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My rabbit chewed a cord and got shocked. What signs should I look for?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 5 months old | 20 lbs

Today my rabbit crew the cord on the lamp and shocked her burned her Whiskers any thing I should look for .. for the next few days she seems to be ok

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on May 24th, 2019

No, you don't really need to do any treatment for this. Luckily this was not worse!! Just keep her away from the cords so she won't do this again! Some people put the cords through a PCV pipe to prevent them from chewing on them.

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