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Hey guys!
Franklin is shedding up A STORM. If I run my hand over him there are huge clumps of hair coming off. I am pretty sure the little one doesn't have any skin problems so I am hoping this is just a routing coat blow-out. We haven't had him for very long so this is my first time experiencing bun shedding.
I noticed he had a loose poop and I wanted to ask you guys if I should be concerned. This is his second one in about 3 days and I don't know if I should be worried. He usually poops like crazy but now he hasn't been going as much and has had a couple loose ones. If he was blocked up they wouldn't be loose, right?
I am TRYING to groom him to reduce the hair swallowing that's going on but he's just shedding so much that the grooming hardly helps. Should I try some bunny laxatives or probiotics? I don't want to mess with his digestive system too much but I am super worried about the looseness...
He is acting normal so I don't know what to think about all of this!
-Alice
What are you feeding him? And how much hay does he get? Do a lot of plucking to take away most of the loose hair, and yes it is a battle, if he is in middle of a big moulting. You can feed him dried pieces of papaya, which is good for the digestive system to avoid hair balls. Don't start thinking about giving him laxatives. One of mine had problems with loose stools recently - I put him on a strict hay diet and supplemented with FibrePlex (which tastes like carrots and is absolutely yummy, apparently).
thanks i wont give him any treats for the time being. Today there was some poop that was stuck together with hair. I keep grooming him as much as he'll let me but the hair keeps coming. I haven't seen anymore looseness today just not much poop and some that was stuck together with hair. There are still plenty of binkies going on so I guess he's feeling okay. I will try some papaya. As for the laxatives-what are they for? they have them at a pet store near my apartment and I thought it seemed like a risky thing to use on such a delicate digestive system.
Right now he's eating mostly timothy hay with timothy hay pellets. He eats a lot of the pellets... I free feed them. Should I think about only feeding the pellets at certain times? He is a healthy weight so I was trying to make sure he had food at all times.
I read that I should consider giving him a water bowl instead of a bottle to encourage him to drink more but when I do this he doesn't seem to recognize that he can drink it... He also drops all of his toys in it! Should I continue with the bowl technique? He drinks okay from the bottle.
Hay is food so just provide that at all times If he is going for pellets more than hay you may need to start to reduce the amount you give. On water bottles - it's a good idea to provide two incase one stops working for some reason. Sometimes it might take a while to realise there's a fault, but if you have a 2nd bottle in there aswell, bun can still get his water.
OH my you got some good advice.
Monkey thats funny. Even the other bun is annoyed by Monkeys shedding lol