rabbit did you know???

[ninedeer]

it is normal and necessary for rabbits to eat their own night feces.they do this in the late night and early morning hours.Their droppings at this time are different from day ones.They're soft and green,while day feces are hard and brown.Th night feces are loaded with B vitamins,especially thiamine,which are produced by a certain bacteria that lives in large numbers in the rabbits intestinal tracts.Rabbits eat the night feces to get the vitamins in them.If you prevent a rabbit for 3-4 weeks from eating its night feces,it will die of malnutrition.

aren't you glad you don't eat like a rabbit???

[determinator]

Interesting post, ninedeer! I sent it over to my brother, who is feeding someone's pet rabbits that let them go into the wild. They are doing good, but don't act like the average cottontail. They hang out during the daylight hours in his front yard. I wonder if they will cross breed with the local cottontails.

I was raised to appreciate any food at my disposal, but this certainly pushes me too far!

[yooperdug]

i read this earlier this winter. I had forgotten about it till one day I was bunny hunting with my buddy. I told him the same thing you made mention of here,and he told me that was the most fricked up thing he ever heard of.
I will let him see this post and tell him hes the one full of s**t along with the rabbits.
Thanks for reaffirming my earlier attempt to educate my hunting buddy,Ninedeer!!!

[swiper]

that might be why two of mine died.

[timc521]

rabbits only partially digest the food the first time round... maybe because of the rough food they can eat. been a few years since I've had rabbits.

[Jack of all Trapping]

Wow!!! Talking about learning something new everyday!!! Thanks!!

[nutriaratman]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think I remember reading in a trapper mag.( don't know which one ) that beaver do the same thing !!!!