● A hamster eats own excrement.

The action which bends the upper half of the body and eats excrement from the hips is seen between One day repeatedly.
Probably those who do not know this habit of a hamster will be surprised.

However, this habit is action natural for a hamster.

The dietary fiber which the hamster ate is decomposed by bacteria within intestines.
The decomposed dietary fiber becomes carbohydrate.
This carbohydrate is not absorbed by the inside of the body of a hamster.
It changes to excrement and is discharged.
For this reason, a hamster eats excretions and has become a system which absorbs carbohydrate with the stomach.

The nutrient of the got food is utilized 100%.

The rabbit and the squirrel also have this habit.

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