Bunny eating poop

[Haru the Lionhead]

Guys my bunny just pooped, normal poop, the one we see everywhere not the ones that they usually eat. And she ate it!! Is that okay? why would she do that!

 

[Lucas the Bun 💕🐇]

Guys my bunny just pooped, normal poop, the one we see everywhere not the ones that they usually eat. And she ate it!! Is that okay? why would she do that!

She wanted to see how if tasted, bunny’s are VERY CURIOUS,
my bun did that one time and I just laughed!

 

[Haru the Lionhead]

She wanted to see how if tasted, bunny’s are VERY CURIOUS,
my bun did that one time and I just laughed!

So it’s not bad for her? she ate two

 

[Lucas the Bun 💕🐇]

I mean it does’nt have much nutritional value, but she’ll be ok.

 

[LJ2003]

It’s actually normal for bunnies to eat poop and then eat it right after, once every day. They usually do it early in the morning or late at night. The poop is called cecotrophy and its nutrient rich so the rabbit will actually re-ingest it so that it can reabsorb the important nutrients.

 

[Haru the Lionhead]

It’s actually normal for bunnies to eat poop and then eat it right after, once every day. They usually do it early in the morning or late at night. The poop is called cecotrophy and its nutrient rich so the rabbit will actually re-ingest it so that it can reabsorb the important nutrients.

It wasn’t cecotrophy it was regular poop

 

[LoneMaple]

Mine do that sometimes, too! I noticed they do it more often in unknown locations (not their territories) as if trying to cover up their tracks

 

[Nancy McClelland]

All of ours eat regular as well as cecotropes--just one of the less dignified things they all do. Still not as disgusting as our dogs, though.

 

[DelawareRunner]

My previous bunny was the biggest poop eater ever. Cecals, regular poops....she loved them all. She would poop and then spin around very fast to eat them--sometimes many of them! She was quite a chubby bunny too, but she lived to be twelve years old and very healthy up until cancer took her. I guess the poop served her well!