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@BunnyLass568 What a lovely treat for hot summer days!

Our summer has become very cold and rainy. Yesterday we had 57 F (14 C) during the day. Perfect temp for buns though, they didnt like the warm weather we had in June.

Pic of the young honeymooners:

Just catching up, I agree with the others that megacolon is an interesting diagnosis for a bun this young and with her markings. But that’s not to say she isn’t having some issues with the functioning of her cecum. It could be that something similar is happening that isn’t linked to the genes that megacolon is linked to.

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OK, I typed out a bunch of stuff and it disappeared. AH!

Thank you Bam for the links. I think they do a better job of explaining what I’m trying to say here. Vienna marked bunnies don’t necessarily have blue eyes, but they almost always have at least a white snip on their nose or front paw (and in other Vienna marked bunnies, the white can extend…[Read more]

Megacolon in English spots or white rabbits is caused by double copies of a gene called the KIT-gene. This gene can occur in other animals as well. It interferes with the development of gut innervation.

Your bun is not a pale color, so she’s unlikely to have that double copy of the gene. This is why its a little unusual to see fullblown megacolon…[Read more]

some disorders and diseases in rabbits are colligated to their breed directly?

she has dark brown eyes, i’m trying to pin a new picture here but seems like i’m unable to do it 🙁

thank you so much, i’m going to search them, but do you have any recommendations of groups to me?

since in Brazil we don’t have a large bunny community, i always tend to join foreign bunny groups!

she’s been under treatment so far and it’ll be so important to see how other bunnies’ owner are coping and caring with their babies diagnoses

Yes, most megacolon bunnies are almost all white with just a little bit of color (usually on the head/face). Megacolon is linked to the broken (En) gene. This isn’t to say other bunnies cannot have megacolon, but it is less common (i.e. not the classic case). You bunny looks Vienna marked. Does she have blue eyes?

Double poops usually indicate a…[Read more]

Yeah I feel ya. :/ Come on Maxwell!  Maybe Snoopy is giving him a bombastic side eye 😆

hi! charlie markings are the black and white ones? (sorry, my first language is portuguese and sometimes i can’t get some therms hahahaha)

she’s around 9 months according to her blood test, when i rescued her she was a young rabbit already. i didn’t know some rabbits were diagnosed later! she used to poop double stools and i started to feel her…[Read more]

I’m sorry this happened, and I agree it was not likely due to anything you did. Quality of life is important, and if he loves going outside then I think it’s nice you can do that for him.

I’m curious because 6 months old is pretty young for megacolon to be diagnosed. Most bunnies are not diagnosed until they are a bit older. Does your bunny have the Charlie markings?

Yes, relapses are not uncommon and Bam is correct that sometimes treatment needs to last more than 28 days. I’m sorry this happened, but I don’t think the sun/being outside is necessarily the cause.

Yeah it sucks Maxwell is being a pain haha. I do think they will eventually bond given they have progressed in some ways.

If they don’t end up getting along though, I will get a 4th, but not until I move next summer or fall.

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It’s called cecal dysbiosis, sometimes ISC, intermittent soft cecotropes. Poop juice would fall under that category, but cecal dysbiosis doesnt necessarily result in completely liquid cecals. It often presents as clumps of gooey poop that sticks to the bun’s butt. But these terms are really not megacolon-specific.

There are facebook groups for…[Read more]

Hi! Thank you so much for answering, i was truly concerned and i feel relieved now.

May i ask you the scientific or formal name of juicy poop, please. Do you know any article where i can read more about it? Thank you!

Being out in the sun might have cheered him up, and that’s very important too.

I’m sorry you had to put him back on panacur, but relapses are not at all  uncommon. Some vets like to keep a bun on panacur for 5 weeks or longer rather than the standard 28 days. 28 days is just a standard duration of treatment, its not written in stone.

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Back with another update;

we’ve had to start back on panacur. I wish we would have started it again proactively a week ago but the emergency vet did not think it was necessary given he had just completed his treatment.  He’s had a flare up of his EC symptoms and his mobility is down to about 50% now.

I feel like we took 2 steps forward and…[Read more]

The un-scientif name for this is “poop juice”. The strong smell means it comes from the cecum. The cecum is where the rabbit ferment food into cecotropes that they subsequently eat.

Poop juice can occur in “healthy” buns from time to time, so its not specific for megacolon buns. The cause is believed to be a disruption of the gut…[Read more]