Why Do Rabbits Eat Their Own Soft Droppings?

During the raising of domestic rabbits, we can see that the hard fecal pellets they pass are formed through a second round of digestion. Domestic rabbits eat grass and feed during the day, and at night or before dawn they pass soft droppings, and as soon as the soft droppings are passed, the rabbit immediately eats them. Through this second round of digestion and absorption, only the residue is formed into hard fecal pellets and passed out of the body. When domestic rabbits eat the soft droppings they have passed at night, it is not coprophagia caused by a lack of some nutrient in their bodies, but a normal physiological phenomenon. This instinct of domestic rabbits has two major benefits: first, it can keep the rabbit hutch and rabbit farm clean and hygienic; second, it can fully utilize the feed. Therefore, during the raising of domestic rabbits, if you find them eating the soft droppings they have passed at night, do not disturb or stop them, otherwise it will disrupt the rabbits' digestive pattern and affect their normal growth, development and health.