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Good afternoon,

We have had a mini rex and a holland lop for about two years. A few months ago, our mini rex stopped eating her night feces. The holland lop is fine. We called the vet and he said that as long as she has regular droppings, she is fine and does not have diarrhea. He had never heard of this happening. We changed her food etc. but still no luck. We have to clean her off several times a week. I tried to look up information in several books and websites and have had no luck with an answer. She is not failing in health and they are both happy and have no other problems. Has this happened to anyone on this site and what can be done?

Thank you for your time,

Dawn

Hi Dawn-

My Netherland Dwarf has alway done this intermittently, but I noticed that he ate the cecal pellets less when he was a bit overweight and could not comfortable get to them. Now that his weight is normal he has gone back to eating them intermittently. I\'m glad to see that your mini rex is still producing them normally and does not have diarrhea. Cecotrope production is important. Whether they eat them or not is ok. I have read that some bunnies do not eat them right away and will go back later to eat those stinky but nutrtional pellets. Is he getting a balanced diet to suppliment for the lost nutrients? You may try using \"alcohol free and natural baby wipes\" for easier cleanups.

Our Holland Lop is only eating some of her \'night droppings\'. Her regular droppings are normal. She is producing A LOT of the night droppings and they are building up on her bottom. I finally gave her a bath yesterday, which suprisingly she didn\'t seem to mind much at all. I called the vet and they want fecal samples and to see her. I\'ll let you know if they find anything. They said this was abnormal. They will test the fecal droppings, both her regular droppings and the night droppings for bacterial infection and parasites.

Your buns will not eat their night poos if they are getting too much protine that is why they eat them, if your rabbit is over weight then he does not need the extra protine. Put your rabbit on a diet is top prioraty. A change of diet would be good ,change to a complete diet whitch is low in protine. Rabbits are not designed to eat high protine.Increase the amount of hay in the diet. val [uk breeder]