any grumble noise..feelings? Is there any mucous coming out of her bumm? Start pushing hay.
Put her on a hay diet until the stomach settles. And slowly introduce the normal diet she’s supposed to have.
If she’s extremely tired take her to the vet. Having Diarrhea for a long time, she might be dehydrated and need drops to get back again. Even humans that suffer diarrhea for 1 week need to go to the hospital [emoji5]
If she’s extremely tired take her to the vet. Having Diarrhea for a long time, she might be dehydrated and need drops to get back again. Even humans that suffer diarrhea for 1 week need to go to the hospital [emoji5]
I can't tell for sure from the picture, but that looks like a cectrope. If it is then it's not diarrhea but an uneaten cecotrope, which are essentially bunny vitamin poops that they normally consume as they come out.
Cecotropes may be left uneaten for a variety of reasons. If the cecotropes are coming out normally formed like a blackberry looking cluster and not pasty, if the bunny is new to your home, is nervous, or it's a young rabbit, it may be distracted and leave some uneaten. And once your bunny settles in and/or gets older, then this should happen less often, then usually not at all.
If the cecotropes are coming out watery or pasty at all, then it's often a dietary issue from too many carbs(from pellets, treats, or other high carb foods) and not enough fiber in the diet(from grass hays) causing the poop to be improperly formed and not smell right to the bunny so they don't eat them. Though sometimes it can also be caused by a sensitivity to a particular veggie, too much veg introduced too quickly, or too much watery veggies. Then there are also a few health causes that might cause a rabbit to not eat it's cecotropes, like arthritis, dental problems, or liver problems.
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/drop/Drp_en.htm
https://rabbit.org/intermittent-soft-cecotropes-in-rabbits/
Cecotropes may be left uneaten for a variety of reasons. If the cecotropes are coming out normally formed like a blackberry looking cluster and not pasty, if the bunny is new to your home, is nervous, or it's a young rabbit, it may be distracted and leave some uneaten. And once your bunny settles in and/or gets older, then this should happen less often, then usually not at all.
If the cecotropes are coming out watery or pasty at all, then it's often a dietary issue from too many carbs(from pellets, treats, or other high carb foods) and not enough fiber in the diet(from grass hays) causing the poop to be improperly formed and not smell right to the bunny so they don't eat them. Though sometimes it can also be caused by a sensitivity to a particular veggie, too much veg introduced too quickly, or too much watery veggies. Then there are also a few health causes that might cause a rabbit to not eat it's cecotropes, like arthritis, dental problems, or liver problems.
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/drop/Drp_en.htm
https://rabbit.org/intermittent-soft-cecotropes-in-rabbits/
