A stimulant laxative is a substance intended to stimulate a bowel movement and help relieve constipation. In some cases, however, these substances are also used to prepare a person for bowel surgery. Unlike some other types of laxatives, stimulant laxatives donât work by forming a bulkier stool or by softening them alone.
Description. Degus, Prairie Dogs & Chinchillas are herbivores (which means they eat plants). They live on large amounts of low quality vegetation such as grasses, flowers, seeds, bark and roots.Dried flowers are a favorite food.escription. Degus, Prairie Dogs & Chinchillas are herbivores (which means they eat plants). They live on large amounts of low quality vegetation such as grasses, flowers, seeds, bark and roots.
Degus are in the parvorder Caviomorpha of the infraorder Hystricognathi, along with the chinchilla and guinea pig. The word degu comes from the Mapudungun dewue (dewÃ¼, mouse). ratt is sometimes referred to as the brush-tailed rat, and is also called the common degu, to distinguish it from the other members of the genus Octodon.