Will bunnies accidentally eat the other bun's cecotropes?

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- 09/09/2017 at 3:00 AM
  bunnybuns
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  I was just wondering when Mile and Bella bond and i put them in the same cage, will one of them try to eat each others cecotropes? Or bunnies know by scent which one’s are theirs?
- 09/09/2017 at 4:18 AM
  sarahthegemini
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  Well usually they eat them right from the source so to speak. Mine do anyway. So there’s no way they could accidently eat the other’s cecals.
- 09/09/2017 at 7:18 AM
  bunnybuns
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  Yeah, but sometimes when Bella gets down there and eats them, sometimes they fall on the Cage floor and she doesn’t seem to eat them. I just thought maybe Mile will try to eat the fallen ones? If a bunny does eat her cecotropes, will it do something?
- 09/09/2017 at 8:55 AM
  sarahthegemini
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  Posted By bunnybuns on 9/09/2017 7:18 AM
  Yeah, but sometimes when Bella gets down there and eats them, sometimes they fall on the Cage floor and she doesn’t seem to eat them. I just thought maybe Mile will try to eat the fallen ones? If a bunny does eat her cecotropes, will it do something?
  
  Ah Okay, never had that problem sorry! I don’t think it’ll do any harm
- 09/09/2017 at 2:46 PM
  LBJ10
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  If by accident, you mean on purpose… then yes, yes they will.
  
  I wouldn’t worry about it too much. It happens. Sometimes I’ll spot a stray one. I go back to pick it up and it’s mysteriously gone. I don’t think they necessarily care where it came from.
- 09/09/2017 at 4:54 PM
  joea64
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  I’ve been living with Fernando and Panda for almost 3 weeks now and I’ve never yet even seen (or smelt) a cecotrope, so I couldn’t even tell you if they ever eat each other’s cecals. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Fernando, at any rate, eating cecotropes one fine Saturday morning even if I didn’t actually see the things, because he was in the characteristic pose and chewing away busily.
- 09/10/2017 at 6:40 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  For something so cute, they sure can be gross.
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