Ice Chewing, is there such a thing as too much?

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- 02/03/2017 at 3:12 PM
  Scarlet
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  My last rabbit loved ice, they chewed and chewed, frozen water downed fruit made for softer ice treats but they preferred solid water ice cubes and she’d even shove fruit ones away for ice alone. Even if it wasn’t hot they wanted some. Is there any draw backs on letting a rabbit have access to ice cubes to gnaw on? In humans it’s far more harmful to crunch ice, but with a rabbit’s evergrowing teeth I don’t know if the risks are as bad. I know ice biting can sometimes crack a humans tooth, is the same possible for a rabbits?
  
  Also, are all treats frozen safe? My current rabbit prefers his cut carrot treats frozen over room temp but I don’t want to risk any bad effects from frozen solid greens and treats.
- 02/03/2017 at 3:23 PM
  vanessa
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  Wow, interesting question. My doges love ice cubes, but I’ve never thought to give my rabbits frozen treats. I think there is a lot of thought against frozen anything for animals, but I have yet to hear of a convincing biologically sound argument.
- 02/03/2017 at 3:43 PM
  Scarlet
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  Well in dogs and cats they only get one pair of teeth, and those wear down. In rabbits you need to keep the teeth from growing too long and that involves giving them chew toys and hay, but I haven’t seen anyone suggest whether chewing on ice is good for their teeth, or bad for them either, I know to cool them off you can give them ice, but no one’s covered what to do if your rabbit is a enthusiastic ice chewer/muncher.
- 02/03/2017 at 3:49 PM
  vanessa
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  I believe there is the concern of cracking teeth.
- 02/03/2017 at 4:25 PM
  Azerane
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  Yes I would be concerned about cracking or breaking teeth. When this happens, they don’t always grow back correctly and you may then be dealing with malocclusion.
- 02/03/2017 at 7:49 PM
  Scarlet
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  Frozen treats such as carrots and small pieces of apple don’t ever get as hard as solid ice, so I’m thinking they would be safer than pure ice cubes.
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