Update: Is her diet okay?

[sgregory]

Alright.. so this is the same issue with Mumbles (baby bunny) and soft stool. It had been getting better, and had started to look more normal again. She has been eating unlimited hay, about 1 cup greens and a half a cup pellets a day. unlimited water, of course.

 

Well this morning i let her out of her cage, and i found some extremely soft stool.. She has been acting perfectly fine and eating perfectly fine this whole time mind you, about 1-2 weeks i think. I think im going to finally bring her to the vet. how much would you estimate a vet visit to cost? this is such a bad time for this, im dead broke.

[Sarita]

It sounds like a fine diet to me.

Is it soft stool or is it uneaten cecals?

Vet cost – probably around $50.00 just for a visit and if you do a fecal test maybe around $15.00.

How old is she again?

[sgregory]

it seems like the cecals, but im not sure. i dont think she’s been eating her cecals either though. she’ll let them go anywhere and ill leave them for a few hours, she doesnt touch them.

she’s about 2-3 months old.

[Sarita]

Is the hay grass hay or alfalfa hay?

[sgregory]

i give her timothy and alfalfa. im going to swap the alfalfa for a different kind once she gets older.

[KytKattin]

Could you just take a stool sample in and then see what the results are before you make a visit to the vet? My vet will just do a sample and then if there is a problem other than a needed diet adjustment then I can make the appointment and then the vet already has an idea about what is going on. You might want to cut back on greens a little bit too just to see, and only give her one at a time to see if just one is giving her problems. Basically; give her only one type for a week (like romaine) and see what that does. If she doesn’t have problems, you can try introducing another type and monitor that for a week. If it does give her a problem, cut that one out and try a different one for a week.

Vet prices do vary. My vet charges $34 for a visit, and $23 for a follow up. Another vet I sometimes go to charges $25 for a visit. I have called around and found some places charge $50 or even $80.

[sgregory]

the idea to bring in the stool without a visit is so helpful! i hadnt even thought that would be a possibility.. thank you so much, you just saved me a good amount of money and time.
she’s been stuck with romaine for about a week now, and it had seemed to get better. i might just be paranoid, but if i can just send in a sample for such a cheap price, i might as well check anyway!

[MimzMum]

I used to give all my (adult) bunnies two large helpings of greens per day. It seemed to work well with them, then out of nowhere two of them started having problems with leaving cecals or having softer fecals. I wound up having to cut these two down to only one leaf of their favorite lettuce per day. As we’re getting back into summer weather, I seem to be able to increase the amount from time to time without trouble. I don’t know to this day if it was just the seasonal change of where the veggies came from or what, but it’s really helped them to have a little less fresh veggie.
They get plenty of fresh hay and limited pellets, so I am not worried for their nutrition. And it’s nicer than having to try to keep bunny feet and bums clean. I had not thought of having a sample taken though, and that probably would’ve told me why they were having this problem.

[ZooLady]

Now and then bunnies may have runny poops. It’s not always a serious issue. Sometimes just like us, food goes through them. My rabbit has this issue from time to time, but as long as it’s not constantly occurring and the bulk of the buttons are normal you don’t necessarily have to rush to the vet.

I find my rabbit leaves the really runny ones out in the open to be all like “MOM LOOK! It’s not normal!” This has followed by an unsuspecting foot in poo.

Even if she has all the hay too, she may not be eating it all or as much as she needs. I find offering only hay during the middle period of the day forces my rabbit to eat it and fix his bowel upsets.

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