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  2. 32 things rabbits shouldn't eat - AOL

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    Rabbits can eat the flesh of a tomato as a special treat, but be sure to keep your fluffy bun away from the rest of the tomato plant. The seeds, stalks, and leaves of a tomato plant can be bad for ...

  3. 32 surprising things rabbits can eat - AOL

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    Rabbits can happily eat fennel bulbs and stalks. It has a naturally sweet, licorice-like taste that makes it so appealing. It is high in fiber as well as vitamin C-, potassium- and manganese-rich.

  4. Rabbit health - Wikipedia

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    The formation of open sores on the rabbit's hocks, commonly called sore hocks, is a problem that commonly afflicts mostly heavy-weight rabbits kept in cages with wire flooring [24] or soiled solid flooring. The problem is most prevalent in rex-furred rabbits and heavy-weight rabbits (over 4 kg (9 lb)), as well as those with thin foot bristles.

  5. Coprophagia - Wikipedia

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    Lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, pikas) and some other mammals ferment fiber in their cecums, which is then expelled as cecotropes and eaten from the anus, a process called "cecotrophy". Then their food is processed through the gastrointestinal tract a second time, which allows them to absorb more nutrition.

  6. Cuniculture - Wikipedia

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    Commercially processed lean rabbit meat. In efficient production systems, rabbits can turn 20 percent of the proteins they eat into edible meat, compared to 22 to 23 percent for broiler chickens, 16 to 18 percent for pigs and 8 to 12 percent for beef; rabbit meat is more economical in terms of feed energy than beef. [22]

  7. Vet explains what to feed a rabbit (plus 4 surprising things ...

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    Rabbits are herbivores, which means that they only consume plants. They usually eat the most in the mornings and the evenings, but as grazers, they eat for many hours throughout the day.

  8. 32 common illnesses rabbits can get - AOL

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    Healthy pet rabbits can live for 10–12 years, but sadly many bunnies have a much shorter lifespan due to disease. They thrive on an appropriate, high-fiber diet, as well as a clean living area ...

  9. Cecotrope - Wikipedia

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    The gastrointestinal tract of newborn rabbits is sterile and contains no microbes. The babies eat cecotropes and regular feces from the mother in order to obtain microbes that are needed for the cecum. Young rabbits start eating their own cecotropes at about day 20. [3] The stomach of the babies has a pH of 5 to 6.5, which does not kill the ...