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Rabbit ate chocolate!!

Misty's Mummy

Misty's Mummy

Warren Scout
My darling 1 year old nephew decided to give Misty some of his chocolate biscuit today. I hadnt noticed he had dropped the biscuit in her cage until i seen her eating something brown. I thought it was maybe poo she was eating and when i checked her cage, there was the biscuit (wagon wheel) and i dunno if she ate the chocolate or ate poo.

Will she be ok? She seems fine, and poos are ok and shes eating and binkying
 
Rabbits dont eat their poo, they eat special poos called caceotrophs, that are different in appearance and function.

She should be okay, just keep an eye on her, and I'd probably restrict her to a hay-only diet for about 12 hours or so, as long as she is a good hay eater, to help push it all through.

I doubt that amount of chocolate is enough to harm her, especially as I believe wagon wheels arent coated with chocolate but with chocolate flavoured stuff? Of course it also depends on her size and age and how delicate her tummy is.

The risk with chocolate is fitting/heart attacks - so keep stress and excitement to a minimum, noise non-existant and lights low or off, as a precaution. The other risk is an upset stomach - if you see true diorrhea that is an emergency and you should be straight to the vets, but otherwise she should be fine.
 
just to add, went and looked for the thread, when my boy ate chocolate the vet said that the non-toxic limit was 15g of dark chocolate per kg of bunny (not super dark stuff like G&B, normal dark choc).
So you should be okay as long as no upset tummies.
 
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My rabbit Joey actually does eat his normal poo, not the other things he is supposed to, just regular big old golden brown droppings I've seen him do it plenty of times lol so he could as well just been eating some poop!
 
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