{"topic_id":"exotic_nutrition_chinchilla_cecotrophy","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_nutrition_chinchilla_cecotrophy\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Chinchilla nutrition — cecotrophy and stable urinary calcium\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Chinchillas (saved first-hand text)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_chinchilla.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 85\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Chinchillas (saved first-hand text)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Chinchilla nutrition — cecotrophy and stable urinary calcium\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/chinchillas\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"first-hand Merck Veterinary Manual text\"\n  doc_type: \"official veterinary manual (EN)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Chinchilla nutrition — cecotrophy and stable urinary calcium\nVerbatim first-hand facts from Merck Veterinary Manual — Chinchillas (saved first-hand text). Each bullet is an exact substring of the cited source and C1-substring verified (second-round nutrition broadening, reusing saved Merck source).\n\n## Nutritional facts\n- Like rabbits , chinchillas produce two types of fecal pellets: nitrogen-rich pellets intended for cecotrophy, and nitrogen-poor pellets eliminated as waste .\n- Unlike rabbits and guinea pigs , chinchillas have a stable calcium content in their urine even when dietary calcium increases ( 1 ).\n- Calculi are typically composed of calcium carbonate.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Chinchilla nutrition — cecotrophy and stable urinary calcium (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Chinchilla nutrition — cecotrophy and stable urinary calcium","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/chinchillas","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual — Chinchillas (saved first-hand text)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_chinchilla.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual — Chinchillas (saved first-hand text)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_chinchilla.txt","tokens_estimated":85,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}