I apologize for the lack of carriage returns;for some reason the forum software doesn't recognize them coming from my laptop. At first I thought he just had a bit of dirt of fluff on his whiskers, but upon closer inspection, his whiskers were actually singed. After that I found the cord he chewed through.There is a small bead of copper on each of the wires he exposed, indicating that there was at least one arc. I don't know when he actually did this, but it was probably this morning. I called the vet, and he said that as long as the bun is still eating and drinking,he's OK. I confirmed that he's still doing both of those things;he ate a grape and hay without hesitation, and he also took his neutering medication without hesitation. Of what I could see of his gums (just the area around the big choppy front teeth, on the side of the singing), there is no damage; they are pink and there is no bleeding. There does not appear to be any singng of the fur,either. He is licking things, mostly cleaning himself. He's been laying down (not bunched up in a corner) for a good while this afternoon. Hmm. It's possible that he might have gotten a mild shock, and a few current spikes through the whiskers (the whiskers are not singed at the base, implying that current did not travel into his lips). I'm not prepared to say that he was acting funny today, because if he was it was such a subtle difference that it could be my imagination. It's possible that he sustained only whisker injury. Is there anything else I can check to asses bunny damage? So tomorrow is bunny-hardening day. Wire loom from the auto store, I guess. We had thought we'd done a reasonable job of bunny-hardening already, but it was clearly inadequate. I plug my laptop in at a spot where I cannot see a length of the cord, and this is what was chewed. I believe he chewed it while I was sitting right there, or while I had stepped away for a moment.In any case, dodging a bullet is no cause for celebration.
Bunny has sustained damage.
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cheryl
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Ohh noo poor bunny,that was very lucky that he wasn't hurt bad or worse,i don't have much advice to give as i have never had anything like that happen before,but all i can advise is just to keep an eye on him,but if he is acting normal he should be ok
The shock might have just scared him a bit.
Wow another member.. Pinksalamander just had the same thing happen to her bunny as well
This is her thread..
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=16858&forum_id=16
cheryl
The shock might have just scared him a bit.
Wow another member.. Pinksalamander just had the same thing happen to her bunny as well
This is her thread..
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=16858&forum_id=16
cheryl
Haley
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Ive caught my bunnies chewing cords all the time. For some reason, they love laptop cords! Ive never had anyone get shocked though.
I would just keep an eye on him. He may have gotten enough just to give him a little scare. Just be sure he's acting normally and eating/pooping, as you said.
For the bunny-proofing, One great thing is tape. I use electrical or duct tape to tape up any wires so theyre out of reach for bunnies. I also use a plastic tubing made for covering exposed wires in trailers/automobiles that you can buy for cheap at auto stores. It slides right over the wire. NIC grids also work great for blocking off areas.
Keep us posted!
Haley
I would just keep an eye on him. He may have gotten enough just to give him a little scare. Just be sure he's acting normally and eating/pooping, as you said.
For the bunny-proofing, One great thing is tape. I use electrical or duct tape to tape up any wires so theyre out of reach for bunnies. I also use a plastic tubing made for covering exposed wires in trailers/automobiles that you can buy for cheap at auto stores. It slides right over the wire. NIC grids also work great for blocking off areas.
Keep us posted!
Haley
Pipp
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Funny, two threads at once on electric shocks. It's usually a rare topic! Here's the other one, although I suspect you can see it:
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=16858&forum_id=16
Lots of threads on bunny proofing, though. Check out the Resource Center. (I don't have a link handy, I've really got to get back to work!)
I don't think there will be any ill effects, just keep an eye on him.
Oddly enough, I spent the last two days with an electronically minded friend trying to repair all the stuff that Pipp destroyed.She usually takes out a ton of stuff in one felled swoop. (I'm definitely over $3000, probabably closer to $4000 counting the stuff that still works but killed my warantee. I alsolearned the hard way that just a couple of teethmarks in my computer mouse can short out my whole system). :shock:
This last couple of times, she got around the much-fortified bunny proofing first by climbing up on a very high shelf, and also by squeezing past what a thought was a solid barrier, and she also managed to chew a hold in the tiniest bit of exposed plastic at the end of a stretch of heavy tubing. She's the only bunny addicted to wires, the other four don't do much damage, but she's obsessed! Luckily, no sparks have flown.
The electrical tape doesn't work with her at all, but I'm going to have to wrap a bunch next to the plugs where the tubing doesn't fit.
I use a hard plastic tubing that I had to slice open myself with a boxcutter, and I also use the curly flexible black stuff that comes already cut, although she will chew that, she stops before getting to the wires.
The other godsend are extra NIC cube panels that make great bunny blockers.
Good thing both shock buns are okay!
sas
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=16858&forum_id=16
Lots of threads on bunny proofing, though. Check out the Resource Center. (I don't have a link handy, I've really got to get back to work!)
I don't think there will be any ill effects, just keep an eye on him.
Oddly enough, I spent the last two days with an electronically minded friend trying to repair all the stuff that Pipp destroyed.She usually takes out a ton of stuff in one felled swoop. (I'm definitely over $3000, probabably closer to $4000 counting the stuff that still works but killed my warantee. I alsolearned the hard way that just a couple of teethmarks in my computer mouse can short out my whole system). :shock:
This last couple of times, she got around the much-fortified bunny proofing first by climbing up on a very high shelf, and also by squeezing past what a thought was a solid barrier, and she also managed to chew a hold in the tiniest bit of exposed plastic at the end of a stretch of heavy tubing. She's the only bunny addicted to wires, the other four don't do much damage, but she's obsessed! Luckily, no sparks have flown.
The electrical tape doesn't work with her at all, but I'm going to have to wrap a bunch next to the plugs where the tubing doesn't fit.
I use a hard plastic tubing that I had to slice open myself with a boxcutter, and I also use the curly flexible black stuff that comes already cut, although she will chew that, she stops before getting to the wires.
The other godsend are extra NIC cube panels that make great bunny blockers.
Good thing both shock buns are okay!
sas
For some reason, my buns always went for the low-voltage lines. I've repaired my Mac power cord something like five times so far on the low voltage end. Perhaps thats worth posting about, since they're tricky to repair. I'm running out of shrink tubing.
If it helps, the stuff you're talking about is called Split Wire Loom. I plan to pick some up tomorrow.
Also, this section of the forum is rather depressing to peruse. Rabbits are very fragile animals.
If it helps, the stuff you're talking about is called Split Wire Loom. I plan to pick some up tomorrow.
Also, this section of the forum is rather depressing to peruse. Rabbits are very fragile animals.
Pipp
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This seems to be a particularly bad time in the Infirmary.
Thanks for the correct term, I'll have to remember that.
Rabbits are compelled to clear vines and roots from their paths to provide comfortable housing and clear routes of escapes, so wires are 'vines and roots' and theymust be cleared!
Pipp actually seeks them out, though, they're most certainly not in her path. (The other four bunnies will only nip the the 'path' ones, they've hardly ever chewed any). Shegoes for the little ones like my headset wires (her favourite, even while I'm talking on the phone!), themouse, camera cables, etc, are next inline. I've gone wireless where ever possible.
And Pipp, being a Dwarf, has tiny teeth, I don't think she can easily get her teeth on multiple wires simultaneously, which is I believe what it takes to get a shock? It must be much moreof a problem with a Flemish.
(How's your girl, btw? Hope she's recovering well from her spay).
sas
Thanks for the correct term, I'll have to remember that.
Rabbits are compelled to clear vines and roots from their paths to provide comfortable housing and clear routes of escapes, so wires are 'vines and roots' and theymust be cleared!
Pipp actually seeks them out, though, they're most certainly not in her path. (The other four bunnies will only nip the the 'path' ones, they've hardly ever chewed any). Shegoes for the little ones like my headset wires (her favourite, even while I'm talking on the phone!), themouse, camera cables, etc, are next inline. I've gone wireless where ever possible.
And Pipp, being a Dwarf, has tiny teeth, I don't think she can easily get her teeth on multiple wires simultaneously, which is I believe what it takes to get a shock? It must be much moreof a problem with a Flemish.
(How's your girl, btw? Hope she's recovering well from her spay).
sas
Yes; the standard household socket (not the 240V washing machine or oven sockets) has a single 'hot' wire, then ground and neutral, which are almost the same wire. Bunny has to hit the hot wire, and any other wire to get a shock. At 120V,electricity can 'jump' a short distance, only a couple millimeters, and that's usually just over the distance between two wires in a cord anyhow. So, bunny can be burned from the arc from wire to wire, from current travelling through bunny between wires, or worst of all, current going from wire, through bunny to ground, through all the important bunny parts.
So far, the vet says that all is going normally with the spay. She has eaten a little bit, drank some, urinated, but no poop yet. One assist feeding. They're keeping her until Monday, which is standard.
So far, the vet says that all is going normally with the spay. She has eaten a little bit, drank some, urinated, but no poop yet. One assist feeding. They're keeping her until Monday, which is standard.
Glad to hear the bunny is okay. Remimds me of my younger days when I opend the back of my mothers television set . Think I was 15 at the time (long ago) . So my mother says be careful somone once told me TV's hold voltage even when their unplugged. I say oh come on how can that be. No sooner did I say get those words out them wham,felt like 10,000 volts and yes I had singed whiskers and saw stars.
Morse on the actual subject though . Bunnies love to chew ,chew this ,chew that. Have to watch them all the time unless you have a bunny safe room in the house. To make one do so as if you would be doing it for a child after all they are child. When Casey my six year old dwarf lopp was little I hung my coat on the chair back one evening. LoL before I knew it she took out a major portion of the lower edge in the front. The coat was only a week old $250 mens wool car coat. My wife said oh my now what . I smiled and said the store is still open ,think I will buy another one
That is just what I did . Casey is my pride and joy and I would never scold here. She was just doing what bunnies do .Luckily it was a wool coat and not an electrical cord. Hope the bunny is okay .
take care
Morse on the actual subject though . Bunnies love to chew ,chew this ,chew that. Have to watch them all the time unless you have a bunny safe room in the house. To make one do so as if you would be doing it for a child after all they are child. When Casey my six year old dwarf lopp was little I hung my coat on the chair back one evening. LoL before I knew it she took out a major portion of the lower edge in the front. The coat was only a week old $250 mens wool car coat. My wife said oh my now what . I smiled and said the store is still open ,think I will buy another one
That is just what I did . Casey is my pride and joy and I would never scold here. She was just doing what bunnies do .Luckily it was a wool coat and not an electrical cord. Hope the bunny is okay .
take care
