2007-10-17 01:32:38 · 5 answers · asked by mokap1471 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I am assuming by **** you mean poo. Yes they eat their nighttime feces. It is different that the feces they excrete during the day. The nighttime feces, known as cecotrope provided the rabbit with essential nutrients.
2007-10-17 01:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by Prodigy556 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits rely on certain bacteria to help digest the foods they eat. As they digest their food, the bacteria moves through their system to the hind gut. When it is excreted, it's called cecotropes and looks different than their regular droppings. It will be wet and look like a bunch of little grapes stuck together. They will eat this to recharge the bacterial levels at the front end of their digestive system. (Most of the time, you won't even see this, they eat it right away.) It is necessary for their health and digestion.
2007-10-17 11:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by Blue Giants 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do lol! The reason being is becuase of what they eat. Plants are notoriously difficult for animals to digest, and therefore difficult to get the nutrients out of. The faeces they excrete to begin with are full of partly digested plants, and nutrients. These are soft pellets.They then eat these in order to fully digest the plant material and absorb the good stuff inside it. They then excrete the waste as Hard pellets, which is what we see lying around.
Alan
2007-10-17 09:14:27 · answer #3 · answered by Alan C 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
of course thats why they **** it out
2007-10-20 03:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by Connor L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. they eat carrot.
2007-10-20 14:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by indonarto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋