Eating Fecal Pellets

Question
Hello,

 I just recently adopted a pet bunny from a friend and wanted to just double check something. I knew before that rabbits eat their own poo, and I read an answer previously about the two different kinds of poo. However, this morning, I noticed my bunny eating her own poo-but it looked exactly like the kind of poo she normally does..and leaves. They were round pellets and relatively large (compared to my pet mice ones).
 Is their an obvious difference in the two kinds of poo? or are they very similar, so I'm just thinking they were the same kinds? is it possible my bunny is eating both her kinds of poo? and what would that mean?

Thank you!

Answer
Dear Adriana,

The two types of pellets do look different, as described here:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/poop.html

Sometimes a bunny will eat a fecal pellet, and this is more common in bunnies with "Cowpoop Syndrome" who have a genetic condition that causes the mixing of fecal and cecal droppings.  But in either case, it's not something to worry about.  It's pretty unusual, and generally happens accidentally when the bunny is also eating cecotropes that come down at the same time as the regular poops.

Hope that helps.

Dana