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Cecotropes (also caecotropes, cecotrophs, cecal pellets, soft feces, or night feces) are a nutrient filled package created in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, expelled and eaten by rabbits and guinea pigs (among other animals) to get more nutrition out of their food. The first time through the GI tract, small particles of fiber are moved into ...
Rabbits excrete both hard and soft fecal pellets. These soft pellets, known as cecal pellets , are quickly eaten to be redigested and remove further nutrients. Since rabbits lack a crop displayed in ruminants such as cows and sheep, this process is an alternative method for extracting more nutrients from partially digested plant material.
Hindgut fermenters generally have a cecum and large intestine that are much larger and more complex than those of a foregut or midgut fermenter. [5] Research on small cecum fermenters such as flying squirrels, rabbits and lemurs has revealed these mammals to have a GI tract about 10-13 times the length of their body. [6]
We know — rabbits are just so darn irresistible with their soft fur and cuddly good looks! But many rabbits don’t like to be picked up and that’s partly due to the fact that in the wild, a ...
In-kind, the volcano rabbit mates throughout the year, eats its feces to stay alive, engages in “play fighting” and is the only member of the rabbit and hare family known to vocalize.
You might be wondering why and the answer to this question is because a guinea pig’s first round of poops (called caecotrophs) are soft and packed full of vitamins and nutrients. Rabbits eat ...
Rabbits have a remarkably wide field of vision, and a good deal of it is devoted to overhead scanning. [119] A rabbit eye has no fovea, but a "visual streak", a horizontal line in the middle of the retina where both rod and cone cell densities are the highest. This allows them to scan the horizon with little head turning.
10. Relaxed body language: "Rabbits are prey animals, which means they have to stay alert to threats. Therefore, if your rabbit is sprawled out long and relaxed, showing interest in their ...