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[LouiesMommies]

Hello fellow bunny parents. My name is ashlee, my girlfriend and I are Farley new bunny moms, we have had our little boy Louie
(A beautiful black and white Lion lop) for almost four months now. He’s sweet, energetic, curious, and fun. *Side note* I apologize if I’m not
Posting in the correct area or asking for help in the correct are. I am very new to the Forum. But anyways the last two days Louie has been ore shy than usual just relaxing but hiding more and acting funny, then today I noticed his poop did not look as it normally does I have researched healthy poops and not so healthy rabbit poops before as well so I knew right away it didn’t seem normal, I again googled the different types of poops and immediately found a picture that looked exactly like Louie’s recent stool, bigger than normal, wet w mucus, and tiny white worm like strings… I immediately looked more into that and read something about parasites and worms…. we are very nervous about this and just wanted some advice and help, as we don’t have time to take him to the vet we leave tomorrow to go out of town and my dear friend is caring for him while we are gone. Please anyone reply we would be so grateful. I attached two pictures of his stool as the one that it much more runny was an hour ago second one that’s a little more firm was about 15 mins ago. Please anyone thank you so much.

[Bam]

Hi!
i can’t see that you have attached any pictures. If you’re having trouble attaching them, you can upload to an external source like imgur, picasa, flickr etc and paste the link here.

First question is: Are ther any round firm poops at all or is all of it runny and mucosy?

This is important because this is how you differentiate true diarrhea from sticky/mushy poop. True diarrhea is a veterinary emergency, mushy poop allows you more time. If all of it is runny and mucosy and there are none of the round poops, it’s a veterinary emergency. He can get dehydrated really quick, so he’ll need sub Q fluids and an appropriate antimicrobial.

There is a rabbit-safe dewormer called Panacur (fenbendazole) that kills most worms that affect rabbits. It’s OTC.

Since I can’t see the pictures and his general demeanour isn’t that of a happy healthy bunny, plus you have to leave him in your friend’s care, I can only say it’s best to call a vet and book him in even if there are some round poops. (If all poop is runny and mushy- call a vet asap.)

Your friend can come here and ask about further care for him while you are away. There are more or less always people here, and we love helping out bunnies in need.

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