Cecotropes, also called caecotrophs, caecal pellets or night feces, are the product of the cecum. Cecotropes are passed through the intestines and subsequently reingested for added nutrients in a process known as cecotrophy, cecophagy, pseudorumination, refection, coprophagia or coprophagy. Re-ingestion is also practiced by a few species of rodent such as the beaver, capybara and guinea pig. The process by which cecotropes are produced is called hindgut fermentation. Food passes through the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, where nutrients are initially absorbed ineffectively, and then into the colon. Through reverse peristalsis, the food is forced back into the cecum where it is broken down into simple sugars (i.e. monosaccharides) by bacterial fermentation. The cecotrope then passes through the colon, the anus, and is eliminated by the animal and then re-ingested. The process occurs 4 to 8 hours after eating. This type of re-ingestion to obtain more nutrients is similar to the chewing of cud in cattle.

caecotrophy happened at early morning by domesticated rabbits while wild rabbits caecotrophy happening at day time

usually at night