Rabbits have to pass food through their digestive system twice in order to extract all the nutrients they need. To do this, they produce TWO different kind of feces. The first kind of feces are soft and only partially digested; rabbits eat these and digest them again. The second kind of feces are the normal hard ones you see lying around; rabbits never eat the second kind. I hope that's useful...
strawberry is correct. It is normal for a rabbit to eat was is called a "cecotrope". It is not a turd at all, but rather, it is a produced in the cecum of the bunny. It contains beneficial nutrients and not feces at all. OTOH, some bunnies will actually eat poop too. Some more than others. It does not seem to harm them. In this movie, it looks like your bun is chewing a turd. Cecotropes are not chewed but swallowed whole, and the bun will just lick the inside of his mouth. It is different.
my hamster did that when he was younger
WhenPigsFly12 3 years ago
The hamster which I kept ate feces^^
minimaltama 3 years ago
...just like every rabbit!
strawberrysubmarine 3 years ago
Why will the rabbit eat feces?
I have not seen a dog and a cat eating feces
minimaltama 3 years ago
Rabbits have to pass food through their digestive system twice in order to extract all the nutrients they need. To do this, they produce TWO different kind of feces. The first kind of feces are soft and only partially digested; rabbits eat these and digest them again. The second kind of feces are the normal hard ones you see lying around; rabbits never eat the second kind. I hope that's useful...
strawberrysubmarine 3 years ago
I see.
Thank you very much.
I wish the second feces are helpful for them.
And I think that all rabbits want there to be it with health.
minimaltama 3 years ago
strawberry is correct. It is normal for a rabbit to eat was is called a "cecotrope". It is not a turd at all, but rather, it is a produced in the cecum of the bunny. It contains beneficial nutrients and not feces at all. OTOH, some bunnies will actually eat poop too. Some more than others. It does not seem to harm them. In this movie, it looks like your bun is chewing a turd. Cecotropes are not chewed but swallowed whole, and the bun will just lick the inside of his mouth. It is different.
Lagolop 3 years ago
dude BABY rabbits eat their feces for digestive reason.
stop getting into a strop!
runescape4344 3 years ago