Hay Splinters?

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- 03/19/2008 at 4:45 PM
  MimzMum
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  Hey guys, has this ever happened to you? I was putting hay into Mimy’s pen early this morning and a sharp piece broke off and put a teensy splinter into the tip of my little finger. OUWICH! It was so small I wasn’t able to pluck it out with a tweezers, so I wound up having to use nail clippers and slice a chunk off the end of my finger to remove the splinter. (My eyesight is so bad, I can’t see little things like that, but I sure could FEEL it!)
  
  Do you think hay splinters in our buns’ mouths while they eat it? I would hate to think something like that would become lodged in Mimzy’s gums and hurt him. How would one prevent this from happening?
- 03/19/2008 at 6:20 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  Oh ouch! I’ve had that happen but used a pumice stone to get it out. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t happen to a rabbit with great frequency. I’ve watched them munch it and they really grate it up finely with their teeth – too fine I think to cause problems.
- 03/19/2008 at 6:41 PM
  Charlene
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  I have had this happen to me a lot ’cause of the horses too (more hay to feed). I always wondered the same thing but they must be tougher than us. The horses eat thistles! My buns have a wood toy they naw on. I guess they are just made for it.
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