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Production
The process by which cecotropes are produced is called "hindgut fermentation". Food passes through the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, where nutrients are absorbed, and then into the colon. Through reverse peristalsis, the food is forced back into the cecum where it is broken down into simple sugars (i.e. monosaccharides) by bacterial fermentation. The cecotrope then passes through the colon, the anus, and is consumed by the animal. The process occurs 4 to 8 hours after eating. This type of reingestion to obtain more nutrients is similar to the chewing of cud in cattle. Read full entryThis entry is from Wikipedia,the leading user-contributed encyclopedia.It may not have been reviewed by professional editors(See full disclaimer)
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- 1.Rabbits: The Mystery of Poop
- She eats the cecotropes as they exit the anus. ... Cecotropes are not feces. ... A rabbit may produce cecotropes at various times during the day, and this ...
- http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/
poop.html
- 2.Cecotrope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Cecotropes,(also "caecotrophes" or "night faeces") are the product of the cecum, ... Cecotropes are passed through the intestines and subsequently involuntarily ...
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C
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Why does my bun leave behind He is a Holland Lop, about a
month old, and I feed him
timothy, pellets, oats, and
the occasional piece of fruit.
He eats well and his fecal
matter seems normal (and
plentiful!)
Why does he leave so much of
his cecal matter behind? Can I
alter his diet to stop it? Is
it, or could it become, a
problem?
I rounded down when giving his
age. Sorry. He was Born
12/17/08. I got him 1/24/09,
and the breeder said he was
weaned just earlier that week.
He was already leaving behind
cecotropes when I started
feeding him oats. The breeder
told me that the oats can help
if he has digestion issues,
but I think he was referring
to diarrhea.
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I would leave out the oats and see if it helps-the hay and pellets plus some gradually introduced greens when he is about 3-4 months old will have all the nutrition he needs and oats are a bit rich for rabbits.. sometimes rabbits cant eat their caecotrophs if they are overweight-I'm guessing you didn't mean to put his age at a month as he should still be with his mother if that's the case, but he would be unlikely to be overweight if he's young.these two links have a lot of good info http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/ poop.html http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/ diet.html Edit: that's very young to be away from his mother-8 weeks is the usual age. I meant to include this link earlier to ask an expert-Dana Krempels has a lot of knowledge on rabbit health http://www.allexperts.com/el/7 03-9/Rabbits |
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My rabbit is producing Cecotropes are poops that
rabbits eat right after they
poop. You normaly won't see
them. The vet was not trained
well on this topic and
suggested that I don't give
him as much greens. The
situation has been getting
worse this past week. They are
really stinky; I call them
"sludge poops." Any help?
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Make sure you feed them pellets that are based on Timothy hay, most of the cheap stuff is based off of alfalfa which has too much calcium for an adult rabbit (it can cause their pee to become cloudy and is bad for their kidneys) I recommend Oxbow bunny basics, and petsmart sells a good timothy based pellet as well. It could be that your bunny is not getting enough fresh hay, always have fresh timothy hay, not alfalfa, available. Don't give them lots of carrots or lettuce, but instead give them other green veggies. I give mine parsley, mixed herbs, broccoli, and radishes. About 1 cup for each of my rabbits. For treats never give large amounts, remember that they are very small! A small slice of apple, carrot, or banana is enough of a treat for an entire day! Like crave sugary stuff, but don't give in too often! Don't forget to give your bunny lots of fresh water and room to run around! Mine does these adorable side-ways hops when she's really happy! |
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How often are cecotropes |
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It's an all too familiar story. "My bunny stopped eating, and then she just died." When we ask for details, we often learn that not only did the bunny stop eating, but she had been producing extremely small or even no fecal droppings, or showed symptoms of "runny stool." True diarrhea (unformed, liquid fecal matter) is uncommon in rabbits. The runny stool sometimes misidentified as "diarrhea" in rabbits is more often composed of unformed, almost-liquid cecotropes. Rabbits produce two types of pellets: fecal pellets (left in the litterbox) and cecotropes (soft, pungent, normally shaped like a cluster of grapes and reingested by the rabbit to obtain essential nutrients). Liquid or mushy cecotropes can result from an imbalance of the normal bacterial and fungal flora of the cecum (the bunny's intestinal "fermentation vat"). The floral imbalance can be caused by a number of factors, such as the wrong antibiotic (oral penicillins and lincosamine antibiotics can be very dangerous to rabbits for this reason!) or a diet too rich in digestible carbohydrates and too low in crude fiber. Often, however, it is caused by a slowing of the normal peristaltic muscular contractions which push food and liquids through the intestines. The slowdown or cessation of peristalsis of the intestine is known as gastrointestinal (GI) stasis or ileus. |
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