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rabbits messy bum

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Question
hiya i have noticed that my rabbit has a clump of poo stuck to its bum., i have cleaned it allaway with water and tissue and now it did it a gain a while after. is there something wrong with her or is there something i should give her. please let me no asap. aslo will it still ok for me to bread with her. thankyou emma..

Answer
Dear Emma,

Your bunny sounds as if she is suffering from cecal dysbiosis, which can have a variety of causes:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/poop.html

You can safely keep her clean with the instructions here:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/buttbath.html

but you need to get to the root of the problem, which is most often incorrect diet:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/diet.html

or undiagnosed dental problems:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/dental.html

Before you breed her, please read:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/breeding.html

I hope this helps.

Dana