Take them off their food IMMEDIATELY! For the next few days, try and get them to eat just hay/ straw for roughage and make sure the rabbit has all the water it needs. If it does not stop after a few days then you do have to take the rabbit to a vet cause this may be more then a small case of diarrhea. Also while treating him make sure the rabbits cage and butt is always clean. A dirty cage/butt can ge the rabbit even sicker or give them more problems.What do you do if your rabbit gets diarrhea..?
Remove all food except good quality hay and water. Keep his cage absolutely clean and be sure that no flies get to him. If he gets really messy give him a quick butt bath (basically just wash his back end. Hold him in your arms like a baby and put his butt under a warm running tap). Do be sure to dry him off really well as staying damp will not help matters. It can take a week or two before he's back to normal, when he is introduce his normal food slowly.
It would probably be wise to get him checked anyway as there can be a number of reasons for diarrhoea, some of them not very nice.
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