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Forum DIET & CARE Stopped feeding greens, now MUCH SMALLER poops

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    • Dee
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        Hi Everyone,

        BunBun has had poopy butt problems for a long time now. I finally thought I solved it- I stopped giving him all greens except for his herbs, parsley and cilantro. His poopy butt diminished greatly. but now I’ve noticed his poops have been TINY in the past few days.

        I’m thinking that the extreme change in diet and reduced fluid intake because of the lack of greens is affecting BunBun. He’s not much of a water drinker, so he used to get lots of fluid from lettice, Swiss chard and chicory- big huge bowls of them 3 tmes a day. Tonight he only took a few bites of his dinner . He usually goes crazy for his dinner cuz he gets bananas/apples. He sometimes just does this, then recovers for no reason, but the small poops have me worried.

        He’s eating hay, as always, and was having a tablespoon of alfalfa pellets daily lately. I’m out of the timothy pellets. I stopped feeding pellets for a while, then started them again when I stopped his greens because I was worried about nutritional deficiencies. Now I’m realizing, that’s TWO diet changes in one week- not too smart of me.

        SO I took away the pellets and gave him a little Swiss chard. He gobbled it right up- I think he missed it. I’m just not sure what to do- start small amounts of greens again and see if his poops get bigger, even if his poopy butt comes back? Or not give him more greens because that might create more problems on top of the small poops? Any advice would be much appreciated . Thanks!


      • Monkeybun
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          Start small, with one type of veggie. Often it is one thing that causes it. His poops will normalize after getting used to the new diet.

          And I would switch to timothy pellets when you reintroduce them. They are better for buns


        • Dee
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            Thanks, Monkeybun . I think the Swiss Chard is OK- he didn’t smell this morning. Before it was so bad, we could tell what room he was in before we saw him. Kind of convenient, since they like to hide sometimes, but probably not too comfy for BunBun. Although he never seemed bothered by it- only when he needed a bum bath, THEN he was p*ssed!

            I’m gonna get some tomothy pellets today. I bought the alfalfa by mistake- they are the Oxbow ones so the bag is similar. I gotta stop rushing aroung- I’m always buying the wrong thing or leaving my grocery bags somewhere- lol. Good thing my kids are big now- they’re teenagers so I wouldn’t mind misplacing them sometimes, but I’m sure they’d find their way home >.< .


          • Beka27
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              I would try taking the fruit out of his diet first before anything else. They LOVE fruit because it’s so sweet, but that can definitely cause poopy butt issues. A teaspoon of tim pellets should be adequate to make sure all of the dietary/nutrient needs are being met. And then try doing very basic veggies (maybe romaine/herbs) that have worked with him in the past.


            • Sarita
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                I agree with Beka, I think the fruit is more the culprit for the cecal problem than the greens.

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