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Forum DIET & CARE Fresh greens?

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    • msbun
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        My Holland Lop is about 2lbs in weight and is spayed.  He eats tons of Hay and 3 Tablespoons of pellets a day.  He is about 9 months old.  If he eats more pellets he has wet poo.  If I feed him anything (other than unlimited timothy hay/ 3 Tablespoons of timothy hay pellets) he seems to get wet poo.  Should I be feeding him greens?  We final have the amount of food right – I am a little nervous about starting him on any greens because he seems to have a very sensitive system.  Do I have to feed him greens?  or should I just give him hay and pellets?  Is that healthy?


      • JackRabbit
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          Have you tried giving him greens? If not, you could try giving him a little green leaf lettuce to see how he does. Maybe try a few bites as a treat to start for a few days.

          One of mine is the same way (Moshi). He loves his food, but even a few too many pellets or a few extra bites of salad will cause some mushy poop in the afternoon. So far, he can handle a small salad of green leaf lettuce, basil, dandelion greens, parsley, and wheat grass, but only two of these at a time. My girls can handle just about anything (especially my iron gut mutt bunny Kieko!). The girls get much larger salads than Moshi which is sad because he’s bigger than the girls are.


        • Sarita
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            Pellets should be the smallest part of their diet – you should introduce greens.

            What do you mean by wet poo?


          • tanlover14
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              I wonder if you’re talking about an overproduction of cecals rather than wet poo. I have one bunny (Simba) with a sensitive GI tract as well. If he gets sweets or any more than 1/8 cup pellets, he overproduces cecals and it looks like wet poo stuck to his butt. Is this what you are talking about?

              I agree, introduce greens into his diet slowly. Try only 1 green new each week so you can determine if he has a sensitivity to any greens as well. As for treats, with my bunny with a sensitive GI tract, he does great w/ the Oxbow Barley Biscuit treats. I would try those as a treat for a bun w/ a sensitive GI tract!


            • MoxieMeadows
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                Greens are definitely an important part of their diet. Although, make sure to introduce any new foods slowly, as suggested above. My bun seems to have a stomach of steel, (with a few exceptions).

                I also agree with Tanlover14, are you talking about an overproduction of cecals?


              • Megabunny
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                  Dried greens worked well with one of my rabbits that had stomach trouble. I dried Kale in the oven. Stank up the house, but the buns loved it dry. I’ve hung up cilantro to dry, too, but it takes a week or so and it’s kind-of a pain. I probably should’ve tried that in the oven too. Don’t know if that fits with your needs at all. Just a thought


                • msbun
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                    If he eats too much pellet he gets cecals. He is very sensitive. It has taken several months to get his diet right. He has had a slice of banana or carrot and that does not agree with him at all! I am going to try parsley. Any other ideas I would really appreciate it! I want him to live a long healthy life.


                  • Sarita
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                      Well too many cecals is not necessarily a sign of a sensitive stomach…some rabbits do produce more cecals.


                    • Megabunny
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                        Maybe it’s more a concern if they stick to their rumps??


                      • tanlover14
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                          Simba could never keep up with his cecals and rather them being extras on the floor, they would be smeared all over his bum & each time he’d go into stasis. That’s how we caught on.

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