PulpFaction
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I have one "special" doe that has suddenly started fur chewing for no reason I can discern! She is on a balanced 18% diet of Manna Pro Gro (almost all of my rabbits were pregnant or nursing or molting, so I just switched the herd over.)
This rabbit has to have her teeth trimmed because she is a chronic cage wire puller and pulled her teeth out of alignment. (Didn't start out like that, and has never thrown bad teeth, so it's just an annoyance.) I suspect that somehow her digestive tract is "off" because she has had a very sensitive stomach since I got her last spring and will get soft stool at the drop of a hat. Could her system have been damaged by not having her teeth trimmed regularly prior to me getting her? She was in a pet home for a long time. Grr. Anyway, all of a sudden she starts chewing her fur out of the blue a few days ago and has soft stool again. I've given her hay, and realize now I need to keep it available for her, but do you think this will help or do I need to do something else? Should I throw a mineral spool in there or try something in her water to give her a boost? I don't understand why she would all of a sudden be deficient of something, unless rabbits chew fur when they need more fiber.
Haven't run into this before, it's mystifying and upsetting. The last thing I need is a naked rabbit going into winter.
This rabbit has to have her teeth trimmed because she is a chronic cage wire puller and pulled her teeth out of alignment. (Didn't start out like that, and has never thrown bad teeth, so it's just an annoyance.) I suspect that somehow her digestive tract is "off" because she has had a very sensitive stomach since I got her last spring and will get soft stool at the drop of a hat. Could her system have been damaged by not having her teeth trimmed regularly prior to me getting her? She was in a pet home for a long time. Grr. Anyway, all of a sudden she starts chewing her fur out of the blue a few days ago and has soft stool again. I've given her hay, and realize now I need to keep it available for her, but do you think this will help or do I need to do something else? Should I throw a mineral spool in there or try something in her water to give her a boost? I don't understand why she would all of a sudden be deficient of something, unless rabbits chew fur when they need more fiber.
Haven't run into this before, it's mystifying and upsetting. The last thing I need is a naked rabbit going into winter.