I got an 8week old bunny from a petshop over the weekend. She is drinking & eating & hoping around etc. (This morn she had urine all on her tail & backfeet-she has groomed herself abit now though) She seems fine just has soft poop alone with hard poo. Its not stuck in her fur or anything ... Is this normal?
Sounds list her diet is high in fiber. It's probably fine. Unless you notice visible distress, I wouldn't worry about the bunny.
This soft poo is called caecotropes ... the bunny should actually eat them. Basically, a rabbits natural diet is so poor in nutrition that they need to eat some of their own poo to get suitable nutrients. Thats what these are.
In addition to her nuggets, make sure she is getting a LOT of hay. Around 75-85% of her diet should actually be high quality hay, if you feed her too much pellets she'll start to get tooth and digestive problems.
Soft poo normally means shes not eating right but if its the same food as in the pet shop it could be just a little diaria from the cold.
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Its not actually a problem its just rare you see it.
If the bunny eats shinny pellets it would usually cause this so not to worry everyone gets it sometime.
If the poop looks like little cluster of grapes then your bunny will be fine. This is the caecotropes that they told you about. If you just got her, she may be stressed. give her plenty of TIMOTHY hay, not alfalfa, they get plenty of that in their feed. if thy get to much of alfalfa it can cause problems to their digestive tract.
