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Forum DIET & CARE Excess caecotrophs – when will improve after pellet change?

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    • Chii
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        Hi everyone!

        My lionhead girl, Miffy has a poopy butt history back in shelter and had tiny dry poops. She was fed muesli. When I took her in, I started feeding her Burgess Excel pellets for adults and her poops are now round and big, just as my other bunny’s droppings. Her excess caecotrophs were gone. Now it’s about a month she lives with me and I see caecotrophs in her cage again every morning.

        I’ve read that Burgess may cause a poopy butt and switcher her to Supreme Science Selective (24% fibre) 2 days ago, but poopy butt is still there.

        How long to wait after switching pellets to rule out that it’s food related and not some health problem? Is there anything else I can do to help her? Is it dangerous?

        Thank you in advance!


      • LBJ10
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          It’s recommended that food is switched out slowly by mixing the old with the new, so switching suddenly could complicate the problem. As far as excess cecals goes, it can be caused by several things. One big reason is the diet is too rich. We will see this with young bunnies a lot because they will be getting alfalfa-based pellets and then alfalfa hay and it makes them produce lots of cecals. The problem usually resolves itself when they are transitioned to an adult diet of timothy-based pellets and grass hay. I’m not familiar with the pellets you’re feeding. Are they timothy-based?


        • Chii
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            I were giving her Burgess (based on grass meal): http://www.burgesspetcare.com/product/adult-rabbit-nuggets/
            Now feed supreme (alfalfa): http://www.supremepetfoods.com/products/science-selective-rabbit/

            In UK those two brands I guess are as Oxbow in US I live in europe and there are no rabbit pellets here, so I order from UK. I feed my second bunny Supreme Science and he never had a digestion problem and have healthy weight.

            About sudden switch – when she just arrived, I gave her both brands to see which one she likes better and as a treat, so she is used to them both.


          • LBJ10
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              Different bunnies will react differently, especially if they have a sensitive stomach. You might want to check with the vet to make sure there isn’t something more serious going on. He could also be still adjusting if his diet was really bad before, but I would think that would sort itself out after a few weeks.

              If he is otherwise healthy, he might just need to be on a pellet-free diet (which is tricky, but can be done successfully).


            • lorree
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                Are u giving her veggies as well?
                I ask because I found that some vegetables, like spinach cause my rabbit to have excess cecals and other gut problems. So that’s something that I was able to investigate and cut spinach out of her diet and sorted the problem out

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