Sentences with phrase «rich rabbit pellets»

In the cecum, coarse hays and pellet fiber are fermented by bacteria into absorbable proteins, essential fatty acids and vitamins — especially the B vitamins and vitamin K. Rabbits love diets of rich rabbit pellets, pizza crust treats, bread and table food.

Not exact matches

For instance, from Encyclopedia Brittanica... «Some lagomorphs (rabbits and hares) are capable of re-ingesting moist and nutritionally rich fecal pellets, a practice considered comparable to cud - chewing in ruminants...»

Because their leafy diets include so much cellulose, rabbits produce two different types of excrement: the first are hard, light - brown droppings (which will be made into mineral - rich vermicast by the wormfarm below); the second are darker, soft pellets or caecotrophs, which the rabbits eat!

Most of my patients get into trouble from eating rabbit pellets that are too rich in carbohydrates and protein.