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Forum DIET & CARE Yogurt?

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    • SamSinn
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        My rabbit hasnt been eating her cecotropes lately. I took her to the vet today and she was prescribed antibiotics, and the vet has me syringe feeding her plain yogurt to help the medicine go down. I’m usually one to air on the side of the vet, but i’ve read many things online warning against feeding a rabbit yogurt, as they are not meant to ingest dairy. I’m not sure how I should continue with her treatment, this is the first time my buns been sick! 

         Thanks for the help!! 


      • jerseygirl
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          To be honest, I think you are right to question it. Dairy products are not really natural to the rabbit gut. It’s a bit of an old fashioned tip, in my opinion. I don’t think it’s super bad to give, and you’ll find people still prefer to do it…but to me, why bother when there are alternatives? You can use other things to help the medicine go down, and if the yogurt was also recommended to promote good gut health, you can give probiotics in a tablet or powdered form.

          What condition was your rabbit prescribed the antibiotics for?


        • SamSinn
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            Thanks for the reply! 

            So, the vet couldn’t quite figure out why she hasn’t been eating the cecotropes because theres nothing obviously wrong with her, so she was prescribed a small dose of antibiotics “just in case” there was an infection irritating her. I’m also supposed to push veg and hay in case its a GI problem 


          • jerseygirl
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              She’s been leaving some excess cec’s around?

              Does she do that sometimes after certain foods?


            • SamSinn
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                To be honest I’ve only had her for 2 months so I’m still trying to figure everything out, but she’s been leaving them around on and off for about a week and a half now. At first I assumed her diet was too rich so I cut back on pellets and veg and it seemed to help, but i took her to the vet just to be sure and today the vet told me her stomach sounded too empty and that I need to increase both the pellets and veg on top of her timothy hay. Other than the cecotropes she’s acting completely normal


              • LBJ10
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                  Plain yogurt has been highly debated for use as a probiotic. I think vets suggested it a lot before probiotics were widely available. Yes, rabbits are not meant to digest dairy products. Plus too much sugar can cause an overgrowth of bacteria in the gut. Since the “good” bacteria found in yogurt is not a natural bacteria in rabbit intestines, it’s believed it doesn’t survive long enough to do much of anything. In a pinch, plain yogurt probably wouldn’t hurt anything but I think the benefits would be minimal. A better choice would be a herbivore-friendly probiotic like Benebac.


                • jerseygirl
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                    Is she a young bunny?

                    Is she on alfalfa or timothy based pellets?


                  • SamSinn
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                      When I first adopted her the shelter didn’t have any info on her age but we think she’s a young adult. She’s on alfalfa pellets 


                    • jerseygirl
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                        If the vet deemed her weight to be good, you could transition her onto timothy pellets. That might help! If you wanted to give that a try, I would recommend doing it after the course of abx is finished.


                      • SamSinn
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                          Thank you for your help! 


                        • RubyTuesday
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                            I would suggest mashed banana and probiotics instead, as dairy is not a good for buns! 

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