Is this poop normal?

[LovelyLuna]

Being a new rabbit owner I have a poop question. Since getting her I have always been careful to monitor that she is consistently pooping, peeing and eating, but until yesterday I wasn’t closely monitoring the shape of her poop. I have read a couple rabbit poop guides online including this one: http://www.bunssb.org/bunnies/guide-bunny-poops/ which made me notice that she has had some larger oval and smaller circle poops today. I’ll include some photos below. My question is, is this still considered normal or should I be adjusting her diet/discussing this with her vet? Should I be considered if her variety of poop sizes doesn’t go away? Is she stressed and just hiding it?

She seems like a really happy bunny. She loves to lay with her feet out behind her when she relaxes, she binkies and purrs by lightly grinding her teeth when we massage and pet her.

To my knowledge she has a good diet for her 3 pound weight. Per day she will eat 1/8 cup pellets, 2 cups leafy greens (which recently have included romaine lettuce, basil & cilantro), unlimited Timothy hay (which she is almost always eating except for when playing with us or sleeping) and she’s been drinking plenty of water. We haven’t been giving her any treats recently except for half an Oxbow papaya support per day and the variety of safe bunny wood sticks I bought off BinkyBunny.

[Wick & Fable]

If you crush some of the more oval ones, is there a small tuft of fur in it? Wick has those when he’s shedding, and if you’re giving the papaya supplement, that will help fur move through, to my knowledge.

From what I can see, it’s a negligible deviation that’s happening very infrequently, so I would just continue to monitor.

The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.

[LovelyLuna]

Posted By Wick on 7/30/2018 1:27 AM
If you crush some of the more oval ones, is there a small tuft of fur in it? Wick has those when he’s shedding, and if you’re giving the papaya supplement, that will help fur move through, to my knowledge.

From what I can see, it’s a negligible deviation that’s happening very infrequently, so I would just continue to monitor.

Thanks! I have been crushing her poops and all of them (ovals, small ones & normal ones) have strings of her hair holding the bits together. Not a small ball of hair but hair is definitely present evenly throughout her poo. She is long hair so she is likely consuming it when she grooms herself. I starting giving her a whole papaya tablet a day and have been brushing her more than usual to try to reduce the hair she is ingesting. I wouldn’t say she is shedding a lot since she barely leaves any hair on her fleece etc. But we did get a small pile of hair from her when we brushed her. Hopefully these things will help

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