Although it seems a dirty habit, the ingestion of the excrement itself is vital for rabbits, as well as for other animals.
However, rabbits never eat the feces that they expel during the day, which are hard and marble-shaped, but only those that they defecate at night . These poops have a softer consistency, appear grouped and covered by a mucous liquid. Through its intake, the rabbit recovers some nutritional substances, such as vitamin B and certain minerals. Thus, this gastronomic behavior removes the ghost of suffering from food deficiencies and suffering from serious neurological disorders. Finally, it should be added that some animals, such as dogs, are not so fond of, since they consume poop even from other species.
