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Name: Matthew
Status: Other
Grade: Other
Location:AR
Date: 7/19/2005
Question:
Could baby rabbits die from eating polystyrene foam? And if they can why?


Replies:
If a baby rabbit eats polystyrene foam, it needs to go to it's veterinarian. Anything unusual and undigestable such as polystyrene foam may cause gastric impactions from which the rabbit can die.

Susie Sample
University of Wisconsin
Vet. Medicine
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