Sentences with phrase «of cecotropes»

One of the keys to their success is the production of cecotropes, which are a type of dropping that is eaten by the rabbit directly from the anus and then digested.

This is one reason why we try to avoid the use of Elizabethan collars in these species — it can prevent the ingestion of cecotropes, thereby altering the balance of gut flora and potentially resulting in gastrointestinal upsets.

In all of these cases, there is nothing wrong with the digestive system and normal amounts of cecotropes are being produced, it is just that the rabbits can not or will not turn around to ingest the cecotropes.

The nutrient - rich material is then excreted in the form of cecotropes (some people call these «night feces») which are eaten directly from the anus by the rabbit and redigested.

Once fermented, it passes through the body in the form of a cecotrope — which the rabbit then eats to properly absorb its nutrients.

Not exact matches

Grass hay should be available in your rabbit's cage at all times throughout the its life, because it provides much of the vitamins, minerals, protein, and fiber rabbits need and is the building blocks for the micro-organisms that create cecotropes.

This organ produces products called cecotropes, which are actually another type of feces that the rabbit then eats.

Nonbreeding houserabbits do not need these extra calories and they produce most of their own vitamins through their cecotropes when provided a diet high in hay and fresh foods.

As the cecotropes accumulate over a period of days to weeks, they build up along the rear of your rabbit and eventually become very smelly and unsanitary.

Cecotropes are a critical source of vitamins, minerals and nutrients — and ensure that the gut is repopulated with healthy flora.

In a nutshell, the problem is not the production of soft stool (the waste material that makes up the round, dry droppings) but that the cecotropes, the nutrient - rich droppings produced by the cecum, are abnormally liquid and can not be eaten.

Cecotropes are a vital part of your rabbit's diet.

When the contents of the cecum are retained for longer than normal periods of time the cecotropes are eventually excreted in a more liquid state and it is impossible for the rabbit to eat them.

Cecotropes Rabbits are herbivores with a marvelous gastrointestinal (GI) tract that allows them to extract nutrients from a variety of sources.

The treatment of ISC is based first on a serious diet restriction to grass hay, which acts to return the GI tract to normal, and secondly a gradual reintroduction of additional foods after normal cecotropes are produced for at least a week.

If the soft cecotropes return, remove the offending pellet and you may try a different brand of grass - based pellet.

The poop they consume is called «cecotropes,» which is different from the rabbit's regular poop in that it is softer and full of nutrients the rabbit needs.

The cecotropes are passed mostly at night, and most owners of these pets never know they exist.

Although this sounds gross, the cecotropes act like the cud of a cow, allowing the food to pass through the system a second time for better absorption of nutrients.

Cecotropes are a small, moist cluster of poops that a rabbits eats, normally as soon as they are produced.

Cecotropes are soft feces that are nutrient - rich and are passed out of the body like normal stool but then are re-ingested later by the rabbit so that important nutrients can be reabsorbed.