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- 09/29/2022 at 1:34 PM
  Bunsies
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  Why does he always sit like this when waiting for a cecotrope then eats the cecotrope stays in this position for awhile maybe eat another stays in position for awhile stretches funny and goes back to his original nap position?(a loaf usually)
- 09/29/2022 at 1:36 PM
  Wick & Fable
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  I’ve always assumed the ceco preparation and follow-up posture has to do with what is comfortable for the rabbit as their GI finishes ejecting out the cecotrope. Cecotropes are fermented in their body and then come out from the same place as their normal poo, so presumably there is some sort of internal trigger that they may be reacting to and therefore taking that position. Anecdotally, I know many rabbits eat cecotropes during nap time, so perhaps it’s them just being a bit tired as well.
  
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- 09/30/2022 at 7:26 AM
  DanaNM
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  Yep, my buns sit like this too when they are about to eat a cecal or eating one. I always compare it to when I sleepily stumble to the toilet in the middle of the night 😆 LOL
  
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