Are yew berrys poisonous to rabbits?

[becci]

i have a big yew tree at my house and my rabbitsare where all the yew berrys fall. they land on top of thehutch and when i put splodge on there she eats them and im not sure iftheir poisonous? so could anyone help me with this?

thanks becci

 

[Haley]

I dont really know what a Yew berry is, but I found something that says, yes the berries are poisonous:

http://www.allearssac.org/poison.html

If I were you, I would relocate the hutch or cover it with a tarp or something to stop those berries from falling in there!

 

[Pipp]

I did a new Resource Center page the other day that covers this very thing.

http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=16619&forum_id=10

I even included this note:

EDITORS NOTE: One example of this is Yew,which causes sudden death in horses and other animals, serious illnessin humans, but has little effect on rabbits and guineapigs.

(I must have been psychic!)

However, not causing 'sudden death' is not to saytheyareconsidered a source of rabbit food,theyreally should be kept away from your bunny. Thetarp is a good idea.



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