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help really urgent!!!
- Thread starter minaki
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ring a rabbit savvy vet as im afraid i dont know they can advise better. x
prettylupin
Wise Old Thumper
You normally require a large quantity of a poisonous plant to reach a threshold of toxicity, but I would phone the vet for advice.
I would also encourage my bun to eat lots of 'safe' things immediately - in order to 'dilute' the toxins he may have ingested - some poison advice sites I have read do suggest this.
TermiteFrank
Wise Old Thumper
I was petrified he was going to get ill and die, but after a night of me checking on him (much to his confusion), he was absolutely fine.
If you look here it tells you how toxic rhubarb is:
http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/rhubarb-poison.html
A 10 stone person would have to eat 11 pounds of rhubarb leaves to die of rhubarb poisoning. So a rabbit would likely have to eat about 12% of it's body mass which translates as about for a 6 ounces for 5 pound rabbit. Half a small dried rhubarb leaf is probably an ounce or so when fresh - it won't kill your bunny, but it might make him sick.
Check with a vet to see what they say and monitor him to check for ill effects or him going off his food. Any change in behaviour and don't hesitate in getting him to the vet.
prettylupin
Wise Old Thumper
Ivy is listed in a book I have by a vet as not exactly safe - but not too much of a problem either, so don't worry. It is when Ivy is in berry that it would be a concern. The odd nibble of ivy leaves appears to have no detrimental effect in rabbits according to the author.
