Why I'd rabbit carrying a mouth full of hay?

[chickenmama109]

So here's another up date on bella. She is doi g pretty well a guess im Really hoping she does ok through the night. She is still looking like she's filling bad. I wish I could do more for her, is there anything I can do other then give fresh water pellets, and hay. And she is still is not eating her pellets I tryed giving her fresh but she still wont take them.

 

[Bunnylady]

You could give her a tablespoonful or so of dry, uncooked, rolled oats (like you use to make oatmeal). Most rabbits like them, they are often used as "baby food," and they are said to help firm up stools when rabbits have minor digestive upsets.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Is she still eating her hay? I will second the oats - most rabbits find them unobjectionable and palatable.

 

[chickenmama109]

Is she still eating her hay? I will second the oats - most rabbits find them unobjectionable and palatable.

I think she is but I cant be sure. I put it on the wire so her feet dont hurt. I do have a hat rack but she dont like it. Ili put lots of fresh hay in her hutch for the night and nee water with her fresh bowl of pellets. I wi try the oats out and see if she will eat them, I will update in the morning. Tha is fir your help everyone I really appreciate it

 

[chickenmama109]

Could she have coccidi?? How would that be transfored to my dogs.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Cocci is an option. It spreads easily through contact with fecal matter so if the dogs have access to even the edges of the cages they would just have to lick it. It only takes a few microscopic organisms to infect an animal. It could have also come from countless wild animals or drinking from a puddle.

 

[chickenmama109]

Cocci is an option. It spreads easily through contact with fecal matter so if the dogs have access to even the edges of the cages they would just have to lick it. It only takes a few microscopic organisms to infect an animal. It could have also come from countless wild animals or drinking from a puddle.

I do step around where I empty the piop tray before I take it and then I step with those shoes where my dogs are can it spread that way

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Yeah, it spreads fairly easily through feces. It doesn't take much, even indoor animals aren't 100% immune from getting weird parasites. But I would hold off guessing anything until you get results on your rabbit back.

 

[chickenmama109]

Here's an update on bella. She seems to be doing better. She does not seem to have eaten any of her pellets. And also she is having normal poops again.

 

[Bunnylady]

Good to hear that she's doing better.

On the matter of Coccidia (the intestinal parasites, not "bacteria that are round in shape" which is what cocci means), these animals have been living around each other for several months now, correct? Anything one has been exposed to, the others have as well, and since the rabbit doesn't leave the property it's unlikely the rabbit could infect the dogs with anything after all these months (it's also unlikely that the rabbit could suddenly develop an active case of coccidiosis, unless she has somehow been exposed to something new there at home). There are many different kinds of coccidia, and most of them are species-specific, so generally, whether a dog could get coccidia from a rabbit depends on just what kind of coccidia you are dealing with.

It's pretty unusual for an adult dog or rabbit to develop a serious case of coccidiosis; most have developed resistance that prevents the parasites from building up to the level that creates symptoms. While young animals may even die from coccidia infestations, a normal adult would have to be experiencing severe stress of some sort for its immune system to be so suppressed that symptoms would appear.