Jesselle
Mama Doe
On Saturday morning, my other half rushed out of the house late and left the spare room door open (out of bounds to Neville). The spare room houses our Mac and other electrical items that aren't bunny proofed. I assumed all doors were closed and let Neville have his morning run up and down the stairs, as per his usual routine.
To cut a long story short, Neville went straight for the open door, nibbled the wire to our Mac and from what I could see, looked to have caused the wire to blow. I found him hiding under the bed, looking worried and with some frazzled whiskers. I couldn't get him to hold still enough to inspect his mouth so I booked him into the vets where he had a thorough check up (lungs, heart, eyes, temperature, tummy and full mouth check) and luckily he sustained only a minor burn to the corner of his mouth and slightly inflamed lower gums. The vet warned me that if he was to suffer any other effects of the possible electric shock, they'd appear later. So, the weekend was spent monitoring him and he has had loxicam once a day.
To my amazement, he appears completely fine and didn't stop eating or pooping and has been as active as normal. We're back at the vets tomorrow to check his mouth and to see if antibiotics are necessary.
This was an absolute lesson and testament to bunny proofing everything and to triple check things when allowing your bunny to free range. Even out of bounds areas need to be treated with caution as bunnies are opportunists!
We, our house and Neville are extremely lucky this time round. The Mac is tbc for damage as we're waiting on a new power cable. BUNNY PROOF everything guys, the worry, guilt and risks are just not worth it.
Cable:
Whiskers:
'I'm invincible!' Neville this morning:
To cut a long story short, Neville went straight for the open door, nibbled the wire to our Mac and from what I could see, looked to have caused the wire to blow. I found him hiding under the bed, looking worried and with some frazzled whiskers. I couldn't get him to hold still enough to inspect his mouth so I booked him into the vets where he had a thorough check up (lungs, heart, eyes, temperature, tummy and full mouth check) and luckily he sustained only a minor burn to the corner of his mouth and slightly inflamed lower gums. The vet warned me that if he was to suffer any other effects of the possible electric shock, they'd appear later. So, the weekend was spent monitoring him and he has had loxicam once a day.
To my amazement, he appears completely fine and didn't stop eating or pooping and has been as active as normal. We're back at the vets tomorrow to check his mouth and to see if antibiotics are necessary.
This was an absolute lesson and testament to bunny proofing everything and to triple check things when allowing your bunny to free range. Even out of bounds areas need to be treated with caution as bunnies are opportunists!
We, our house and Neville are extremely lucky this time round. The Mac is tbc for damage as we're waiting on a new power cable. BUNNY PROOF everything guys, the worry, guilt and risks are just not worth it.
Cable:
Whiskers:
'I'm invincible!' Neville this morning: