"Chookie" wrote in message
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In article ,
John Savage wrote:

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.

If they are coprophages, like guinea pigs, then the droppings they eat are
not
the regular ones but a special kind, which they eat straight from the
vending
machine.

While I'm on the subject of piggies, I'll just mention that they should
never
live on a wire floor (though you can allow a wire floor with rabbits).
It's
bad for their feet and may also cause broken bones.

normally a rabbit's wire floor is right on the ground though - john's post
caused me a bit of anxiety concerning the rabbits having to walk on wire all
the time (although i may have misunderstood something there). animals which
can get bumblefoot from wire floors also include chickens and rats - i
should think the list is most likely very long & could include rabbits in
this sort of circumstance. (?)
kylie