It’s not really known why some rabbits eat their own round poop. I’ve seen it in my bun when he was coming out of a bout of stasis. There is the theory that the bun needs the fiber thats in the round poop, or the good bacteria the round poop contains. (Some vets suggest feeding a poorly rabbit poop from a healthy rabbit, to help reestablish a healthy gut microbiome).

Puppy dogs often eat their own or other dogs’ poop. Some dogs retain this habit all through their lives. It hasn’t been linked to any nutritional deficiencies. It may be about gut bacteria.

Does your bun eat his hay? Hay is very good food for gut bacteria.

I dont think you need to take your bun to the vet for this, but its of course always a good idea to get a check up before any surgery.

Poop eating (the regular kind of poop) happens more often than people think it does. I agree with Bam, I wouldn’t be overly concerned. He may grow out of it too.

Both of my boys do this. I chalk it up to them being gross boys! Bun Jovi will poop a whole pile and then eat them all (at least he’s cleaning up after himself) and Cooper will leave half chewed up poops all over the place!

But I agree, as long as he’s eating lots of hay then it’s not something to worry about.

Our bun does this too when he accidentally dropped something in the wrong place: he eats the hard poop pellets.

Sometimes he lets a couple of poops go when he’s napping, or when he wasn’t fast enough for the litter box. He notices it when he wakes up, or walks back after going to the box.

Rabbits are surprisingly cleanly, even though eating poop sounds very gross to us 🙂