It is okay for a rabbit to eat cardboard. You don't want the cardboard to be a main source of food, of course, but ingesting cardboard in small amounts is not harmful to your rabbit. Cardboard is actually great for your rabbit to chew on to wear down their teeth. It's normal for them to eat a little while chewing.
Large cardboard boxes that are filled with hay or shredded paper, with food items hidden inside them will provide a rabbit with hours of fun as they scramble around in the box, nibbling the hay and searching for the food.
Probably the reason why pet rabbits love to eat cardboard is that it packs on cellulose, which is a significant component of leaves and vegetables that they eat.
Cardboard boxes also make great toys. Cardboard boxes with holes cut in them make hiding places, which rabbits need to feel safe in their environment. If you make the holes large enough, large cardboard boxes could also be tunnels for your rabbit.
A small amount of cardboard isn't going to hurt them, but you don't want them to be ingesting every single piece they shred. Large amounts of cardboard in their digestive system can cause intestinal blockages. Cardboard also doesn't have a lot of nutritional value and shouldn't be considered part of a healthy diet.
A rabbit's bedding must keep them safe, comfortable, and warm. Rabbits often eat their bedding, so it cannot be toxic. Shredded paper, Aspen shreds, specialist litter or pellets, and hay are all safe options.
Gut blockages, while causing gut stasis, are not always directly part of the gut stasis syndrome we regularly see. Blockages are often secondary to the rabbit eating some-thing inappropriate, for example, nuts, fake straw bedding, wallpaper or cardboard.
The plastic is not going to do any harm to your rabbit's teeth. So, it's perfectly acceptable for rabbits to occasionally chew on a plastic toy and toss them around. It's normal for rabbits to chew on just about anything in their environment, so don't be too concerned about this behavior.
Yes, rabbits can eat lettuce, but it should be fed in moderation. Lettuce is low in nutritional value and can cause digestive upset if fed in large quantities. Once or twice a week is more than enough. There are many other fresh, healthier vegetable leaves and tops that rabbits enjoy eating.
“A small acorn-size amount of seedless tomato per day is perfectly fine for a rabbit older than 12 weeks of age,” Henson said. So in general, tomatoes are an OK fruit to share with your rabbit, just as long as it's a small amount and the flesh part of a seedless tomato only.
Cat litter made from paper without added fragranced are safe for rabbits, even if they eat some of the litter. Instead of looking for the products that are specifically marketed toward rabbits, it's best to look for the materials that the litter is made out of.
Grapes aren't toxic to rabbits, and you can feed them to your rabbit occasionally. “Grapes contain a small amount of fiber, B vitamins and vitamin K, which may be beneficial to rabbits,” Dr.
The composition of corrugated cardboard consists of a paper pulp material. Pulp is predominately made from timber however it can also be created using recycled woodchips and shavings leftover from lumber mill waste.
Objects to play with or throw - such as untreated straw, wicker, sea-grass mats and baskets, balls and plastic flower pots. Solid plastic baby toys such as 'key rings', rattles, stacking cups and some robust cat and parrot toys can make good rabbit toys.
Rabbits with GI stasis often look bloated, pass little to no stool, and have big, gas-filled stomachs and intestines on x-rays. Blood tests often reveal evidence of dehydration and abnormal electrolyte values. There may also be changes associated with other underlying diseases (such as kidney or liver disease).
If you see any of these signs, consider it an emergency! Rabbits do die from gut stasis. The earlier you seek treatment, the more likely you are to get a good outcome.
You can expect that if the rabbit eats a large amount of hay in the morning, they will produce a large amount of fecal poops around 5 hours later, while the cecotropes will take much longer to be ready for redigestion.
Metal and lead toxicity in rabbits is a condition that can occur when your rabbit ingests a type of toxic metal (cosmetics, foil, paint particles, plaster, linoleum, small metal toys) that are poisonous to him. Metal and lead toxicity can affect your rabbit's vital organs, leading to a life-threatening situation.
Shredded paper, straw, and paper pulp bedding are not great choices for the litter box. Pine and cedar shavings should be avoided for use in bedding or litter for rabbits. They are toxic and can lead to liver complications.
Bedding for rabbits
It should be clean and dry and should also be safe for your rabbit to eat. Hay and straw can be used. Wood shavings are not suitable as bedding material.
Expect your rabbit to be lonely.
If you only have one rabbit, you can give it some companionship, but it will still be lonely at night or when you are away at work. Sometimes a female rabbit will be fine on its own.
In general pet rabbits don't need access to a salt lick in order to remain healthy. However like most animals, they need sodium to live and maintain bodily functions. Sodium is one of the major components of salt. So rabbits do need salt, but they are able to get all of the salt they need from their regular diet.