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Forum DIET & CARE Let’s Talk About Poop!

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    • Little Lion Head
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        Why not, right?!

        So sometimes Pumpkin’s poops are really dark colored and moist and sometimes they are really light tan and dry. Anyone know what contributes to both kinds of poops? How should healthy poop look?


      • JackRabbit
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          Moist and dark regular poop usually means they’re fresh and bunny could stand a little more hay. Light and dry usually means bunny is eating a good amount of hay.

          Tried to paste the link but didn’t work from my phone…… go to tanlover14’s bonding website wheekwheekthump.com
          Scroll all the way down to the Rabbit Poos section. Click on the Guide to Rabbit Poop link. It contains everything you ever want to know about rabbit poop, complete with pictures!


        • Little Lion Head
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            Ha wow, literally everything I could ever need to know! Thank you!

            Funny I was thinking the dark ones were the “good” ones…lately Pumpkin’s poops have been nice and big and light tan, so that’s a great thing! Woohoo…I think she’s finally eating enough hay for me to not have an anxiety attack every day!


          • JackRabbit
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              That poop guide is pretty amazing. When I first saw it, I showed everyone in my house. Funny though, no one else was quite as excited about it as I was!


            • blubudgie
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                My bunny’s poops are dark brown 😮
                How can I get my bunny to eat more hay. She’s about 4 months so she’s getting unlimited timothy and alfalfa hay as well as unlimited pellets and she really seems to prefer the pellets :/
                When she does eat hay she goes for the small leafy pieces and leaves the rest alone. -__-


              • Little Lion Head
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                  I got Pumpkin to start eating more hay by leaving it in different places. I put some in a box in the living room, some in a paper grocery bag in another room, etc. I found she was eating more often and I’m not sure if it was because it’s fun to eat in new places, or if she was just “bumping into it” more often?!


                • LittlePuffyTail
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                    When my buns eat a darker coloured hay (Orchard Grass) their poops are very dark, almost brown and when they eat light-coloured hay like Timothy or Oat, their poops are much lighter.


                  • beebun
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                      blubudgie, I share your woes. Chito also likes the leafy parts and won’t eat the stemmy, hard parts. Sometimes I can encourage her to eat more, though, by cutting up a small piece of carrot (or apples or mint leaves) to really, really small pieces and mix them up with the hay. Chito seems to eat more hay that way. Or, you can try the spoiled bunny approach. Pick some leaves of hay that your bun likes, and feed them one by one. Usually, Chito will start to look for more of the delicacies and will just eat whatever is in front of her


                    • Deleted User
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                        Henry’s poop has always been dark brown bordering on black. I too thought that was normal? BUGGA! But I accept that Henry doesn’t eat much hay, he never has! The grief (and expense of trying every different kind) of getting him to eat ‘some’ has been overwhelming. I reduced his pellet portion to 1/8 cup, veggies at night, thinking if he’s hungry he’ll eat hay – nope! He won’t give in and either have I. So I have one very hungry bunny?
                        But he’s never been unwell, is energetic and naughty as ever so he’s getting by. Gosh, he eats dog food! (that I don’t allow! Naughty bunny!).
                        I was told that leaves make a good substitute? Good thing I have a mulberry tree – but I only give him a branch with leaves about once a week. I’m still trying to encourage him to eat his hay.
                        If Henry ever has a light brown poop I’ll start a party thread!

                        *SIGH*


                      • Little Lion Head
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                          Hahah Andi, we will be ready to party with you!!


                        • blubudgie
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                            My bunny is really good at either digging through to find the good parts or just giving up all together and eating pellets instead. D;

                            It’s weird because when I first got her she wouldn’t touch pellets at all and I was scared she never would. Now I regret wishing she’d eat more pellets….

                            I’ll try sprinkling kale on top, she loves kale so much haha. 


                          • BunnyHibi
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                              blubudgie – I already see the issue with yours. Depending on the amount of pellets you give your rabbit ( namely, an unlimited load ), may not be a good thing, especially if she’s preferring her pellets over her hay. Hay needs to be more or less 70% of their diet. The thing with pellets is that they’re easy in comparison to hay, which requires extra chewing — this helps tend to their teeth. Pellets dissolved and thus rabbits favour that easiness, so, if you’re still struggling to get her to eat her hay, take away the pellets at night, or give her smaller amounts ( and also once per day ) that way she’ll be driven to eat her hay more often. If that doesn’t work, try to encourage her by sprinkling her favourite herb over it. Are the pellets plain or timothy hay based?

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