{"id":5920,"date":"2020-11-30T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2020-11-30T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:20:42","slug":"why-rabbits-may-eat-their-poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/why-rabbits-may-eat-their-poop\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Rabbits may eat their poop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No one wants to see Rabbits eating their own poop. However, this is a normal behavior for rabbits and a vital part of their digestive process. In fact, what rabbits are consuming is&nbsp;<strong>not<\/strong>&nbsp;actual feces, but something called cecotropes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cecotropes (other names include \u201ccecal droppings\u201d or \u201cnight droppings\u201d) are actually made in a different part of the digestive tract than feces.&nbsp;This process is known as coprophagy, and functions the same as cows chewing their cud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cecotropes are often smaller and softer and bunched together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have a fermented scent and they provide important nutrients for the rabbit who made them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to learn the difference between this and diarrhea, as these are not cause for alarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may not observe this behavior as it is often performed at night and the rabbit will eat them straight from their fuzzy behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do witness this behavior, do not be alarmed or try to prevent them from this behavior. It is very important to the health and well-being of rabbit residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s very important for a rabbit\u2019s digestive system to keep moving fluidly, as they need to re-ingest their cecotropes in order to get the nutrients they need. If anything gets stuck in a rabbit\u2019s esophagus or intestines, they\u2019re out of luck, since they\u2019re incapable of vomiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one wants to see Rabbits eating their own poop. However, this is a normal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rabbit-farming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}