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Misty&Cassie
Young Bun
Take him/her to the vet. Chocolate is poiseness(sp?) to buns.
BevBunny
Mama Doe
Eve - I wouldn't panic yet, wait and see how he is.
I found out that my housemate used to feed my buns chocolate hobnobs when I wasn't there! He'd done it a few times before I found out and went mad at him. :shock: My two buns were fine. Don't panic yet. As I understand it they can have a reaction to it but I'd have thought it would happen pretty much immediately as buns have fairly fast metabolisms. I'd just keep a real close eye on bun. Perhaps call your vet for advice if you're really worried.
I hope he's ok.
Bev
I found out that my housemate used to feed my buns chocolate hobnobs when I wasn't there! He'd done it a few times before I found out and went mad at him. :shock: My two buns were fine. Don't panic yet. As I understand it they can have a reaction to it but I'd have thought it would happen pretty much immediately as buns have fairly fast metabolisms. I'd just keep a real close eye on bun. Perhaps call your vet for advice if you're really worried.
I hope he's ok.
Bev
You might be alright, unless your bun has a particularly weak tum. Ben stole a big chunk of Easter egg out of my hand last easter and got quite a lot in his mouth before I could get it back :shock: :lol: . He was absolutely fine, didn't even put him off his dinner !! So I would just keep a very close eye if I were you 
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.hi there thanks for the responses, i also panicked, and phoned the emergancy vet, and they said that the amount he has eaten probably wont do much harm, and there really is not much they can do anyway once it has gone in!!! but to keep a close eye on him, he had a couple of soft poos, but they have now gone back to normal (within the hour) so i am keeping my fingers crossed and have now put a child lock on the door :shock:
thanks
eve x
thanks
eve x
doorkeeper
Mama Doe
They really like chocolate unfortunately. Isadora mugged me for some the other day. It seems to be the rabbit equivalent of cat nip :? She was not taking no for an answer :roll: She jumped back up on me everytime I tried to get her off. One way to stop me eating too much :shock: If she was the Easter Bunny no one would get any eggs :lol:
I wonder is it really toxic for rabbits, or is simply not good for them - like it is not good for us :?: Or like it is actually toxic for dogs :?:
I wonder is it really toxic for rabbits, or is simply not good for them - like it is not good for us :?: Or like it is actually toxic for dogs :?:
missblondebunny
Mama Doe
choco
Fudge is the little choco theif in our house!! he loves it. When he was little he was sitting on my shoulder and i was eating malteasers, and he moved himself so he was under my chin (i just though he was sitting there pretending he was hiding) but no, he nicked the malteaser from my hand, (as it was about to go in my mouth, and he nicked it and run off with it!!! the little theif, :lol: :lol:
Fudge is the little choco theif in our house!! he loves it. When he was little he was sitting on my shoulder and i was eating malteasers, and he moved himself so he was under my chin (i just though he was sitting there pretending he was hiding) but no, he nicked the malteaser from my hand, (as it was about to go in my mouth, and he nicked it and run off with it!!! the little theif, :lol: :lol:
I can only find one book in my collection that mentions chocolate/theobromine being toxic to rabbits (this book is by a French Canadian vet and in French so probably not available here but it's Le Lapin by Manon Tremblay).
Most references to chocolate being toxic are about dogs but my worry is that this might be because until fairly recently houserabbits were unheard of and most people don't keep their chocolate in the garden (as a confessed chocaholic even I've yet to resort to this!! :wink: ) and as house pets, dogs could steal it and were even fed it so their reactions to chocolate have been well documented by vets - so I think that a lack of information on toxicity in rabbits maybe because fewer rabbits have had access to it.
Theobromine (the toxic compound in chocolate) is actually toxic to humans too - "death by chocolate" can be real for us but only in very very large quantities .........it is also closely related in structure to caffine which can also kill humans if given too much!
(sorry about the " " but I really do love my choc. and it's really hard to admit that it's not the perfect food!!!!!) :lol:
Most references to chocolate being toxic are about dogs but my worry is that this might be because until fairly recently houserabbits were unheard of and most people don't keep their chocolate in the garden (as a confessed chocaholic even I've yet to resort to this!! :wink: ) and as house pets, dogs could steal it and were even fed it so their reactions to chocolate have been well documented by vets - so I think that a lack of information on toxicity in rabbits maybe because fewer rabbits have had access to it.
Theobromine (the toxic compound in chocolate) is actually toxic to humans too - "death by chocolate" can be real for us but only in very very large quantities
.........it is also closely related in structure to caffine which can also kill humans if given too much!(sorry about the "
" but I really do love my choc. and it's really hard to admit that it's not the perfect food!!!!!) :lol:Rallybunny
Warren Veteran
How's bun today?
When stuff like that has happened to Evo, I usually send him back to his cage with a massive pile of hay to munch, to try and 'dilute' what he's eaten, and probiotics to try & keep his tum balanced.
When stuff like that has happened to Evo, I usually send him back to his cage with a massive pile of hay to munch, to try and 'dilute' what he's eaten, and probiotics to try & keep his tum balanced.
Aside from anything else, there's a lot of sugar in chocolate and that can upset a bunny gut. Cassidy stole some chocolate off the table once. She only got a few nibbles before I got it away from her, but she really developed a taste for it and would always come running when she caught a whiff of chocolate after that. Anyone who says chocolate isn't addictive should come meet our bunnies.
I think your bunny should be fine Eve, please dont panic.
If you are concerned phone and explain what has happened to your Vet and request some probiotic for the bunnies drinking water for the next few days to help calm any gut upset that the the chocolate could create.
Prevention is better than cure.
I think one biscuit will not create any adverse reaction though, just a lot of stress for you, the Bunny Mummy :roll: :lol:
Although chocolate is poisonous to bunnies, it does not cause the same immediate dangers as say bunnies injesting a highly toxic substance, but builds up more slowly in the system over time.
I think the chocolate from one biscuit will come through fairly quickly, just monitor your bunnies droppings and behaviour over the next 24 hours to be safe.
Best wishes and lock the biscuit cupboard next time :wink: :lol:
If you are concerned phone and explain what has happened to your Vet and request some probiotic for the bunnies drinking water for the next few days to help calm any gut upset that the the chocolate could create.
Prevention is better than cure.
I think one biscuit will not create any adverse reaction though, just a lot of stress for you, the Bunny Mummy :roll: :lol:
Although chocolate is poisonous to bunnies, it does not cause the same immediate dangers as say bunnies injesting a highly toxic substance, but builds up more slowly in the system over time.
I think the chocolate from one biscuit will come through fairly quickly, just monitor your bunnies droppings and behaviour over the next 24 hours to be safe.
Best wishes and lock the biscuit cupboard next time :wink: :lol:
hi thanks everyone, kymber is fine today, i think he is just getting excited at the prospect of a misses!!! he has been eating tones of hay and his dinner last night and breakfast this morning so i think it done him no harm at all, but have put a lock on the door now :shock: thanks adele!!
thanks eve x
:shock: thanks adele!!thanks eve x
These Rabbit's seem to have a chocolate fetish! :lol:
Stroppy jumped on the sofa this morning, then jumped on the table to get at my box of Green and Black's! He had manged to get the lid open, pulled a Chocolate out and eaten a 1/4 of it before I came in from the kitchen with a stern word! I've never seen him move so fast! :lol:
The little begger is now sat in my rocking chair in front of the fire like butter wouldn't melt!
Louise
Stroppy jumped on the sofa this morning, then jumped on the table to get at my box of Green and Black's! He had manged to get the lid open, pulled a Chocolate out and eaten a 1/4 of it before I came in from the kitchen with a stern word! I've never seen him move so fast! :lol:
The little begger is now sat in my rocking chair in front of the fire like butter wouldn't melt!
Louise
