My rabbit, a 3 year old Lionhead, has been brought in for Winter. I know that rabbits most likely can survive okay outside, but he still much prefers being inside as he gets much more attention. Because he is so furry, I imagine he must get very hot. This would probably explain why he drinks a lot more. However, I don't think this is the only factor for his dirty behind.
Occasionally he will get a pooey bottom, perhaps in Summer, but it may just be lots of hard poo stuck at his rear end. Of course I know about the risks of flystrike, so I force him to withstand me clipping the fur off. It often doesn't return after that. However, and I have noticed it to happen mostly in the Winter time when I bring him inside, for him to get a dirty behind which consists of the soft poo rabbits produce (I forget the proper name) and some small, normal hard poos. As it is softer, it is easier to remove, but I notice it often returns a few days later. It is also pretty smelly, so doesn't go down well with my mum. He never has a change of diet when we bring him inside, apart from the increase in water he needs to have.
When we first brought him in this year, his poo and bottom were both perfectly normal. It was about a week or two in when I noticed a few quite large, but probably normal, blobs of the soft poo around his carpet. I sometimes had to pick one up every few days. Then it began to stick to his bottom.
I've just removed another heap of poo from his behind. I haven't noticed any change in the number of stools or too many soft ones in his litter tray recently, either. I used to feed him carrot tops, carrot and sometimes cabbage every evening but have recently stopped this in the hope that it may clear up his stomach. I've read that carrots are the worst things you can feed a rabbit in this situation, and to cut them out completely and to only start introducing a bit of celery back into the diet a few weeks down the line. l'll admit that he isn't a skinny bunny, and does carry a bit of extra baggage, but this never seems to cause him a problem most of the year around when it comes to cleaning himself. (We are trying to put him on a 'diet') I'm just wondering what the cause of this may be, and how we can finally be rid of it? I don't mind going to a vet, but they often are a waste of time and can be quite expensive, so i thought I'd seek some advice on here. Thanks for your time. :)
P.S: He has plenty of hay to eat.
I recently caught him snacking on some wallpaper earlier this week. Could this perhaps be the cause of his bad tummy, and it will just take time to clear? I somehow think it may be something else as it happens almost every year we bring him in. Or perhaps he has been doing it for longer than I realised...but he does come into the house all year round and it doesn't occur all the time? Needless to say I have been keeping an eye on him.
Is it okay to brush around his private parts? It seems like it could be pretty bad if the brush brushed that..bit. :/
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