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- 11/02/2013 at 5:10 PM
  Cookie is #1
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  hi,
  
  I have never asked this question because I thought it was normal. Cookie sticks his head between his back legs and eats his poop. So I guess he pretty much eats it right when he poops. I am a hundred percent sure that he is eating the poo not any fur. He has always done it, but I thought it was normal. So is it normal? Also he has plenty of fresh water, unlimited orchard grass hay, about one cup of leafy greens, and 1/4 cup of pellets in a day. The reason why I thought it was normal was because a lady at Bunny Bunch (an amazing rabbit shelter that I adopted him from) said that rabbits eat some of their poop. So again is it normal?
- 11/02/2013 at 5:34 PM
  LBJ10
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  Yep, normal. Those are cecals he’s eating.
- 11/02/2013 at 5:39 PM
  Cookie is #1
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  Thanks sooo much for replying!!! I am sooo relieved!!!
- 11/02/2013 at 7:41 PM
  Kbana
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  Yep totally. They need to eat the cecals to absorb the nutrients they didn’t get the first time around since their GI tract is so short.
- 11/03/2013 at 4:50 PM
  bunnluff
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  We call them “seagulls” haha.
- 11/03/2013 at 5:04 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Yup, normal. And gross.
- 11/03/2013 at 7:07 PM
  Cookie is #1
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  lol!
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