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Do baby rabbits eat their feces?
No rabbits eat their feces, although all rabbits eat cecotropes. Rabbits have two kinds of droppings: feces, and cecotropes. Baby rabbits that aren't weaned yet eat their mother's cecotropes; once they're weaned, they eat their own cecotropes.
What is it called when rabbits eat their feces?
Cecotropy is the process by which rabbits will reingest part of their feces by eating them directly from the rectum. Rabbits only ingest the soft "night" feces or cecotrophs. Hence the word Cecotropy.
Do you need to let your rabbits eat their own feces?
Yes, you must let your rabbits eat their own feces because it's an important part of their digestive system. Rabbits need to eat their feces in order to get all the nutrients they need out of their food. If a rabbit is prevented from eating it's feces, it will become ill. (Actually, to be technical, rabbits don't eat their feces at all: they eat their cecotropes, although it looks like they're eating their feces.) See the related questions below for more details.
Feces containing fat?
The medical term for the condition of passing feces containing fat is steatorrhea.
Do rabbit eat feces?
Yes, rabbits do indeed eat their own feces. Rabbits are vegans, and like most vegan animals, their digestive tract is not long enough to fully extract the nutrients from what they eat. So they will eat it again. Deer tend to like to eat rabbit feces too, so if you find a pile of rabbit feces, there may be deer nearby.
Are there vitamins in rabbit feces?
There are no vitamins or nutrients in rabbit feces, but there are many nutrients in their cecotropes, and when rabbits eat their cecotropes, it does look like they're eating their feces. See the related question below for more details.
Can you die from feces?
No. Not unless you ate something poisonous and then ate your feces, but if it was a poison that would make you die... You would be dead before you could eat your crap. It also depends what happens between you and the feces. If you shove a bunch of it in your mouth, then yeah, you'll die. But if you just touch it or eat it, then no, you cannot die from feces. But if it is something else's feces, then there is a slim chance.
Will you die if you eat feces?
chances are you will not die but you will get sick
Which rabbits eat their soft forces?
Are you meaning soft feces??? Every rabbit has a soft night time feces. Most eat it before you ever see it. It aides in their digestion of foods.
What animal has small round black droppings?
Many animals leave small round droppings of feces. Rabbits, deer, goats, chinchillas and most types of bugs leave feces fitting this description.
Your hamster ate your rabbits poop is he going to die and how do you get it out?
No not at all. Often hamsters re eat their own feces to gain some of the nutrients they didn't get the first time. Its not good for him to because rabbits eat a different kid of food, but it will naturally just pass through his system. OC: He died....
Is human feces nutritional?
It depends on the species of animal. The first feces from herbivores like rabbits is quite nutritious. It is already partially digested and rich in enzymes. That is why rabbits eat their own feces and why deer tend to stay near rabbits. Cow manure also has a certain amount of nutrition, and that is why chickens will peck around in it. Fecal matter from carnivores tend to have very little nutritious value.
