SOMEONE (won't reveal identity) WROTE AT THE WEB: I purchased a potty corner for her and put hamster litter into in. she eats it and i came home today and there was a little brown spot in it it looked like she may have thrown up from eating it. im not too sure. anyone no hwy she does this? is it safe? how can i stop her?
A web vet wrote:"Yes. Hamsters have a different digestive system than humans. Hamsters produce two types of excrement — one that's partially digested containing lots of nutrients, and one that's just garbage. Hamsters practice coprophagy, eating the nutrient-filled excrement to get the nutrients from it and digest it fully."
HOWEVER, my friend Dr. Jill(She is a Vet) differs:"rabbits and guinea pigs only have night pellet eating.... just confirmed" . Please feel free to see Dr. Jill's comments at: http://petgazer.blogspot.com/
3 comments:
If its a corn cob bedding, sometimes they will eat it. Sometimes they will eat litter, just to taste it...or sometimes they will put the litter in their cheekpouch and move it to another location.
Litter is an inert substance and wouldn't be dangerous if they ate it, but, if they ate alot of it, potentially it could cause an impaction.
ALSO, pika is the term for an animal eating something it shouldn't like litter or tiny rocks. In many of those cases, it is due to a mineral deficiency.
If its a corn cob bedding, sometimes they will eat it. Sometimes they will eat litter, just to taste it...or sometimes they will put the litter in their cheekpouch and move it to another location.
Litter is an inert substance and wouldn't be dangerous if they ate it, but, if they ate alot of it, potentially it could cause an impaction.
ALSO, pika is the term for an animal eating something it shouldn't like litter or tiny rocks. In many of those cases, it is due to a mineral deficiency.
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