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- 04/21/2013 at 6:09 PM
  colleenbunny
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  Is it safe to give a rabbit denim? Want to make some bunny toys for a friend, so I want to make sure that they are safe!
- 04/22/2013 at 1:57 AM
  bunnylova123
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  If you are going to make rabbit toys fleece is generally safer, denim has long strands in, so if the toy was ripped apart the strands might wrap around his/her bunnies feet and cut off the blood supply. Denim is generally dyed so I don’t know if the dye is safe either.
- 04/22/2013 at 5:24 AM
  Monkeybun
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  the thing to worry about with long strands is them ingesting it, and it getting wound up in their digestive system. It could really cause some damage.
- 04/22/2013 at 6:14 AM
  Bam
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  Bam once ate part of a friend’s jeans. While he was wearing them. (My friend, that is, Bam never wears jeans. Thinks his butt looks big in jeans.)
  
  Denim can apparently taste good to a rabbit, so perhaps you should choose another material. Bam is not normally a destructo bunny, never chews his fleece-toys f ex.
- 04/22/2013 at 6:27 AM
  Beka27
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  LOL Bam!
  
  I have actually given Meadow an old pair of my son’s (too-small) jeans years ago (when she was still unspayed) because she would dig at them and it protected our carpet… briefly. She ONLY had access to them when she was out playing AND I was supervising. They were never left in her pen. And they were a whole pair of jean with no loose strands or frayed bits. She never chewed at them, only dug on the fabric. If she would have started chewing it, I would have taken them from her because of the danger of ingesting long strands of fabric.
  
  It sounds like your friend isn’t the greatest rabbit keeper… according to you: no vet care, questionable home health remedies, inappropriate housing, etc… It does not seem like she would adequately supervise her bunny with fabric, so I would recommend NOT including anything that can be harmful in the toys. Keep to cardboard, willow toys, etc…
- 04/22/2013 at 11:39 AM
  colleenbunny
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  Okay! Thanks!
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