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posted by tina
October 13, 2008

( WARNING! This post is about poo.)

That bunnies eat their own poo?? They do!
It turns out they have two kinds of bunny poo. One full of waste and one kind full of nutrients, that they need in order to survive ... so hence the whole poo eating thing.

I noticed the other day that dear Henry was spending an exorbitant amount of time “cleaning” his little boy parts, or so I thought. I then noticed that when he was finished he was chewing… how odd.
A bunny mystery.
I observed him some more and realized he was in fact eating something. hmmm, what could it be??
I showed Claire, she watched him with me and we decided that this must be what henry was doing. We exchanged looks of dismay and shock and a few hysterical girly giggles.
I looked it up and yes, this is in fact, true and here is why and it is all normal and everything.

Well, all I have to say about it is, Whoa!! Who knew?
I asked my girls and we all agree that we never, ever saw Willa do this. So either we did not notice (yeah, right) or she did it when we were not looking. Maybe in the privacy of her hutch at night. Such a polite girl!
I think I am grossed out about this. It might be one of those way too much information things---too late now though--- I know.

Maybe I need to try to get my head around thinking of this as recycling or better yet, he is just making his own special “Henry” brand food. Designed special just for him.
Whoa!

This is a test of my love isn’t it?

Comments

oh, they all do it. in fact, if they don’t do it, then you have to worry. one of the remedies for a sick bun is to feed the cecals (that’s what they’re called) of a healthy bun to the sick one.

now THAT’s gross. eating someone else’s poo?

posted by amy[knitty]
Oct 13, 2008

Yep, Amy is right. And they usually do it at night, too. That Henry is such a show off!!

posted by Neuroknitter
Oct 13, 2008

The ultimate in green pets! Now if the cats would take a hint from the bunnies.

posted by Nancy
Oct 13, 2008

and yes Amy I will readily agree hon. eating someone elses poo ick

so willa was just discreet!

posted by tina
Oct 13, 2008

Thanks for sharing, Tina!-lol! Yeah, sick as I am I find it amusingly interesting and have decided that I will have to have Atticus read this and educate him. (Yeah, I promote ‘poo’ humor around the house!-lol! And the sad thing is, I KNOW he will get a kick out of this!)

posted by Leslie
Oct 13, 2008

OMG!! You crack me up!! I learn something everyday!! These comments are giving me a giggle too

So in addition to Little Bunny Foo Foo, we now need a new colorway...Little Bunny Poo Poo...hehehehehehe.... Thank goodness Henry is a cutie!

posted by Irishgirlieknits
Oct 13, 2008

Well now,....I am very much reassured that my 3 labrador retrievers are actually taking their vitamins when they are out scarfing rabbit droppings. And you thought the bunnies were gross…

posted by Linda in Waterloo
Oct 14, 2008

There was I thinking my dog was the only animal who ever ate poo. It turns my stomach when he does it.

posted by Kerry
Oct 14, 2008

I figured, when I found this out, that if I could put up with a toddler who removed his diaper and smeared prune-laced poo on every available surface including himself while grinning up at me happily, I could put up with the bunny-poo-eating thing.

Very bad, young, and stupid mother fell fast asleep and toddler reached out of his container and grabbed very bad, young, and stupid -but arguably exhausted by sleepless toddler and early 2nd pregnancy- mother’s box of prunes from coffee table and ate. every. single. one. while very bad, young and stupid mother slept. Then there was much, much poo. And mommy learned very much about toddlers arm lengths, prunes, and playpens.

And thinking on this, I could run it by my daughter, but as I recall the girl bunnies (hers) was much more discreet than the boy (mine). He was very in-your-face with any and every behavior. Very much a man’s man sort of bun.

posted by melissaknits
Oct 14, 2008

makes you think twice about snuggling real close huh??!!
my doggie likes poopsicles from the yard in the winter, really gross!
was that TMI? you started it!

posted by marcy
Oct 14, 2008

Carrie’s got a good (although probably not marketable) idea, Tina!

I think Little Bunnie Poo Poo would go well with our Monkey Kaw Kaw socks.

(Now singing “Little Bunnie Poo Poo I don’t want to see you...")

posted by JustJen
Oct 14, 2008

I agree the whole Little Bunny poo poo has been cracking me up all day

posted by tina
Oct 14, 2008

Well… boys will be boys.

posted by Judy Becker
Oct 14, 2008

I am NOT mentioning this to my gastroenterologist. Um, thanks up there for the earworm. Gaaak!

posted by AlisonH
Oct 14, 2008

Leave it to dear IrishGirlie to come up with Little Bunny Poo Poo!-ROFLMAO! Hilarious! One day, I do plan to grow up…

posted by Leslie
Oct 14, 2008

and why would you grow up Leslie?

posted by tina
Oct 14, 2008

ah, tina. somethings are probably best left unshared. my brother and sil have many bunnies. i guess it is a good thing that we don’t go visit them very often.

i will no longer be able to look at my skein of bunny foofoo without thinking about poopoo.
thank you so much, irishgirlie! you and tina have made my day! ;p

posted by adrienne
Oct 14, 2008

I wonder if my perspective is way twisted when I think wastewater treatment plant field visits (the joys of learning to become a civil/environmental engineer) are much grosser than a little bunny poo poo. Yes? No?

posted by Celia/Nartian
Oct 15, 2008

TMI but whatever turns your crank Tina. After all it is a depraved dyer post. Looking forward to the next poo umm Henry report. Give him a cuddle for us. Hugs, Alice

posted by Alice in the Heartland
Oct 15, 2008

TMI! TMI! Oh, wait, I told you about the Costco parking lot, didn’t I? Well then, never mind. But I bet you quit kissing him now!

posted by Bobbie
Oct 16, 2008

It is cool!

posted by Atticus
Oct 16, 2008

The official term for it is “corprophagia”.

I can always tell when my puppy has found the freshly laden catbox. She has a cat-dirt mustache. Look out for the straw mustache!

Mmmmm- puppy slup slup

posted by Meg
Oct 18, 2008

Guess that’s better than having a facial made from bird poo ... what was the latest on the news this past weekend.

posted by Wilma
Oct 27, 2008