Baby bunny swallowing plastic

[Kahloandjacques]

Hi guys! I really hope you can help me. I have a baby bunny - only 9 weeks old. We were advised by a vet to feed him with critical care (cc) food because he may have some minor problems with digestion. We did so by spraying it into his mouth trough a small soft plastic tube. We suddenly realized that he had chewed off a piece of the tube and panicked. We tried to stick our fingers in his mouth to get it out, but by doing so we accidentally pushed it down his throat. He was fine. He could breathe and continued eating like nothing had happened. Now - about an hour later - he still seems fine. Eating a bit and doing bunny stuff. I know it happens some times that bunnies eat plastic, but the problem here is that we don't know wether he got to chew the plastic piece a bit before we were foolish enough to push it down. If he didn't get to chew it at all then he has almost about a centimeter of plastic tube in his stomach now. What should we do? How bad is this?

 

[bright_eyes]

As long as he keeps eating, drinking, and passing stools he will likely pass it.
There would be little you could do short of surgery anyway if it causes problems.

 

[Azerane]

If it's soft plastic, it should hopefully pass ok, if he stops pooping for more than a few hours, I would take him to the vet.

 

[Kahloandjacques]

He is eating and pooping still. But not hay - only pellets and some cc. He seems a bit more passive than usual, but that started even before ha swallowed the plastic (which is the reason why we gave him cc in the first place). So it's hard to tell if the plastic is making him sick or if he would be that way in any case.

 

[Azerane]

If he's a bit lethargic, it can sometimes help to get them moving around as it helps stimulate gut flow. So just get him hopping around a little bit, even if you have to push his bottom to get him going.