My first rabbit - poopy butt. Please advise!

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- 06/19/2013 at 8:28 AM
  Enh98
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  Remy is 1 year old and just came to us on Saturday from a breeder. Last night he started having mushy, unformed poops mixed in with normal poops. He had to have his first butt bath today, lol. What causes this? So far he is being fed Timothy hay and pellets – no veggies have been introduced. The breeder said I could feed him unlimited pellets but I am going to limit the amount he can eat. Would you suggest withholding pellets for a day so he eats lots of hay to regulate his system? We are going out of town friday for a wedding and I would love to resolve this so the bunny sitter doesnt have any problems.
- 06/19/2013 at 8:37 AM
  Beka27
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  Can you get him into the vet before you leave town for a check-up and fecal exam? Mushy poops in a rabbit that is recently from a breeder can indicate a parasite.
- 06/19/2013 at 8:48 AM
  Sarita
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  I would definitely suggest a fecal exam.
- 06/19/2013 at 9:05 AM
  Enh98
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  I will call today. He is upstairs playing now and he is dropping normal poop pellets. Would a parasite only cause some pellets to be mushy? There afr definitely more normal solid poops in his box than mushy. There were maybe two or three soft, wet pellets and the rest were normal. He goes for a neuter next Thursday but I certainly don’t want to ignore something that could be serious. Thank you for your help!
- 06/19/2013 at 9:34 AM
  Beka27
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  Yes, there can be a mix of regular and mushy. What is the consistency of the mushy poops, are they “mucosy”? Do you know what cecotrophs (night droppings) are? Those can be mushy sometimes too.
- 06/19/2013 at 10:09 AM
  Enh98
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  They don’t appear to have mucus and they aren’t in little stringy bunches (isn’t that what cecotrophs tend to look like). There was just one or two here and there in his xpen.
- 06/19/2013 at 2:26 PM
  Elrohwen
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  It could be normal. Sometimes young bunnies produce extra cecals and it goes away on its own with proper diet. I would definitely get a fecal sample to the vet though to be sure.
- 06/21/2013 at 1:08 AM
  bunny06
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  When i first got midnite same thing the bunny vet advised to cut out food one at a time it was the pellets no pellets no diarrhea. as long as they are getting timothy hay and enough veggies they don’t need the pellets. he really did not like them. but i cut them out of the diet and no diarrhea.
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