Sponsor |  jengis | Jul 23, 2007 10:59am | | am laffing as i eat my chocolate.... |
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|  gregoryo | Jul 23, 2007 11:04am | 
(Ingesting Feces)
Ingestion of feces is normally common in foals, and much less common in adult horses. Observational studies indicate that foals most often ingest, and may show a preference for, the feces of their dam. In adult horses, coprophagy is interpreted as a sign of nutritional deficiency or severe deprivation of more appropriate forage.
Coprophagy is so common in foals from about 3 weeks to 3 months of age that biologists expect that it must serve a useful function. Hypotheses yet to be tested include:
· Coproghagy may serve to populate the young gut with "good" bacteria
· Coprophagy may serve to " immunize" the neonate against local parasites
· Coprophagy may serve to strengthen the social bond of mother and foal |
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Sponsor | | anb | Jul 23, 2007 11:08am | | nevermind that was lame |
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| | gregoryo | Jul 23, 2007 11:20am | | Eat shit ugly horse. |
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Sponsor | | anb | Jul 23, 2007 11:22am |  |
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| | | kko1 | Jul 23, 2007 11:52am | My first rat was from a pet store, she did it at first, and i looked at her puzzled, wondering wether she was nuts.
She soon stopped, she was given proper food and lots of treats.
86-->good one. |
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Sponsor | | anb | Jul 23, 2007 11:57am | | did what? oh, eat shit. |
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Sponsor | | jengis | Jul 23, 2007 12:02pm | | prefer to scratch n sniff...then eat chocolate....or is it shit and i'm a coprophiliac...mmmnnnn brown foodstuffs. |
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