Archive for February 25th, 2011
Feeding Your Rabbit
February 25th, 2011
Digestion: The rabbit’s food will pass from the stomach to the small intestine and on to the caecum, a sac at the junction with the large intestine. Here, the rabbit does not have the enzymes needed to break down the cellulose present in the plant cell also, even though the bacteria in the caecum will also break down the food. The absorption f nutrients takes place in the small intestine, and so in order to absorb cellulose the rabbit will pass the food out of its body, usually at night, in the form of soft pellets, and then consume them.
