Desert Rose Rabbits
Well-known member
Noticed this in Red's cage today. He's in quarantine (note the nasty type of grate he's on) already as I believe he's the source of my pasteurella outbreak (which has now affected my original herd sire, one doe that aside from sneezing on occassion is doing great, and I have two sneezy kits). Anyways, I wasn't able to take care of the rabbits yesterday so I checked with my husband and he didn't notice anything strange yesterday but also said he didn't really look... just went out fed and checked water bottles.
Red seems to be acting normal. He's been molting pretty heavily, but aside from that he's not blowing snot anymore and hasn't except for the one time I saw him do it several weeks ago. He's eating and drinking normally, at the moment. The poop had a different smell to it. Reminded me of Carnivore poop in both smell, appearance, and consistency.
So today, we have the weird poop, my doe who was due on the 17th still hasn't kindled or shown any interest in making a nest and apparently didn't eat ANY of her food that my husband gave her yesterday... her bowl is uneaten and untouched (she usually plays with her food bowl at the end of the night so she's completely off her feed. I was giving her some time, but was thinking she just missed, but now I'm wondering about retained kits. Lastly, I'm missing a kit. I am CONVINCED that Mama had 10 kits with one DOA leaving 9, but today's count revealed 8. I have no idea what's going on.
Anyways, any thoughts on this poop? Any thoughts on anything else? lol
Red seems to be acting normal. He's been molting pretty heavily, but aside from that he's not blowing snot anymore and hasn't except for the one time I saw him do it several weeks ago. He's eating and drinking normally, at the moment. The poop had a different smell to it. Reminded me of Carnivore poop in both smell, appearance, and consistency.
So today, we have the weird poop, my doe who was due on the 17th still hasn't kindled or shown any interest in making a nest and apparently didn't eat ANY of her food that my husband gave her yesterday... her bowl is uneaten and untouched (she usually plays with her food bowl at the end of the night so she's completely off her feed. I was giving her some time, but was thinking she just missed, but now I'm wondering about retained kits. Lastly, I'm missing a kit. I am CONVINCED that Mama had 10 kits with one DOA leaving 9, but today's count revealed 8. I have no idea what's going on.
Anyways, any thoughts on this poop? Any thoughts on anything else? lol