Whats the scoop on poop

so i was cleaning cynders box this morning and noticed he had not poop yet,which is unusual well i just went and cleaned it again and he crawled in to poop. what i noticed was most of the poop was tootsie roll (normal) but the very end of the poop to come out was very loose, not really diarreaha but very soft,why was it like this?

Originally Posted by cyndersmom

...most of the poop was tootsie roll (normal) but the very end of the poop to come out was very loose, not really diarreaha but very soft,why was it like this?

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That soft, moister portion was the poop that was the most recent to exit the large colon and drop into the rectum. The poop that left the colon earlier had a chance to dry out while it "waited" in the rectum.

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