MASSIVE poo clump stuck to his bum!

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- 03/05/2014 at 3:48 PM
  Fidget
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  Noticed a funny smell all evening and then noticed brown on Fidget’s bum when he was flopped on the floor in front of the TV… Had to get him in a towel and wash him, and snip off some of the bits stuck in his fur! Poor baby. He was very good. He normally hates being picked up and is a terror to hold even in a burrito, but he just laid there.
  
  Any ideas what could cause that?
  
  We’ll be going back to the vet for sure tomorrow.
- 03/05/2014 at 4:41 PM
  tobyluv
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  Poop balls like that are sometimes caused by eating too many pellets and not enough hay. Is his diet off at all?
- 03/05/2014 at 4:55 PM
  BlueMoods
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  Well, A picture would help. It’s possible you simply saw a cecotrope before he ate it.
- 03/05/2014 at 4:56 PM
  Fidget
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  Posted By tobyluv on 3/05/2014 4:41 PM
  
  Poop balls like that are sometimes caused by eating too many pellets and not enough hay. Is his diet off at all?
  
  He’s very limited on pellets, less than a handful a day. Mostly veggies and hay.
  
  And not really, he was off his food a bit the other week but was back to his normal self a few hours later.
- 03/05/2014 at 5:14 PM
  Fidget
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  Posted By BlueMoods on 3/05/2014 4:55 PM
  
  Well, A picture would help. It’s possible you simply saw a cecotrope before he ate it.
  
  Nope, it’d been there for a while as it had got lots of fluff, hay and other bits stuck to it.
  
  And it was the size of a duck egg (maybe slightly bigger), which for him is absolutely huge.
- 03/05/2014 at 6:56 PM
  Roberta
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  My Blossom gets that constantly… I have had her to the vet and the only thing they can attribute it to is that she is a very highly strung bunny… I usually give her a butt bath with a gentle skin soothing wash.. Last weekend the groomer gave her a bottom trim…(Poo but on a French Angora is not a good thing)
- 03/06/2014 at 6:35 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  How old is Fidget? Has he ever had his teeth checked?
  
  A big poop blob is usually the sign that Bindi needs his molars trimmed. The fact that you say he was off his food a bit makes me think that might be the case as well.
- 03/06/2014 at 8:20 AM
  Elrohwen
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  One of mine gets them from time to time. Usually it’s because of something in his diet, like a new veggie that he tried, or a different type of pellets.
  
  If he’s off his food, then I agree with LPT that molars could be the cause too.
- 03/06/2014 at 9:56 AM
  Fidget
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  Just been to the vet and poor Fidget suffered all kinds of indignities, like a thermometer up the bum.
  
  His teeth are fine, but his guts are a bit liquidy.
  
  The vet gave us Baytril and Kaogel to help stabilise him a bit (syringe feeding, this’ll be fun!) and we’re popping back for a checkup on Saturday.
  
  Poor Bun!
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