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Cecotropes (also caecotropes, cecotrophs, cecal pellets, soft feces, or night feces) are a nutrient filled package created in the gastointestinal (GI) tract, expelled and eaten by rabbits and guinea pigs (among other animals) to get more nutrition out of their food. The first time through the GI tract, small particles of fiber are moved into the cecum (at the small intestine/colon junction), where microbes ferment them. This creates useable nutrients which are stored and expelled in cecotropes. The cecotropes are eaten and the nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine.