Beacon 1986 27 Rattlerdens (pellets) Record of droppings of captive # 86-10 adult q caught 4/24 at 4 km E Perito Moreno no H2O 4/25 first day (24 hrs) 5:30 pm to 5:30 pm # droppings moist wt. dry wt. Remarks 121 >5.0 g = .0413 | 5/66 Backyard grasses, clover, | 2.2g 5/11 dell's best mixed clover, | | spring no H2O 4/26 2:30 p.m. 2.67 > 15.5 g = .0288 | 4.7 4.7 more produced during day no H2O 4/27 2:30 278 > 8.0 g = .0288 | 4.0 4.0 Beast weighed 78 g. | checked wet & dry pellets, with H2O 4/28 10:00 am 316 > 16.8 g = .0532 | 6.2 6.2 Beast weighed <80g (and load of) with H2O 4/29 10:30 am 246 > 11.4 g = .0463 | 3.3 3.3 Beast weighed <75g no water 4/30 9:30 am 297 > 11.3 g = .0380 | 3.9 3.8 Beast weighed <70g no water 4/31 9:30 257 > 9.6 g = .0373 | 3.1 3.1 Beast weighed <71g [actually 68.2 g] May 4-5 Same animal. Put in 46 g of backyard grass at 7:31 pm, cage covered with newspaper to prevent reproduction. at 8:00 a.m. she had eaten all except 1.4 g = 44.6 g. She weighed 125-60 = 65g. Produced 320 pellets, large over, weighed fresh 19.4 g. May 5-6 Put in 75 g of backyard grass at 7:15 p.m. at 8:15 a.m., 10.4 g required (cage was covered), she ate 64.6 g. She weighed 128-60 = 68g. Produced overnight 19.9 g of moist pellets. This is not 24-hr production, only overnight. She produced another 10-20 pellets before 10:00 a.m., gave her fresh feed at 10:40 a.m. She ate much of it before 2 p.m. Here - 74 "typical" hare pellets gathered about an hour ago at Warful's weighed 19.5 g = .2635/pellet, I collected all the pellets at end of 3 or 4 meters, total 19.7g see later for continuation.