are these cecals? *PICS* kind of gross warning!

[lifeasweknowit]

so after turning in my rabbits fecal kit (to check for internal parasites) i also included cecals and the normal poop. or what i thought were cecals anyway, the doctor looked at them and said that those were simply “small” poops and not cecals. however these are really mushy/sticky and have a very bad odor to them! they are always like this and not in the weird long ovalish shape – however i did find one like that. are these cecals or just small stools? she is 9 weeks old and her diet consists of oxbow alfalfa pellets with orchard grass and oat hay – all unlimited and fresh water of course. she is “litter trained” she pees in her litter box all the time, but sometimes she will poop outside of it which is fine since she is so young

but let’s say she’s sleeping the corner of her cage for a couple of hours, after she gets up there will be a little pile of these poops – sometimes they will be mushed and some stick to her fur in which case i have to flip her over and gently remove them which she hates and often scratches me in the process. but other times they are just scattered all through out her cage like in the picture. what should i do? her normal poops are fine – in fact there is one normal stool in the shadow of my hand near the bottom of the picture

[Sarita]

Looks like cecals to me. I wouldn’t worry if it’s a small amount – happens with my rabbits all the time.

[lifeasweknowit]

That’s what I thought too, I just wanted another opinion thanks. Actually it’s a lot. I get at LEAST 2-3 of these piles of cecals in her cage, it is such a pain cleaning up after her cause of this not to mention it’s staining her fur. I did some research and I read somewhere that this can happen if the rabbit is weaned too early? I think this may be the case, but I don’t know how to fix it? Should I just “wait it out”? Will it go away after some time? She went to the vet and got a wellness exam last week and the vet checked her teeth (molars included with this metal thing) and everything, and everything seems perfect. And her diet doesn’t seem too rich. So I don’t think there’s anything I can do?

[james waller]

Posted By lifeasweknowit on 11/22/2012 02:48 PM

so after turning in my rabbits fecal kit (to check for internal parasites) i also included cecals and the normal poop. or what i thought were cecals anyway, the doctor looked at them and said that those were simply “small” poops and not cecals. however these are really mushy/sticky and have a very bad odor to them! they are always like this and not in the weird long ovalish shape – however i did find one like that. are these cecals or just small stools? she is 9 weeks old and her diet consists of oxbow alfalfa pellets with orchard grass and oat hay – all unlimited and fresh water of course. she is “litter trained” she pees in her litter box all the time, but sometimes she will poop outside of it which is fine since she is so young

 

but let’s say she’s sleeping the corner of her cage for a couple of hours, after she gets up there will be a little pile of these poops – sometimes they will be mushed and some stick to her fur in which case i have to flip her over and gently remove them which she hates and often scratches me in the process. but other times they are just scattered all through out her cage like in the picture. what should i do? her normal poops are fine – in fact there is one normal stool in the shadow of my hand near the bottom of the picture–the study of rabbit poops–poopology  http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/sickbun.html   this will put you well on your way to becoming a poopologist–sincerely james waller–

 

 

[Kleo fr. germany]

It looks like poops which are usually eaten by the bunnies. They need it for the Vitamin B production. These poops smells and is usually a little damp an sticky.

Sorry – I don´t understand the meaning of cecal – may be cecal means this Vit. B-poops.

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