Sentences with phrase «soft cecotropes»

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

After introducing greens and fruits and vegetables back into the diet for two weeks without any relapse to soft cecotropes, then it is time to try pellets again.

We will refer to this condition as intermittent soft cecotropes (ISC) in this article.

If the soft cecotropes return no matter what brand you feed, then you may have a rabbit that simply can not tolerate pellets.

Not exact matches

Both rabbits and guinea pigs pass soft, mucus - covered fecal pellets called cecotropes, which they proceed to eat.

Cecotropes are soft, gel - like droppings, frequently clustered together.

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.

The soft stools are actually malformed cecotropes that should have been eaten directly from the anus by the rabbit.

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.

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.