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FORUM HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Rabbit possibly ingested something dangerous please help

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    • Maddie
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        I’m aware it says to contact a vet but I did and they gave me a weird answer. I had an All Living Things anti odor pouch on the outside of Basil’s cage. He opened it and possibly ingested the pellets inside. I looked it up and the website says it’s non toxic and contains pure, refined carbon pellets and Zeolite. I called my normal vet, their exotic specialist wasn’t in today. They recommended I call a different animal hospital. The desk lady said “well it says non toxic, soooooo”. And if he was acting like his normal self I wouldn’t worry but he bit me three times and he is gentle and has never bitten anyone. I don’t know what to do please help. 


      • Luna
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          Bam, Azerane, jerseygirl? (BB members more savvy than I). If he did ingest it, how much of the pouch do you think he ate? 1/4? 1/2? As for the biting, what were you doing when he bit you?


        • tobyluv
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            I don’t know anything about those particular ingredients, but any time a rabbit eats something it shouldn’t, you need to make sure that they eat plenty of hay and drink lots of water. Then keep a good eye on them, to make sure they are acting normally and pooping and peeing. Did he possibly bite you because you were picking him up trying to examine him? I hope that he will be just fine.


          • Bam
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              I’m sorry I’m late to this. How is your bun doing now? Rabbits can get activated carbon for poisonings, so the carbon is probably fine. It can make humans constipated though because it’s an adsorbant (fluid sticks to the surface of the material). Zeolite acts as an adsorbant too. I think the mechanism of action is pretty similar for both the carbon and the zeolite and that’s why it’s purifying: “bad stuff” sticks to the surface of the crystals.

              I think the bun needs to be properly hydrated, perhaps more than you can do yourself at home. The compound is non toxic because it’s not digestible -it’s supposed to pass through and take bad stuff with it (zeolite is often used for “detox” in humans). So I’d worry about it clogging up the intestines or slowing them. If he ate very little he should be fine but that he’s bit you indicates he’s not feeling well.


            • Maddie
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                So it looks like he ate less than a quarter of the pouch. When he bit me he was just sitting in my lap but I was crying and generally just freaking out about the whole thing and I wasn’t letting him get off my lap. He’s acting normally now and drinking lots of water and eating lots of hay.  


              • Luna
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                  Glad to hear Basil is ok!


                • Bam
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                    What a relief! Thanks for the update! One of my buns once bit me when I held him against his will (I had to, for syringe feeding).

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                FORUM HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Rabbit possibly ingested something dangerous please help