Bunny likes the taste of ivory soap... is it bad for her?

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- 04/22/2017 at 9:19 AM
  Nikki
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  I tried rubbing ivory soap on my baseboards to stop my 3-month-old holland lop, Fiona, from chewing them. I found out that she enjoys the taste of ivory soap and will purposely eat it. Is this bad for her? She isn’t ingesting a lot because I usually stop her in the act, but she still eats it.
  
  I have also heard to try grapefruit seed extract, but can’t find it anywhere…
- 04/22/2017 at 9:38 AM
  BanditCamp
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  Bunnies have weird tastes. Apple bitter spray is considered a treat for my bunny. Best thin you can do are plastic corner guards which I’ll will be doing
- 04/22/2017 at 2:31 PM
  ThorBunny
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  While I don’t think a small amount of soap is poisonous, I wouldn’t encourage her to eat it! I would keep an eye on her and make sure her poops are normal for the next 12-24 hours. Rabbits are certainly weird, mine loved the lemon spray I used to try to deter chewing. You can stop her from chewing while you are there but in the end I think it’s best to block off the baseboards rather than use nasty tastes to stop her.
  
  Plastic corner guards are a good choice. I use 2x4s to cover my baseboards, not the most elegant solution but they are cheap and easy to cut to size!
- 04/22/2017 at 3:41 PM
  Bam
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  Ivory soap isn’t toxic, that’s why you can use it to deter buns -if the bun decides ivory soap is rather tasty, she won’t be poisoned by it. It’s useless as a deterrent in your case though, as you’ve probably figured out.
  
  Plastic corner guards are good. In this thread our member Krayl has made baseboard protection from hardware cloth
  https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/158647/Default.aspx
  In case you’re a DIY type of person.
  My dog loved the taste of the vinegar that I tried to use to keep her from gnawing at furniture when she was a pup. Pets can do very unexpected things
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