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- 06/28/2017 at 2:58 PM
  Dom
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  So today during a thunderstorm to check on Chewey. I noticed a brown stain under his hanging bell. Well the material stunk. Additionally he had these dark brown nearly black.. blobs in his litter box and a few smears in his cage. I cleaned his cage and litter and his first.. ahem load we’re these blobs. After researching this, I think these are his eating poops and not actual diarrhea. This is the first time this has happened. He gets unlimited Timothy hay, one strawberry-sized bell pepper ( seeds and white membrane removed) a handful of turnip greens twice a day and about half a shot glass full of pellets, Plus usually a small piece of fruit like a small grape or blue berry or a baby carrot.
  
  I don’t think it’s diet, but he did get half a grape and a small desseded piece of tomato yesterday. Could that have been enough sugar to throw him off? I think he snags stuff off the carpet that falls of the plate like bread crumbs etc and if that could be.
  
  Could it have been a freak out cause of the thunderstorm and he just emptied part of his system early does his diet look suspect?
- 06/28/2017 at 3:06 PM
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  What type of bun do you have and what’s the age? The food does seems to be a lot. The pepper plus the fruit seems like a lot. One of my buns gets too many cecals if he has more than 2 baby carrots and a cup of greens.
- 06/28/2017 at 3:46 PM
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  A five pound rex. He’s 2-3 and he’s not overweight. He’s also pooping normal pellets. His diet has been this since over a year with no problems.
- 06/28/2017 at 4:26 PM
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  Take him to the vet. There are so many stomach problems with buns. It’s better to play it safe
- 06/28/2017 at 4:36 PM
  Bam
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  If he has normal poop as well as this smeary poop, it’s not true diarrhea. With true diarrhea you see ample loose stools, watery or with mucus. No round poops at all.
  
  I think this is a case of intermittent soft cecotropes, ISC. The cause can be stress from the thunderstorm. In that case, it will right itself if you give him lots of hay and cut back on sweets for a little while. If cutting back on pellets makes him eat more hay, you can cut back on pellets, but don’t take them away entirely.
  
  If the problem continues more than a week despite increased hay consumption, you might need to look for a reason other than the stress from the thunderstorm. There could for example be something in his diet that doesn’t agree with him (there are individual differences when it comes to what food rabbits tolerate).
  
  Here are two good articles about this type of issue:
  
  http://rabbit.org/intermittent-soft-cecotropes-in-rabbits/
  
  http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/poop.html
  
  Scroll down to the sections of the articles that are relevant for your bunny.
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