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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I've always wondered if the people who keep pet rabbits and teach them to use litter boxes are hurting the bunnies by preventing them from doing this. Or will the rabbits just eat clay-covered cecotropes?

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Bunny ~~owner~~ servant here, I can answer this!

Rabbits produce two kinds of feces: normal "waste" feces and edible "cecotropes" or "cecal pellets". They generally eat the cecotropes immediately after excreting them, and only drop the waste into their litterboxes.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

One would assume by feel during excretion...

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