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what to do if your rabbit eliminates very soft feces2007-11-25 16:57:32Answers:

Is it all the time or sometimes? They could be cecals.

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look forward to a good rabbit stew

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feed it a brick

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rodents including rabbits eat thier feces very often actually, its a way of giving all the nutriants a second time through.this is can be a cause of "soft feces". but it could also be something they ate causing a little upset system. Maybe a change in food, diet, water or stress.if you change food you must do it slowly mixing new and old together as not to cause a stomach ache or "runs"

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Unlike most other mammals, rabbits produce two types of droppings, fecal pellets (the round, dry ones you usually see in the litterbox) and cecotropes. The latter are produced in a portion of the rabbit's digestive tract called the cecum. The cecum contains a wild brew of bacteria and fungi that are normal and beneficial for the rabbit. In fact, the rabbit cannot live without them, since the cecal flora produces essential nutrients (e.g., fatty acids and vitamins) that the rabbit cannot produce on her own.

How does the rabbit get those vitamins? She eats the cecotropes as they exit the anus. Sound disgusting? Not for a rabbit. When she's enjoying her favorite, home-made snack, she'll tell you how delightful it is with that blissful, soft-eyed face and butt-twitch that signals all is well with the world.