Baby bunny wet poop

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I have a sweet little Holland lop who is about nine weeks old. Just a little while ago I picked her up from where she was playing and she had poop stuck to her. I looked around her area and I don’t see any runny poop, but some of it was kind of soft. It’s possible she peed and just got her poop wet and it stuck to her but I’m just really worried because she’s so tiny. Should I be concerned?Thank you to anyone who can help~

Here is a picture of what it looks like after a little bit of trying to wipe it off

 

 

 

and here is a way less gross picture 

[StachesMommy]

Awww… Your bunny is adorable!!!! Now, to the poop issue… My holland lop used to get really messy poopy butt time to time too right around that age. It was never watery diarrhea and she always ate normally and passed normal stools as well. She was also really good about cleaning herself.  I’ve never actually had to clean it because she would do it herself.  I would only have to clean what was left on the floor , etc. We had fecal tests done with the vet and she was unable to really tell me what was wrong. For all the things she was tested for came back negative such as parasites and what not. There is a disorder (Intermittent soft cecotropes) of the cecum where cecals don’t form completely as they should and it ends up going out all mushy. My vet mentioned this to me. During the weeks she would have on and off smooshy poos she was on unlimited alfalfa pellets and alfalfa hay. I boosted up her grass hay and slowly weened in timothy pellets. She gets a mixture of timothy/alfalfa pellets now and 50 grass hay 50 alfalfa hay along with a tiny bit of veggies. She’s only tried basil so far. I haven’t seen that wet poo since I switched her diet. I really don’t know if it was the diet that helped or if her tummy matured with age. Right around 11-12 weeks the poopy butt stopped. I no longer see cecals either (she used to have excess cecals). So I’m guessing it is her age. If your bunny is eating well and generally healthy passing regular stools, I wouldn’t worry too much about the smooshy poos but if it turns into true diarrhea, that is a serious emergency. Just keep an eye on her and stay on poop patrol. Hope everything turns out okay.

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Than you for your response! I’ve been really nervous about everything because she’s just so tiny. She has been eating and drinking regularly and she seems to have a lot of energy. I will just keep a close eye on her for now.

[tobyluv]

Is she a good hay eater? Rabbits that don’t eat enough hay and are mostly eating pellets can have a messy bottom. It’s possible that she has not been eating all of her cecotropes, the soft raspberry shaped droppings that are produced mainly at night, and has been sitting on them and getting them stuck to her fur. But the first picture you posted looks more to me like she is actually making messy droppings, not just sitting on them. If she is not eating a lot of hay, see if you can encourage her to eat more. Try some different brands or varieties. Since she is a baby, she is probably eating alfalfa hay. See if she will eat some timothy or orchard grass. You want to make sure that she stays clean.

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