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This topic has 11sd replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 16 years, 4 months ago by Desma.

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- 11/01/2009 at 3:48 PM
  Buns
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  I came home this morning and went to check on Boo and he has alot of his cecotroes ( little black poo’s) laying around and hasnt eaten them yet… i have seen them around before but never this much. Also I was checking hs dig box for more of the black poops and I saw a whole bunch of white stuff… kinda looks like paint or bird poo in his box.
  
  He is eating normally and drinking, he was cleaning him self when I left to log on to the computer… is this white poo stuff normal ?? help please
  
  sorry the pic isnt very good Im hurrying so that i can get answers.. Im worried about my little boy… hope im worying over nothing…
- 11/01/2009 at 3:52 PM
  Sarita
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  That’s probably dried pee. Rabbits excrete extra calcium through their urine and this is usually how it looks when it dries.
- 11/01/2009 at 4:08 PM
  Buns
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  so I dont have to take him to the vet or anything ? Am i worring over nothing ?
- 11/01/2009 at 4:10 PM
  jerseygirl
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  The little black poos are probably his normal fecal poop. (They sometimes eat some of these but mostly not.) Cecotrophs are more a greenish colour, smelly and often in a cluster like grapes. Often you don’t even see these as the rabbit ingest them right away. As Sarita said, the white would be calcium, nothing to worry about.
- 11/01/2009 at 4:12 PM
  Buns
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  But what if he doesnt eat his greenish smelly poops ? He has before but there are lots right now
- 11/01/2009 at 4:16 PM
  jerseygirl
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  The one’s I can see in the photo are normal droppings – fecals. If your seeing lots of mushy cecals though, you may have to adjust his diet. They can over produce these if the diet is too rich. How old is Boo?
- 11/01/2009 at 4:23 PM
  Buns
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  2 moths old ish. Should I cut his pellets back ? I give him 1/2 c a day 18 % pellets
- 11/01/2009 at 4:39 PM
  jerseygirl
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  No I wouldn’t cut back his pellets as he’s pretty young. Make sure he has plenty of hay. Has he had any diet changes, tried any new treats or veggies? Do you often see his cecotrophs? Perhaps he just goes back to eat them later…
- 11/01/2009 at 5:00 PM
  katie, max & penny
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  the white stuff is normal. like sarita said, its just dried pee. the poops look normal too. i wouldn’t worry.
- 11/01/2009 at 7:10 PM
  MooBunnay
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  If his poops are mushy, that would indicate to me that he isn’t eating enough hay – how has he been doing with his hay? Does he eat a lot of veggies and pellets and ignore his hay? If so, that would be a likely cause of the mushy poops, and you might want to cut back on the pellets a bit to see if that encourages him to eat more hay.
- 11/02/2009 at 9:02 AM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  That’s super you are such an attentive mommy!!
  
  As others have said-nothing to worry about with the white stuff-that’s just pee And keep the hay coming
- 11/02/2009 at 10:39 AM
  Desma
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  That is how Hunny Bunnys poop and peep looks together and that is normal. Messy little babies aren’t they? I have to wash Hunny’s bum at least once a week.
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