How is he doing now? (((((Podrick)))))

From what I can find, horses can get fireweed poisoning, but for most horses repeated exposure is required. Your snowshoe hares probably have instincts that “tell” them how much they can safely eat, or natural selection has made them less susceptible to the toxins etc. Horses are very like rabbits digestion-wise, so it’s reasonable to suspect that fireweed could have similar effects in both species:

Please read: fireweed horses

Poisoning in rabbits can be treated with activated charcoal and supportive care, since rabbits (just like horses) can’t vomit (and you should never try to make them). Activated charcoal not sth you should do at home unless you are very experienced. The activated charcoal is only effective while the poison still is in the tummy,, once it’s been absorbed by the body, charcoal is of no use.

I hope Podrick will be fine. But keep a close eye. Liver damage can give rise to late-onset GI symptoms, among other things

We have been inside for about 4 hours.

Found this also.

Source: Textbook of Rabbit Medicine Frances Harcourt-Brown 

Sounds great, glad to hear it =)

I clicked on the link you provided Bam. That is not the fireweed I’m familiar with. o_O The fireweed I’m familiar has purple flowers. As far as I knew, the plants were edible. I did a google search and apparently there are plants in the sunflower family that are called fireweed too. Wow, I can see how this can lead to contradicting information online.

Poderick, I was in the wrong part of the world, I’m so sorry!!!

LBJ, The firewood that is toxic to cattle and horses is yellow and it’s latin name is Senecio madagascariensis. You get that one by googling fireweed toxicity, But it appears the only USA state that has this problem is Hawaii  I didn’t read properly, just went with a toxic fireweed 

Poderick, by Fireweed you probably mean Chamerion angustifolium, it has purple flowers and is tall land plume-like. That firewood IS edible and NOT poisonous. 

purple fireweed

I saw that a couple websites say that Chamerion augustifolium is not safe. Which is odd because I always thought it was. There are a bunch of websites that do say it’s safe though, including bunny websites. So there is still conflicting information floating around out there, but I still wonder if it’s a case of misidentification. Like I said, I had always thought it was safe. *shrugs*

There’s always conflicting info  It makes it so hard to forage. 

Lilacs, marigolds – same thing. Always though lilacs were poisonous. It seems they aren’t. I still don’t dare feed any to my buns. 

Then there are the one million safe plants that my buns won’t eat just because. 

Haha Bam! So true!