Disappearing poopy butt

[JackRabbit]

I occasionally find poop smears on the fleece in the M&Ms room, particularly where Moshi sleeps/naps. He has a sensitive tummy, and will get “sharts” (as defined by LHM!). This happens very time Moshi has even a little too much salad or when he gets a bite of certain veggies. Normally I can back off on his salad quantity or just give him green leaf lettuce and it clears up. If its more than a tiny spot, I check his bottom for poopy butt. I think I got a little carried away with the salads this week because even Kieko wasn’t finishing hers. Last night I found quite a bit of poop smears on the fleece — enough to definitely suspect poopy butt.

I tried laying on the floor and looking up under his butt, then tried lifting his tail while he was flopped and looking. No luck, so I took some deep breaths and picked him up to look. No poopy butt at all. Thought it must be Marlee. Took LOTS of deep breaths and picked up Marlee. Again, no poopy butt. I find it difficult to believe that whoever made the smears cleaned themselves up that well — there was alot of smeared poop!

Can bunnies who have tons of fur down there (enough fur that you really have to search to get through all the fur to find their scent glands) really clean themselves that well of so much poop? If I didn’t know better, I’d swear some other animal was sneaking in there and smearing poop around.

Aside from the salads, neither bunny has been finishing their breakfast pellets lately (they each get around 1/16 cup (maybe a tiny bit more) at breakfast and at dinner. Any ideas on any of this?

[Bam]

I don’t have any idea why they don’t finish their pellets, but I’d treat it as an observandum. Esp if there are poop stains and refusal to finish all salad. Weird that it’s both bunnies though =/

The poop-smears on fleece or the floor but not on the bunny I’m well aquainted with. It happens with Bam. Poop-smears always prompts a (not hugely appreciated) butt-check in this household. Very often the little butt is clean. I suppose sometimes the sticky excess cecals like stick to the fleece or even the floor and none gets left on the bunny butt. Bam doesn’t clean his rear area, has never done. I don’t know why, he’s not fat or geriatric.

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