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Forum DIET & CARE Big Soft Poops in Baby

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    • woodstockbun
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        Woodstock has normal poops 90% of the time. We notice in the morning, there are a couple of cecal piles laying around, uneaten. Also, occasionally he will produce a larger round poo that is actually pretty soft and dark. But it mushes quite easy. One thing I’ve noticed is him trying to reach down and get to his bottom, then he sort of falls over unable to reach. When he hops away from that spot, there is a little cecal pile. Could he be too plump to reach his bottom? Should he still eat these cecals even if they aren’t straight from his bottom? As for the bigger rounder mushy poos, we see about 5 of those a day.

         He hasn’t been introduced to any fruit or veggie. He is eating timothy hay and his young rabbit pellets only (oxbow brand). I felt his tummy, and it isn’t hard or bloated. He hops around and has lots of energy. Someone mentioned to take away the pellets and just give him a blend of alfalfa hay with timothy hay for a couple of days. When I did take his bowl, he had a little tantrum and acts as if he’s never eaten before. 

        He’s only 3 months so I’m not really sure what to do diet wise – limiting pellets or not. But I am curious about how many cecals he seems to produce even without a rich diet. And the larger soft poos are sort of having me worried too. Any advice? Thank you!


      • Blue Moon
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          try giving a variety of hay sometimes they stop eating the hay if the decide they don’t like it. you should try alfalfa hay or orchard grass because they are softer hays.


        • Bam
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            You could try limiting the pellets a little bit, not cutting them out completely. Hay is important, so it’s good if he eats extra of that. A hay-only diet is often recommended for adult rabbits that have a soft cecal/mushy poop-problem, but your bun isn’t an adult.

            It’s common for babies to leave a few extra cecals around. That’s normal. Bunnies rarely like to eat the cecals that have fallen to the floor. He’d have to be really plump to not be able to reach down to eat his ceacls when they come out, seeing that he’s a young bunny (elderly bunnies can get arthric/less agile and combined with a bit of over weight, that can make them unable to reach their cecals.) He could perhaps eat the cecaols he needs when you’re not looking?

            Baby buns’ tummies are not fully equipped microbial-wise, a sturdy gut microbiota takes some time to establish. Hay is the best thing for normalizing a bun’s gut.

            If he gets ample, runny diarrhea, of course rush him to a vet.

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