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- 04/16/2017 at 8:11 PM
  Ashnicole93
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  Hey everyone! I always come to binky bunny for my questions! I am a rookie owner, but I did tons of research before taking her home!
  She has been having some soft more mucous like poops lately here and there. They aren’t cecotropes. They are single normal shaped poops but they are a bit more wet and very smelly. I can’t tell if they’re often like this because she steps all over her litter.
  I use yesterday’s news unscented. Her diet consists of tons of hay, about 1/2 a cup of pellets which I’ve been giving her at night so she’s not distracted from eating her other stuff! And I always give her many cups of fresh greens like (romaine, endives, red and green leaf lettuce, collards(only a few times a week), cilantro, dandelion greens. I only give carrots once in a while and a raspberry(one or two a day). I have only had her a week so I haven’t gotten her to the vet yet but I will be this coming week. She’s probably almost 15 lbs. she is a Flemish giant. Should I be concerned or is it normal to see these poops once in a while. And I think she does over produce cecotropes as I see them every once in a while. Thank you in advance !
- 04/17/2017 at 1:19 AM
  BanditCamp
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  Wet poops means too many greens I believe, I’m not familiar with Flemish giants but for my bun if I feed him too many greens his poops will be wet. This however hasn’t happened to me yet but I’m hoping not!
  
  Try reducing his greens and allow him to eat more hay to dry up his intestine.
- 04/17/2017 at 7:34 AM
  Scarbie
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  Are you referring to the ‘onion-y’ smell? I actually have the same problem too!
  How old is your bunny and has she been spayed?
  I have been reading up and apparently those could be territorial droppings which may come from both sexes.
  
  It’s the shiny coating (secretion from their anal scent glands) that makes them smell, which is also why they appear to be wetter than normal droppings.
- 04/17/2017 at 1:17 PM
  BanditCamp
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  This could be true too, onion smelling poops can be territorial and might be a sign you need to fix your bunny, especially with a Flemish I have a friend who got a wall sprayed about 2 feet high with her flemish
- 04/18/2017 at 2:37 AM
  WRXFamily
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  I also have seen this shiny coating in my 11 week old Flemish, as well as a a few cecotropes. I see both types of poops more often In my female then my male. Stress may be a factor for the amount of cecotropes though. Just acclimating to a new environment.
  Good luck ?
- 04/18/2017 at 2:37 AM
  WRXFamily
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  I also have seen this shiny coating in my 11 week old Flemish, as well as a a few cecotropes. I see both types of poops more often In my female then my male. Stress may be a factor for the amount of cecotropes though. Just acclimating to a new environment.
  Good luck ?
- 04/18/2017 at 2:37 AM
  WRXFamily
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  I also have seen this shiny coating in my 11 week old Flemish, as well as a a few cecotropes. I see both types of poops more often In my female then my male. Stress may be a factor for the amount of cecotropes though. Just acclimating to a new environment.
  Good luck ?
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