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Forum DIET & CARE strange poo

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    • PeachyCream
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        So I’m a bit concerned.. The breeder gave us this food she said Bright Eyes loved, it was dry corn and oats.. I mixed a bit of it in with his pellets but this morning his… droppings were smeared at the bottom of his cage when I came to get him… I washed it out and noticed it had a strong smell… Also it seemed a lot… softer and slimier than usual… I’ve taken all the oats and corn away and I think I should stop feeding it to him… Did I do the right thing? Or should I take his pellets away or feed him other or less veggies? I’d only fed him lettuce leaves so far in terms of veggies and the pellets, along with the oat/corn mixture… He also has hay (some in a box on the side of his cage and some in his litter pan). I’d like to hear your advice… Like I said I’ve cut off the oats and corn because I have this odd feeling that was the cause but I’m not sure..


      • Roberta
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          I would advocate removing the corn and oats in favour of more hay.
          What kind of lettuce ? Iceberg can cause diarhhea. Possible check out the diet list in the care section and pick a couple of the herbs to slowly start him on. A sudden change of diet can upset their tummies too so if he is not use to greens or lettuce you will want to introduce them slowly.


        • PeachyCream
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            I only use fresh romaine lettuce… I know he was used to pellets before so I have pellets and a bit of vegetables, increasing his vegetables each day… for the past 2 days I’ve given him 1 leaf of lettuce then 2 leaves of lettuce… today I gave him 2 small lettuce leaves and 2 very tiny pieces of broccoli… The thing is, he seems more fond of them than the pellets


          • Deleted User
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              What kind of pellets are you feeding? I’m not surprised he prefers his vegetables, nothing wrong with that, they should be a good portion of his diet.

              There are two categories of vegetables, what most people call greens, and the other vegetables. Green are leafy and include things like lettuce (Romaine is good), kale, bok choi, spinach, mint, parsley, dill and carrot tops. (There’s an excellent list in the article on rabbit.org I believe you were given a link to in another thread.) These greens should be the bulk of the vegetables in his diet. broccoli is good for him, but a few bites a day of it is enough (the recommendation is about two tablespoons per two pounds of body weight I believe) while the greens can be given in much larger quantities, once he is used to them. So good work on the slow introduction, but you may want to try to focus more on something similar to the Romaine, even another kind of lettuce, like green or red or leafy.


            • PeachyCream
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                the pellets we got are alfalfa hay pellets… He keeps knocking them over -.-

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