Does changing pellets change bunnies poo colour?

Blackberry & Co · Feb 25, 2011

Dan & Clo are now on SS - the poops are lovely and large and crumbly, but much darker in colour, despite good hay eating.

Butters refused to make the change and is still on Beaphars, and his poops are still golden.

I guess it's the different ingredients that make the poop colour difference?

Grace65 · Feb 25, 2011

My two are now on ss after being on beaphar and i noticed a change in colour too

Ps so sorry about blackberry i hope you are doing ok. xxxx

xx-snowball-xx · Feb 25, 2011

i noticed a big change in poop colour when i switched snowball from muesli to pellets also.
think it's normal

lildebs · Feb 25, 2011

I think it can also be diet related (think) ie natural wild diet...I'm sure I read it somewhere but don't quote me.
Hope you and gang are ok.

Blackberry & Co · Feb 26, 2011

lildebs said:
I think it can also be diet related (think) ie natural wild diet...I'm sure I read it somewhere but don't quote me.
Hope you and gang are ok.

Yeah, my boys do have the wild diet, but with Beaphars pellets the poops were only marginally darker.

The SS poops are much darker, but very impressive sizewise :shock:

esupi · Feb 26, 2011

Not sure about the pellets, but I get this with hay - yellow hay = golden poops, green hay = darker poops!

bunny babe · Feb 26, 2011

My 3 have Oxbow bunny basics and I noticed that Homey had lovely big golden poops (he is my non-hay eater), the other two that are good hay eaters are not as golden or as big.

susie bun · Feb 26, 2011

I thought buns on SS were supposed to do more golden poos? :? Spenser's still on a mixture of SS and Excel, but clearly prefers SS. I haven't noticed much change in his poos yet. I really should get rid of the remaining Excel as SS obviously agrees with him as I do have a friend who could use the Excel.

Jenson · Feb 26, 2011

Yes, I think it makes a difference. Jenson has mostly SS with a little excel because I still have some left.
Since I started him on SS they have been bigger and a more goldenish colour, I'm waiting for them to get back to normal this week though.

I also think his coat/fur is much better on SS too.

Blackberry & Co · Feb 26, 2011

See, my boys have gone darker in colour :?

They're BIIIIG, crumbly like they should be etc, but darker. But the pellets themselves are a lot darker than Beaphars....

KarenM · Feb 26, 2011

I don't really know either way. :?

My two have poos that change colour throughout the day and that varies depending on how much grass/veg they've been eating.

Bubbles was on Excel when we got her from the rescue (and Alfie was on Excel junior) and her poos were always huge and golden - twice the size of Alfie's at the time as he wasn't a great hay eater back then.

I don't remember noticing any difference when I changed them to SS though.

So basically all that ^^^^ waffle was no help at all really.

:lol:

As long as they are a good size though, and still crumbly etc that's more important than the colour I think. :thumb:

yvette · Feb 26, 2011

The Mrs and Roland are on SS and have golden poops alot of the time!!Occasionally the litter tray holds dark poops and golden.....
Lils and BB have SS but have darker pellets more often as the hay intake is a little less Ive always supposed (despite having epic amounts of hay in the pen as they walk on it).

susie bun · Feb 26, 2011

It's only a matter of time before we start posting a colour chart of our buns poops.

:lol:

Blackberry & Co · Feb 26, 2011

susie bun said:
It's only a matter of time before we start posting a colour chart of our buns poops. :lol:

OOh, not that's a good idea

susie bun · Feb 26, 2011

Blackberry & Co said:
OOh, not that's a good idea

Yes, like a B&Q colour chart from golden brown through to burnt umber or whatever artists call that almost black shade of brown. Spenser is still doing very dark poos, despite his SS.

KarenM · Feb 26, 2011

susie bun said:
Yes, like a B&Q colour chart from golden brown through to burnt umber or whatever artists call that almost black shade of brown.

I quite like that idea.

:lol:

yvette · Feb 26, 2011

susie bun said:
It's only a matter of time before we start posting a colour chart of our buns poops. :lol:

Excellent idea if you ask me.......Pure gold through to seal....:lol::lol::lol:

Blackberry & Co · Feb 26, 2011

Right, this is the current colour of poops:

And these are old poops on the old pellets:

susie bun · Feb 26, 2011

I'll take some pics of Spenser's tomorrow. They are mainly darker than Dan and Clo's new ones.

He is eating a bit more hay too.:? Did you see the photo of Paw-Paw's poops on a recent thread by Fluffers? They were truly enviable poops. :evil:

KarenM · Feb 26, 2011

They look a good size (I think - always hard to tell from a photo). :thumb:

I'll try and get a photo tomorrow... I might even have a poo bracelet to show if I'm lucky.

:lol:

Does changing pellets change bunnies poo colour?

Wise Old Thumper

Warren Veteran

Wise Old Thumper

Mama Doe

Wise Old Thumper

Warren Veteran

Wise Old Thumper

Wise Old Thumper

Mama Doe

Wise Old Thumper

Administrator

Wise Old Thumper

Wise Old Thumper

Wise Old Thumper

Wise Old Thumper

Administrator

Wise Old Thumper

Wise Old Thumper

Wise Old Thumper

Administrator

Similar threads