On tonight's ABC gardening program they showed a rabbit cage atop
a worm farm. The rabbit hutch had a netting floor so that the
droppings would fall straight through onto the worm farm below.
All fine and good, so it would seem.

But I understood that rabbits give their droppings a second chew,
and this tidy arrangement clearly defeats that behaviour.

So, is immediate removal of rabbit droppings a wise thing? (The
rabbit looked healthy enough, so I guess recycling the pellets
is not *essential* to a domestic rabbit's extracting adequate
nutrition, even if it may be essential for a wild bunny on a
much poorer diet.)
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John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)