Rabbits don't get enough nutrition from the plant matter they ingest. To compensate, they eat their poop after its first trip through their intestines. This first poo is called a cecotrope and is ...
Rabbits eating their own poop is something The Tale of Peter Rabbit didn’t teach you, but it turns out that it’s true. In fact, rabbits eating their own poop is vital to their health.
It’s something laboratory keepers have to watch. For rabbits and a variety of other small animals with plant-rich diets, poop-eating serves as a digestive workaround for not being a cow ...