Possible megacolon?

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- 08/24/2017 at 8:36 PM
  rabbitlover
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  I’m concerned Jackon may have megacolon. His poops are very odd shaped. I’ve attached two photos of his most recent poops.
  
  I’m calling to set up a vet appointment tomorrow to get him in as soon as possible I was just hoping to get some more opinions.
  
  His behavior is great he is very energetic and eats and drinks often.
- 08/24/2017 at 8:50 PM
  LBJ10
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  There isn’t anything to show size. But just looking at this, it just looks like misshapen poops. Does he eat enough hay?
- 08/24/2017 at 9:00 PM
  rabbitlover
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  Sorry about that
  
  He seems to be eating lots of hay. I have it in multiple places around his room so he’ll run into it more often. He spends lots of his time eating when I’m around, but I guess I don’t know how much they should generally be eating. He has unlimited hay and I give him a variety to entice him. I’m probably just worrying too much lol.
- 08/24/2017 at 9:59 PM
  Q8bunny
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  A bun should eat a pile of hay approximately as big as he is every day.
  
  His poops are a beautiful colour and surface texture, confirming what you said: he’s likely eating enough hay. But they are not megacolon poops from what I can tell. The variety in size and shape, though, could indicate a lack of exercise or stress (even an episode of being startled by a strange sound or smell can throw off poo shape/size for a bit).
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