And like rabbits, deer constantly graze on vegetation leading to a production of several hundred pellets over at least 10 bowel movements per day!įUN FACT: Deer have a four-chambered stomach (similar to cattle and other ruminant animals). This essential item to the rabbit’s diet is often hidden and quickly gobbled up as they don’t want to share such a yummy treat!ĭeers also output small round pellets, similar to those produced by rabbits, but more oval in form, having a slight point at one end, and larger with a 2-3 cm diameter. It is then discharged as one single piece bearing a similar appearance to that of a blackberry. The cecotropes are produced in a portion of the rabbit’s digestive tract (called the cecum) where bacteria converts the organic material into vital nutrients. Cecotropes are made from the undigested foods that are passed from the rabbit, in which they then reingest! That’s right, bunnies (including domestic) will actually eat its own poop on a daily basis… without you even knowing. FUN FACT: Rabbits are of the family lagomorphs whose bodies are unable to extract all of the necessary vitamins from their highly fibrous, vegetative diets.īecause of this, lagomorphs have a unique digestive system that allows them to produce two types of droppings – fecal pellets (as discussed earlier), and cecotropes.
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