What Is This Slime?

[markt1]

Translucent slime hanging down from floor of cage. What is it? :shock:

 

[Zass]

More details please? Is it a buck or doe? Pregnant, or with kits? If kits, how old?

It looks like mucous. The kind that comes out of a badly inflamed intestinal tract, not the respiratory kind.

And, If that came out of you rabbit...it could be very very sick.

 

[markt1]

14 week old Giant Chinchilla doe. After much looking, my best guess is mucoid enteritis. I culled her an hour ago. Don't want to take any chances with my other rabbits getting it.

 

[Zass]

I'm sorry you felt the need to cull her, but if it was mucoid enteritis, there is a good chance she would have died a painful death no matter what you tried. Culling always feels merciful in those cases.

My understanding is that enteritis is a symptom and not a disease, so haven't necessarily gotten rid of what caused it to happen in the first place.
You might want to check over your feed, to make sure that it hasn't been wet or gotten moldy anywhere as a just-in-case measure.

From medirabbit (which you probably already read)

Causes

Young rabbits respond badly to stress, transport (especially during the post-weaning period), to unidentified noises, to a new environment and to new persons or animals. Modifications of the diet or a diet low in fibers can, furthermore, lead to digestive disorders. Usually, food alone is not the main trigger of diarrhea, but rather its composition, such as a low percentage of crude fiber, too rich in carbohydrates or proteins, too finely ground food or improper watering, or the introduction of a new sort of vegetable or fruit.

Further causes of diarrhea include the administration of drugs or antibiotics (see: “Antibiotics dangerous for use in rabbits”), or the presence of nitrate in the drinking water. Viruses and pathogen bacterial overgrowth of e.g. Corynebacteria sp., Clostridia sp., Pasteurella sp. and Escherichia coli cause enteritis. The occurence of Salmonella sp. is, however, rare in rabbits. The presence of intestinal parasites such as trematodes (flukes), cestodes (tapeworms), nematodes (parasitic intestinal worms), and protozoa (coccidiosis
) can also lead to digestive disorders in rabbits, with onset of stasis and diarrhea.

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_disease ... tis_en.htm

 

[Miss M]

I agree with Zass, culling that one was probably the right way to go, even though it was probably not contagious.

Giving a probiotic to the others should help them keep from developing it, as well.