ELECTRIC SHOCK

[Clarka331]

I’ve positioned my bunny cage in a way that she can’t get behind it and get to the wires. But she managed to jump on top of her cage and get behind the cage. I turned away for about a minute or so not realising she had done this. She managed to nibble through but not completely. Just enough to expose the colour of the actual wiring underneath. I can’t see if there’s any nibble marks on the wiring but I’m really scared she’s electrocuted herself and I feel so bad that this happened and haven’t been able to stop crying since. Please someone help. I’ve uploaded a photo.

[jerseygirl]

Hi Clarka331
There is the 2nd layer of insulation (the plastic coating) that would have protected her. I’ve unfortunately had many cables over the years been nibbled, even to having the copper wire exposed and the rabbit has been okay. I think the risk is higher if they were to chew a cable for something you’re using that is drawing a lot of power. Leading to actual electrocution or electrical burns in and around the mouth.

It’s a good idea to cover any chewed areas with insulation tape. There was a story here in Australia where a young child received electrical burns when she picked up the cord of the vacuum cleaner with some exposed wires while her mother was using it. They had a rabbit and were not aware it had damaged the cord.
It was a good reminder to me to routinely check my cords! Especially as at that time, I had 2 rabbits that free roamed in the house.

[joea64]

This is why I don’t let Panda and Fernando free-roam my apartment yet. I have a tangle of cords and cables around my desktop computer that needs to be bunny-proofed before they can be allowed out of their X-pen (I almost had a heart attack one time when Fernando, on one of his breakout attempts from the X-pen, went close by my desktop PC area) as well as another power strip next to my bed. I need to shut down my PC soon to give the interior a good spray-out with compressed air (I bet hay and bunny fur is starting to get in there), so I’ll have to look at that time to see what needs to be done about moving or covering up those cords if possible.

This was a scary incident, but if your bunny is acting normal and doesn’t appear to have taken any visible injury (burns around the mouth, etc.), she probably didn’t get a shock (fingers crossed) since as jerseygirl says, she probably didn’t manage to bite through the inner plastic coating. Keep an eye on her and let us know if any of her behavior changes significantly.

[Anna]

They always find a way!

My friend found that her rabbit’s whiskers looked a bit singed whenever she bit through a Mac charger. You could check for this, but either way it sounds like she hasn’t done herself any damage.

[Dface]

I’ve gotten three nasty shocks because of my rabbits ability to get at cables. She on the other hand has never seemed to cause herself any damage.
Im actually starting to think she has a weird earthing ability..! But we now keep her in a no cable room cause even the cable protectors dont last when she gets at them..
But as an aside it doesnt look like your rabbit actually made it to the parts that cause damage

[LaraR4444]

Our first bunny bit a cord well enough once that she burned her whiskers, but she never showed any signs of any other problem from it. We had most of the cords in the house covered with this plastic stuff but she found one under the computer desk while we were out of the room!

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