Do rabbits eat their feces

Answer 1

Yes, as disgusting as it sounds, rabbits do eat their poop! Rabbits produce two types of poo. 1. Harder, pellet type poo 2. Soft mucus covered poo. The softer poo is called cecotropes. These aren't normally found in a rabbit's cage as these are the type they eat. These types of poo are very high in nutrition and contributes to a major part of the rabbit's diet. It also gives the rabbit's digestion system another opportunity to use up all of the goodness out of the original food.

Answer 2

Rabbits don't really eat their feces, but they do eat cecotropes and this looks a lot like they're eating feces.

Rabbit feces are small, round, dry, fibrous droppings that have little-to-no smell and are easily swept up. A pet rabbit's feces can be found in the litter box and on the floor around the rabbit's habitat. Sometimes a rabbit might nibble a feces pellet, perhaps out of curiosity, but it won't really eat its feces. Sometimes if rabbits are bored or their cages are dirty, they might eat their feces.

Cecotropes are what rabbits do eat. Cecotropes, also sometimes called "night feces" or cecals, are not technically feces because they're not waste: rather, they're loaded with nutrients that rabbits need to survive. They have all the goodness a rabbit needs and you should never prevent a rabbit from eating them; eating cecotropes helps them digest their food, so they digest it twice. Rabbits produce ceoctropes in the cecum, secrete them from anus, and ingest them immediately. Often, owners don't ever see their rabbit's cecotropes, but they're darker, softer, smaller, and mushier than feces (when you try to sweep them up, if they're fresh, they smush on the ground); also, they're sometimes grouped in a grape formation, and they sometimes smell badly. Rabbits ingest cecotropes a few hours after eating, often in the early morning. Rabbits will re-digest their food over and over until the rabbit sense there is no more nutrients remaining inside. New Response below:

I professionally raised & showed rabbits for 15 yrs. Rabbit poop is perfectly round balls when the animal is healthy and being feed properly. If they produce a long clump that is darker brown and looks like a string of pearls, this is referred to as "night feces" and contains special bacteria to help with their digestive system and is usually produced at night and eaten. However, it sometimes will fall thru the cage floor. If a rabbit has very soft feces the diet is incorrect. Rabbits need very high fiber and low protein pelleted feed. Do not make sudden feed changes this can give them a stomach ache that turns deadly. Buy the same brand without colored bits (for human amusement) with 15-17% protein and close to 18-20% fiber. Limit feeding to a measured amount ONCE daily - for example 1/4 cup for dwarfs, 1/3 cups for holland lops amd supplement with loose hay (not straw), hay cubes - timothy grass alone can be too rich. Limit treats to carrot pieces, few raisins, cabbage leaf, broccoli stalk, sunflower seeds - these are not necessary. If rabbit has smushy feces offer only dry hay & water - doesn't rectify soon, call vet or rabbit breeder.

Answer 3

Yes, rabbits and all other living things need to excrete waste to be alive!

Answer 4

Yes, all living creatures do.

Answer 5

yes if it didnt find its own food