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rabbit diarrhoea

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Question
i have a two year old rabbit and for a little while he has been getting worse Diarrhea, i haven't changed his diet since i got him. his nightly meal consists of kale/carrot tops, baby sweetcorn, peas, broccoli, half carrot and 1/4 apple. is this the cause?

Answer
ok first you need to change the veggies cause kale is used in moderation as a snack and is NOT to be used daily. Corn is a big NO NO very bad for bunnies, broccoli cause allot of gas in bunnies and can be fatal, apples are a 1 time a week snack to much sugar in them is bad and carrots are used sparingly as well cause there high in sugar. Here is a good link to a list to follow

http://www.rabbit.org/care/veggies.html

fruits

http://www.rabbit.org/care/fruits.html

To help for now all that should be giving is allot of timothy hay all it wants and water till the stool is back to normal then slowly add back the pelleted food and some veggies