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Forum DIET & CARE Diarrhea?

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        Hello everyone. I am still not done worrying about my 2-3 week old baby QQ but I’m once again given another hurdle in taking care of my bunny. 

        I just noticed that Qir is pooping a not so normal poop, it seemed like cecotrope at first but it is watery and is always stuck at her, she doesn’t eat it as well. She looks normal, though, she reacts when I call her. Her ears feel cold and I’m worried what this could be. I couldn’t find a vet around because they only cater to dogs and cats. Did someone have an experience like this?


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          Edit to my previous post: I went and read your original post, poor baby! It is good that you saved her.

          How is her appetite?? Is she eating anything on her own? 

          Diarrhea in young rabbits can be due to a parasite called coccidea, and is very common, and can be very dangerous. True diarrhea is watery, as opposed to mushy soft poops. Mushy poops can be from diet related things, whereas parasites are more likely to cause a large amount of watery diarrhea. Either way, you need to get her to a vet right away…. can the vet in town recommend an exotics vet? 

          Her ears being cold is also a sign that she is in distress. You need to keep her temperature stable (you can place a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel next to her) and get her hydrated while you are finding a vet. Please try to syringe feed as others suggested, with extra water to keep her hydrated? 

          I saw in your previous post that it is hard to find hay. Can you find grass growing wild? Preferably not near a road? If washed well that would be good for both your bunnies. 

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            Thank you for the response!  I put some hot water in a bottle and covered it with some cloth. She clings to it. My bunnies live in my boyfriend’s apartment because they cannot thrive in our house (we shelter a pack of dogs and some cats). His room temp is always at  24C, they’re in an adjacent room where I put tons of stuff to heat them up, I guess she was really cold  I’m still looking for an exotic vet all over the city, it’s too hard to find one.  I have also gone to the Vet Clinic provided by the government to refer us a vet who caters for exotic animals but still to no avail. 

            Her watery poop seems to have wane already. What I did was give her 1ml of probiotic drink (Yakult) and a breeder here where I live has told me not to feed them fresh vegetables. So I got some horseradish (apparently he says that’s one of the vegetables I could feed them) 2 days ago, washed it well, and fed it to them yesterday and this morning. After that, Qir has become active again and she’s around now. She acted normal even with the diarrhea, but maybe I was just too worried. I’m just new in rabbit care after all ;u;  

            Although my concern now is that is it alright if I feed them those dried vegetables, I read that most of the bunny mothers here give their rabbits fresh vegetables. What do you think?


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              I’m so happy to hear that she is doing better! 

              I don’t think you were too worried, bunnies are very fragile (even adult ones), and hide their symptoms well, and sometimes act normal until it’s an emergency, so you were right to seek help!

              About the veggies, it’s true that young bunnies shouldn’t have veggies yet, and usually you want to introduce them very slowly, one at a time. I haven’t heard of feeding rabbits horseradish, do you mean the green tops? That would make sense, as it’s in the same group of veggies as radish, kale, arugula, bok choy, cabbage. Some of veggies (cabbage especially) can cause gas, so it’s best to only give a little at first to see how your bunny reacts to it. 

              If she tolerated the horseradish greens well, I think it would be OK to continue giving it in small amounts. What are the other dried veggies you are thinking of? 

              I can’t remember, do you have access to hay? Hay is the most important part of a bunnies diet. 

              I think at this point it is important to keep things very stable for her, and not change too many parts of her diet at once. 

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                Thank you for that, I thought I was just overeacting because most of the people that live here are men and they thought that me making a fuss over poos is just me being a woman.  

                I stuck to what the pet shop clerk gives them, the both of them has a bowl for chicken feed, another one for rabbit pellets and sometimes I give them the dried vegetables in small amounts. 

                I didn’t mean horseradish I’m sorry I meant moringa/malunggay plant. That’s what a breeder told me. He told me to give them either fodder, malunggay, camote tops, and tinangkong (although I do not know this myself) but he said it should be not fresh. 

                As for other dried vegetables that I’m thinking of, I’m still hesitating because it might ruin their tummies if I give them another one. 

                Although I would be willing to pay for extra to get access to hay, it is a bit difficult right now.  There are some online shops based in the country but they do not send to where I am because of the currently implemented Martial Law in our island. Also, although we can get hay in the neighboring cities (I think some produce them for cattle and many more), our city is currently on lockdown; meaning citizens are not free to go in and out of the city easily, we might get caught in the insurgencies.  


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                  Oh wow, well it sounds like you are doing the best you can right now! 

                  I would stick to just one type of dried veggie until she gets older. I think also start slowly phasing out the chicken feed and moving only to the rabbit pellets, as long as she is reacting OK to them.

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                    How are your bunnies doing now? 

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                      Hello! Qir is now doing fine thank you very much, but QQ got it as well. I don’t what’s the cause of it anymore. ;u;

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