Rabbit almost dead in same room as stove

I'd get a carbon monoxide detector... like tonight!

Weird!! I would check it out real good. Don't you have a carbon monoxide detecter in the stove room? You should if you don't.

On a side note, we had a rabbit for a short time a long time ago when I was a kid. My mom cleaned its cage and surrounding area with Pine-sol or whatever. Not long after the cleaning the rabbit was stiff as a board.

Maybe they are real fragile animals.

Rabbits are extremely sensitive. That's why they're often used for cosmetics testing.

Maybe it was too hot in the area where the rabbit was. Imagine wearing a fur coat and sitting next to the stove all day.
Just a thought......

dicon77 said:

Whoa. My son's rabbit was just laid out flat on her side, her eyes rolled up in her head. My daughter noticed it and tapped at Fritz's foot and the rabbit got up. We immediately took her outside for fresh air. She's fine now. The rabbit was NOT stiff, as in a seizure, in fact very limp. It's a small rabbit, a Polish is the breed. She is only 3 years old.

So, I wonder as we are breaking in our new stove; what caused this. Am I doing something wrong? Right now with our third break-in fire it is NOT smoky in the room, but you can smell a "fireplace" smell. I don't smell any paint fumes. Are rabbits susceptible to - is it carbon monoxide/dioxide? Do I need to worry about my family? Kids preteen and teen?

I indeed am moving the rabbit's cage out of the room.

Jodi

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Kids, pregnant women and pets should not be in the room at all when breaking in a fire. Every time you smell that curring smell I would open all the windows and make sure all the little ones are out. If you are going to burn your stove hot I would do this by yourself when everybody is away. Burn it hot for about 4 or 5 days for 5 to 6 hours each time and that smell will be long gone (unless you burn it much hotter then the 4 or 5 days). If you look hard on the 'net you will find that curring paint fumes are not good to breath in. Be very careful :long:

You told us all about your rabbit (I'm really glad she's OK!), but you told us nothing about the appliance or the installation. Where would zinc fumes be coming from? Do you have galvanized components somewhere in the system? If not, then perhaps that's not what is was all about. Rick

Dicon77 I'm assuming since you didnt answer bout the c.o. detector that means you have one near the stove or in the same room???? I really hope so, all that other talk seems ways far fetched. My number one concern would be c.o. not maybe its the break in process. Thats just me though

Jimbob said:

Maybe it was too hot in the area where the rabbit was. Imagine wearing a fur coat and sitting next to the stove all day.
Just a thought......

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My old man has a rabbit in his house, the things lays by the stove all day hot as hell and loves it. They love the heat thats why he was there in the first place

It'll take a few burns to cure the finish, and during that process, ventilation is essential. Your owner's manual should contain some guidance concerning that "break-in" period. My totally amateur guess would be possibly a combination of the fumes and the heat. In any case, I'm glad Fritz is OK now. I'm curious...you called the rabbit "she", and you called the rabbit "Fritz"...? Rick

dicon77 said:

Whoa. My son's rabbit was just laid out flat on her side, her eyes rolled up in her head. My daughter noticed it and tapped at Fritz's foot and the rabbit got up. We immediately took her outside for fresh air. She's fine now. The rabbit was NOT stiff, as in a seizure, in fact very limp. It's a small rabbit, a Polish is the breed. She is only 3 years old.

So, I wonder as we are breaking in our new stove; what caused this. Am I doing something wrong? Right now with our third break-in fire it is NOT smoky in the room, but you can smell a "fireplace" smell. I don't smell any paint fumes. Are rabbits susceptible to - is it carbon monoxide/dioxide? Do I need to worry about my family? Kids preteen and teen?

I indeed am moving the rabbit's cage out of the room.

Jodi

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Maybe its just me but that part here that says its not smokey in the room, you can smell a fireplace smell, and i dont smell any paint fumes is a dead giveaway that there is probably a reverse draft goin on with light coals and carbon monoxide drafted back in.

I have 3 house rabbits. Other house rabbit people have reported them worshipping the stove much like a cat or dog. I'm not used to my house rabbits being that lethargic, but I suppose the heat could cause that. Sometimes I need to poke my dog when she's sunning herself next to the insert.

dicon77 said:

...FOSSIL: My little boy wanted to name his new rabbit Fritz and wanted a boy rabbit. When we went to pick out the rabbit, she only had girls left. He kept the name. She's cute. Chocolate brown, pretty small. . .

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Fritz she is then! I've no problem with that whatsoever. My first kitten I named Gandalf, after Gandalf the Gray, the wizard in the Tolkien books. Well, less than a year later, Gandalf went and had a litter of kittens herself. Many years later, we were adopted by a stray cat, who we were convinced was a female, so we named her Amelia because she was a lost traveler. Took Amelia to the vet and he said, "Well, Amelia's a neutered male." We renamed him Hobo. My best to Fritz! Rick

The rabbit almost died? Is that like being almost pregnant??

My son has a pet Rat that he keeps in the living room. Last week when I had a fire going in the insert, it was about 90 degrees in there so I moved the rat to another room. I figured that since he is so small, he might get cooked.

fossil said:

dicon77 said:

...FOSSIL: My little boy wanted to name his new rabbit Fritz and wanted a boy rabbit. When we went to pick out the rabbit, she only had girls left. He kept the name. She's cute. Chocolate brown, pretty small. . .

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Fritz she is then! I've no problem with that whatsoever. My first kitten I named Gandalf, after Gandalf the Gray, the wizard in the Tolkien books. Well, less than a year later, Gandalf went and had a litter of kittens herself. Many years later, we were adopted by a stray cat, who we were convinced was a female, so we named her Amelia because she was a lost traveler. Took Amelia to the vet and he said, "Well, Amelia's a neutered male." We renamed him Hobo. My best to Fritz! Rick

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A stray/discarded cat is what caused my toy fox terrier to get run over by a car last week. I told the wife, get rid of the cat or I will.
She gave the cat to someone. The next one might not be so lucky.

dicon77 said:

lol, I wondered if someone was going to say that. From original post 7:26 to 11:55. Where have you been? What took you so long. Sheesh, imagine hubby coming home and I had to tell him rabbit died. Thank goodness she's okay is right <grin>

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Sorry, I had a stand-up gig earlier....

You are right to be concerned, but I cannot help but recall that during the time we had a rabbit, she would give us near heart atttacks regularly in hot weather, due to what we started calling "BNDEs" - Bunny Near Death Experiences. We'd go by her cage and she'd be flopped out on her back in such a contorted and unlikely position that we would be absolutely sure that - this time - she was dead. Of course she never was, though she was often pretty thoroughly asleep and took some waking to confirm the fact. You'd think we would have learned after a while, but each time she managed to look so dramatically dead that it was absolutely convincing - in the 13 years we had her, she fooled us all this way dozens of times. They do like their heat, though I am sure they can get too much of it - she was black and whie, and when she lay in the sun her black spots would get almost too hot to touch.
But they are sensitve little creatures (electricity aside), so you are right to be cautious.

dicon77 said:

Whoa. My son's rabbit was just laid out flat on her side, her eyes rolled up in her head. My daughter noticed it and tapped at Fritz's foot and the rabbit got up. We immediately took her outside for fresh air. She's fine now. The rabbit was NOT stiff, as in a seizure, in fact very limp. It's a small rabbit, a Polish is the breed. She is only 3 years old.

So, I wonder as we are breaking in our new stove; what caused this. Am I doing something wrong? Right now with our third break-in fire it is NOT smoky in the room, but you can smell a "fireplace" smell. I don't smell any paint fumes. Are rabbits susceptible to - is it carbon monoxide/dioxide? Do I need to worry about my family? Kids preteen and teen?

I indeed am moving the rabbit's cage out of the room.

Jodi

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There's at least 1,000 reasons the rabbit did what it did (maybe it was bunny-dreaming?) and only 1 of those reasons could possibly be related to your wood stove.