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FORUM HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Questions by Olly Rabbit.

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    • Sr. Melangell
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        My Daddy put me and my Mummy a lot of money in the bank, Mummy got a Record player and a big TV, I like the Record player it plays all my favourite music like James Last and other bands and German Opera, Mummy remembered I like cartoons a lot and has ordered me some Beatrix Potter DVDS, my first question is can I watch my films on a 50 inch screen? We don’t have big speakers we haven’t got room for that in this room, Mummy was wondering if it would hurt my eyes, like you say to children ‘Too much TV will hurt your eyes’ or ‘Don’t sit too close to the TV you will hurt your eyes’ Mummy doesn’t know about new things and also remembered her Granddad saying to her. “Don’t sit too close to the TV, don’t you know they give off radiation?” Is this true or was he just trying to get her away from the TV? Or maybe it was the very old TV sets back then? But Mummy is worried about me, because eventhough I am a Giant rabbit I am her little man and everything has to be safe for me, not 99% safe 1million% safe.
        If you know please let my Mummy know, thank you, love from Olly Rabbit x


      • Bam
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          How wonderful, Olly! I do not think TV hurts your eyes, but I looked it up. Apparently watching tv in a dark room causes more eyestrain than watching tv in a room where theres some additional light. http://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/body-mind-spirit/vision/can-watching-tv-in-the-dark-hurt-your-eyes/

          This article also says it’s not true that sitting too close to the tv can hurt children’s eyes. If children choose to sit very close to the tv it can mean they have visual-problems and need glasses. Meaning sitting close to the TV is an effect of poor eye sight, not a cause.

          This of course applies to humans, we will just have to assume it’s similar with rabbits. Rabbits’ eyes are not quite as ours, and their field of vision is much wider.

          As for radiation, I found info from FDA, the food and drug administration: Old TVs could emit low levels of radiation (x-rays). But LCD and plasma screens are incapable of that:

          “It is important to note also that flat panel TVs incorporating Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) or Plasma displays are not capable of emitting x-radiation. As such these products and are not subject to the FDA standard and do not pose a public health hazard.”

          (The same article also says about old TVs that “It should be emphasized that most TV sets have not been found to give off any measurable level of radiation, and there is no evidence that radiation from TV sets has resulted in human injury.”)
          http://www.fda.gov/radiation-emittingproducts/resourcesforyouradiationemittingproducts/ucm252764.htm

          So Olly, you won’t be subject to harmful radiation from the TV. Neither will mum.


        • Sr. Melangell
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            Thank you bam love from Olly x

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