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To: SoothingDave

You need to take that critter to a vet proto!


8 posted on 10/07/2008 5:31:21 AM PDT by refermech
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To: refermech
You need to take that critter to a vet proto!

Not at all.

Guinea Pig

Most grass-eating mammals are quite large and have a long digestive tract; while guinea pigs have much longer colons than most rodents, they must also supplement their diet by coprophagy, the eating of their own feces.[73] However, they do not consume all their feces indiscriminately, but produce special soft pellets, called cecotropes, which recycle B vitamins, fiber, and bacteria required for proper digestion.[74] The cecotropes (or caecal pellets) are eaten directly from the anus, unless the guinea pig is pregnant or obese.[47] They share this behaviour with rabbits.

10 posted on 10/07/2008 5:59:32 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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