Rabbits are eating and pooping all the time, except for when they are sleeping. If you clean his box and there are not any in there, you now have a big red flag that should not be ignored. It is a good idea to clean your rabbit’s box each day, because it gives you a chance to see how he is feeling by inspecting his poop. They should easily smash between two fingers when fresh. You want to see lots of firm but not rock hard round droppings each day in your rabbit’s litter box. I recommend that you become very familiar with your rabbit’s little droppings daily. It should be consistent and any daily variation with it is very telling. The best barometer of your bunny’s intestinal fortitude, so to speak, is their poop. If they are getting sugars every day, then they do not get this reaction, but then that leads to other issues and problems, such as fatty liver disease and being overweight.

I saw this when after not having been given fruit for many months, I gave some to my buns. Things like sugars and starches, which are not a natural part of a rabbit’s diet can cause this problem. Us humans get a similar condition when we get Montezuma’s Revenge. This is why you should never give any kind of antibiotic (or medicine) from another pet to your rabbit, without your vets express approval, but I digress.Īdding anything different or new to your rabbits fermentation system can cause an upset, until their body adapts to processing it. This is why rabbits can often die when given the wrong antibiotic, because all the important good bacteria in their gut are killed. It is critical to understand that they are fermenters and that their food is digesting in their intestines by bacteria located there. Knowing how your rabbit’s insides work are very important to keeping your pet bunny healthy. It can actually be fatal if their insides stop processing their food for even a day, which is a condition known as gastrointestinal stasis or GI stasis for short. As grazers, they need to be constantly eating. They have evolved to where they have extremely efficient digestive systems, otherwise how could they live with such verve and energy on a diet of just grass (which is most of a healthy rabbit’s diet). Rabbits are well-designed eating and food processing machines.

This is because when you truly are aware of your bunny’s health and well-being, your first and most obvious clue that something is amiss are his fecal droppings. People who don’t know much about rabbits may at first feel like us bunny lovers are obsessed with this topic. I thought I would start the new year by getting into a subject that all but a true bunny lover will find strange, your rabbit’s poop. It encourages good litter box habits and gives busy bunnies something to do. A litter box works best when filled with fresh grass hay for your bunny to graze on.

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