I feed them katee brand mix mouse food with added vitamins,could they need more nutrients?I have never seen any other mice do this.thanks for ANY help.
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why do my mice eat their own poo??
waldo
Jul 29, 2003 04:41 PM
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Sybella
Jul 29, 2003 04:49 PM
Some animals are unable to absorb vitamins from outside sources. Dogs, for example, make their own vitamin C internally, as they need it.
For rodents, I believe that a required vitamin is made in the intestines and in order to utilize that vitamin, they must eat their own fecal matter. I don't know what vitamin though...I'll have to look it up because now I'm curious. 
longtang
Jul 29, 2003 08:00 PM
>>Some animals are unable to absorb vitamins from outside sources. Dogs, for example, make their own vitamin C internally, as they need it.
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>>For rodents, I believe that a required vitamin is made in the intestines and in order to utilize that vitamin, they must eat their own fecal matter. I don't know what vitamin though...I'll have to look it up because now I'm curious.
My mice eat their own crap, too. I think it is disgusting, but I have not been able to make them stop.
cheers.
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Longtang. I like snakes and rats.
jeremy carroll
Jul 29, 2003 11:05 PM
They do it to get the undigested food/vitamins from it. A lot of animals do this.
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Jeremy Carroll
Center for Reptile and Amphibian Propagation and Conservation
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