Does this look like diarrhea?

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- 11/21/2011 at 6:08 PM
  Parablank
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  The only change in his diet so far is changing the brand of pellets (gradually) , and the type of hay (can diarrhea come from change in hay? They used straw hay, and now I’m using timothy, VERY SUDDEN CHANGE, ONCE THE AMOUNT OF STRAW RAN OUT, I switched to timothy). He seems to be eating and drinking perfectly fine. Could these be cecotropes?
  
  Pictures! Ignore the newspaper.
- 11/21/2011 at 6:17 PM
  CocoVermont802
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  I have also found a few of those but it hasnt ever resulted in any thing to serious. I noticed it when i gave mine to many veggies i think he needed more fiber. Im not sure about they hay switch but if it gets to bad i would just call the vet and ask… maybe you can email them.
- 11/21/2011 at 6:18 PM
  Parablank
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  He’s only about 10 weeks old, so I haven’t really introduced any veggies.
  
  Dammit, so paranoid right now. D: I’ve been with him for 3 days and I already love him.
- 11/21/2011 at 6:20 PM
  Sarita
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  No, that looks like cecals.
- 11/21/2011 at 6:21 PM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  The one on the red phone number is a cecal.
- 11/21/2011 at 6:31 PM
  Parablank
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  By the way, is there any other way to determine if he has diarrhea than to look at his feces/anus?
- 11/21/2011 at 6:40 PM
  BinkyBunny
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  I triple ditto — those do look like cecotropes. Though they are “slimy”, they are formed into a sort of grape cluster and that is normal. Sometimes if you see those your bunny either just missed them somehow, or just produced a bit too many if his diet was too rich, (and Timothy Hay is not too rich), or he has some sort of health issue like he’s overweight or has arthritis and can’t reach them when he needs to.
- 11/21/2011 at 6:54 PM
  Parablank
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  Also, as you can see, I have a cage with a wire bottom. Will that effect his eating of cecotropes?
- 11/21/2011 at 7:03 PM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  Posted By Parablank on 11/21/2011 06:54 PM
  Also, as you can see, I have a cage with a wire bottom. Will that effect his eating of cecotropes?
  
  Well, usually they eat it straight from their bum. But bunnies shouldn’t be on wire, its not healthy for them,
- 11/21/2011 at 7:53 PM
  bunnyfriend
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  I have heard from a member on here (forget who said this) that young bunnies sometimes just make too much cecals and don’t eat them, but it’s normal. I second what Sam and Lady’s Human said, wire bottoms are way too hard on their little feetsies. They develop sore hocks, not fun
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