Belly Button Lump Goop???

[iloverabbits18]

If you read my other post about Nest Box Eye? then it is the same baby. The same kit has a strange lump in its belly button. There is a black like feces are coming out of the belly button. Any suggestions what I might do? What is it?? Thanks!

 

[FourRingCircus]

Can you post pics of the kit in question - especially the areas you are concerned with? That would help tremendously. Reading the nest box eye thread has me concerned that the kit in question might have some health or genetic issues going on and it might be the humane thing to terminally cull it. Hard to say without knowing exactly what is going on though.

Is the black stuff wet or dry? I have had one or two where the cord didn't get fully cleaned up/off by the doe and they of course look totally different, then the others will have a black dot there for a little while, just like a human baby when they are newborns. It takes time for things to heal, dry up, and fall off. If it's something other than a small, dried up piece of the cord then there might be something else going on.

 

[iloverabbits18]

The black like feces is dry and I will surly post pictures. Thx <br /><br /> -- Sat Apr 02, 2016 10:16 am -- <br /><br /> Here are the images of the Re: belly button goop

 

[FourRingCircus]

That looks pretty normal to me... it's where the cord was attached. After they are born the doe cleans them up, but that last little bit is left still. It will heal eventually.

 

[iloverabbits18]

Thank you so much!! Thank god i do not need to cull it because some other posts told me to cull it because it was a genetic mutation. :bunnyhop: Thx