Sentences with phrase «herbivorous rodents»

Don't Forget to Eat the Flowers The fiber in grass hay that makes it a valuable staple in the diet of rabbits and herbivorous rodents also makes it mostly indigestible for smaller rodents.

When demand for their pelts died off, the herbivorous rodents flourished, chomping their way through the marshes and wetlands of the southeast U.S.

Prairie dogs are herbivorous rodents of the squirrel family, and forage aboveground from dawn until dusk.

Guinea pigs are an herbivorous rodent native to the highlands of South America.

Not exact matches

They fill the ecological niches occupied in other places by rodents and rabbits — some live in the desert, others in the rainforest, some are herbivorous, while others dine mostly on insects.

While hay should be the main diet for herbivorous small pets, it can also provide enrichment for them and for other burrowing rodents.

The rodents are herbivorous and are big on roughage.

This may hold true for many other herbivorous animals, like orangutans, many birds, and even some other rodents, but not for rabbits.

Prairie Dogs (genus Cynomys) are herbivorous, burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America.

Both small omnivorous rodents and herbivorous rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas enjoy gnawing on and eating various wood chews.