Not Eating Cecotrophs

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- 06/29/2009 at 11:14 AM
  ZooLady
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  My three year old male rabbit had what I assumed to be Intermittant Soft Stool (ISS) but upon closer examination of his leavings, it appears he is leaving his cecotrophs around. I’ve brought him to the vet and they have checked his stools for bacteria/parasites and gave him a few days of stool hardener, but after the treatment stopped, his symptoms returned. (Now at the time I brought him to the vet, I didn’t realize it was cecotrophs that were being left behind)
  
  Except for a persistant parasite infestation which is taking both revolution and advantage to get under control, he is perfectly healthy and his behaviour is normal.
  
  Is it possible to get a large quantity of the same stool hardener from a people pharmacy (the vet charged ten dollars for a two day supply :/) because I am thinking that regular doses of this medication may be the only way to stop the runny poos/cecotrophs.
  
  Any help/experiences with this problem appreciated!
- 06/29/2009 at 12:41 PM
  Elrohwen
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  What are you feeding him? Diet seems to have the most impact on soft stools, so giving us a run down of his diet would help us see if there are any easy changes that could be made to help him.
- 06/29/2009 at 12:54 PM
  Sarita
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  Yes, if he is a big pellet eater he is probably over producing cecals.
  
  What is the stool hardener? Are you certain this is what the vet gave you?
- 07/07/2009 at 8:19 PM
  ZooLady
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  Sarita—you may have nailed it there. I gave him one meal entirely veggies today and the pellets only for supper and the overproduced cecal problem stopped. Where he did tend to have none runny poo–not cecals I imagined it was too much moisture in his veggies and cut them out a lot giving him more hay and pellets instead. Looks like I will have to find the delicate balance in between. Thanks guys.
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