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Trouble with stools, 5 year old rabbit

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Question
My 5 year old female rabbit has begun displaying the following stool related problems over the past few days:
1) Droppings have become egg shaped, much lighter in colour than usual and are FULL of light green/grey flecks which appear very similar to undigested bits of her feed.  These droppings are very hard, dry and rough.
2)  Occasional "splashes" of pungent liquid feces which dry quickly into a solid blackish mass.
3)  She assumes the defecation/urination position (with her bottom kinda tucked up underneath her belly) and holds this position for quite a few minutes, but frequently nothing happens.
She is still consuming lots of liquid (possibly excessive) and has a strong appetite, but I am worried about her difficulty in passing droppings and have never witnessed this behaviour before in the 5 years I have owned her.  Do I need to take her to a vet right away or is there something else I could be doing?  Her feed consists of PetValue brand rabbit food [crude protein 17% min, cr. fat 2% min cr. fibre 14% min,  17% max, sodium 0.2% actual] and 3 - 4 baby carrots daily.

Thank you so much for your help,
Sincerely,
Jessica Evans  

Answer
Hi Jessica,
Somebody else has told me that their rabbit has funny shaped stools which have white bits in, and I advised him to go to the vets. Any problem in stools indicates something wrong, especially if nothing has been changed. So as I said to him I would advise you take him to the vets.
I'm sorry i couldn't be of anymore help
Katie