Wet yet solid rabbit poop?

[Skye'sDucks]

My rabbits are fine, I'm not worried, but this morning as I was giving them fresh hay and water I saw this on their cardboard tube:

The darker spots are solid poop.

Any ideas what could cause this?

Just weather change? We had a small cold snap a few days ago, but its warmed back up. I live in Flordia so it hardly ever gets 'cold' cold. I'd say the lowest temps we got recently were in the upper 50s.

Just curious! I don't know which rabbit it came from: I have two, an 11yo male lionhead and a 3 - 4yo female harlequin mix. Both are spayed/neutered.

 

[Matieus27]

Did you abruptly change feed recently?
Have you given antibiotics recently?

 

[Skye'sDucks]

No and no, I haven't done either. They've been on the same feed and hay for years.

 

[Matieus27]

No and no, I haven't done either. They've been on the same feed and hay for years.

Is it possible that either may have had some mold on them?

 

[Skye'sDucks]

I don't see how...? I mean, I can't inspect every piece of hay, so its possible, but I've never found any mold in the hay or pellets, and we keep them in a dry secure place.

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Backyardherds has a lot of bunny experts. Maybe try posting there, http://www.backyardherds.com/

 

[Skye'sDucks]

Backyardherds has a lot of bunny experts. Maybe try posting there, http://www.backyardherds.com/

Thank you! I didn't know, although I've seen the site mentioned around here once or twice.

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Thank you! I didn't know, although I've seen the site mentioned around here once or twice.

Glad I could help!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

My rabbits are fine, I'm not worried, but this morning as I was giving them fresh hay and water I saw this on their cardboard tube:
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The darker spots are solid poop.

Any ideas what could cause this?

Just weather change? We had a small cold snap a few days ago, but its warmed back up. I live in Flordia so it hardly ever gets 'cold' cold. I'd say the lowest temps we got recently were in the upper 50s.

Just curious! I don't know which rabbit it came from: I have two, an 11yo male lionhead and a 3 - 4yo female harlequin mix. Both are spayed/neutered.

Have a read at this https://rabbit.org/intermittent-soft-cecotropes-in-rabbits/

Might help your situation.

 

[Skye'sDucks]

Have a read at this https://rabbit.org/intermittent-soft-cecotropes-in-rabbits/

Might help your situation.

Thank you! It was an interesting read--I don't think I've seen that article before.

It still baffles me, because I know my rabbits aren't having those problems described...I think the exact thing it was talking about happened to my older rabbit a while ago, but I decreased his pellet intake and it went away. Plus, he's never had watery poo like this. (or my other bun for the matter) I've been giving him a small amount of pellets since and he's never had the same problem...I don't give a lot of treats, either. Probably less than they deserve, lol. So I don't think diet is playing a part in this...it hasn't changed in years.

Hm. I guess I'll just have to keep an eye on the rabbits and be sure nothing is going wrong. I know how well they hide their illnesses at times. Other than that, I'm not worrying really, I'm just curious as to what this could be. I've never seen it before.

But again, thank you. Sorry I started rambling.