1. Common reasons why rabbits don’t poop
1. Improper diet: Improper diet is the most common reason for rabbits not pooping. Generally, it is because the main food that the owner feeds is relatively dry, and he does not pay attention to whether the rabbit lacks drinking water and exercise, which causes the rabbit to get angry, resulting in the situation of not pooping and constipation.
2. Hairball Disease: Rabbit owners know that rabbits are more clean and often use their tongues to comb their hair, but because of the barbs on the tongue, it is easy to remove some floating hairs If it is brought into the stomach, and the rabbit’s intestine cannot digest it, the hair in the body will accumulate more and more for a long time, which will cause hairball disease and cause constipation in the rabbit.
3. Poor stomach and intestines: If a young rabbit or an old rabbit does not poop, it is usually caused by poor digestion in the stomach and intestines. When the food they eat is too much or too miscellaneous , then their stomachs will accumulate food because of the overburden, and the rabbits will not poop.
Second, what if the rabbit doesn’t poop?
1. Adjust the diet: when the owner finds that the rabbit does not poop, he needs to stop feeding the rabbit too dry rabbit food, and replace the rabbit food with crude fiber hay and fruits and vegetables , This is to add more fiber and vitamins to the rabbit, and to guide the rabbit to drink more water and exercise to help the rabbit to defecate better.
2. Feeding hair cream: If the rabbit does not poop because of hairball disease, then the owner needs to feed the hair cream or food with high cellulose content to the rabbit in time to inhibit the Development and formation of hair bulbs in rabbits and promotes the excretion of hair bulbs from the body.
3. Supplementing probiotics: The owner can also add some rabbit-specific gastrointestinal probiotics into the daily diet to help it promote gastrointestinal motility and speed up excretion; or add some sugar to the rabbit’s drinking water , because sugar can speed up the digestion rate of the rabbit’s stomach.
Reminder: If the problem of the rabbit not pooping has not improved, it is recommended that the owner take the rabbit directly to the pet hospital to check for other diseases, and then consult a professional veterinarian. under the guidance of medication.
