I live in a college residence and I have a bunny with me. I have to leave her inside during a fire alarm (there are never any fires)... can my bunny go deaf from hearing a fire alarm?
2006-11-14 13:49:26 · 6 answers · asked by Sammy 5 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Animals hearing and all their senses are 7x stronger than humans
2006-11-14 13:49:57 · update #1
my rabbit survived many firealarms in my dorm last year, she still seems fine, i wouldnt worry too much... its not like they listen to us anyways :)
2006-11-14 14:11:32 · answer #1 · answered by megan c 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first thing I'd say is how do you KNOW its a drill?
With my luck, I'd leave a pet inside and then find out it was a real fire. (They happen at dorms frequently enough that I'd be concerned.) But if they are telling you there's a drill, that's different.
Anyway, if you choose to leave the pet behind during a fire alarm, I think it would be fine. I have been designing fire alarms for years and I have never heard of an instance where a pet or person went deaf from the alarm for the short exposure during a test. We do alot of schools that have pets (rabbits, guinea pigs, etc.) in the classrooms and have never heard of anything that effected the animals.
Then again... (and I am not trying to be mean), but if a rabbit did have hearing loss, um, how would you know? I mean, do rabbits come when called? I am not a rabbit owner, but I have friends who have pet rabbits and they don't really "respond" well to verbal stimulus.
2006-11-15 03:42:42 · answer #2 · answered by todvango 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a very similar experience with my guinea pig. I was worried about his hearing, so I called the vet after a fire alarm. The vet said that his hearing should be my last concern.....he also said that honestly, small animals can die from the stress of a fire alarm, and I was lucky that he was still alive. He said the extreme stress causes them to die from a heart attack.
You are very lucky that your bunny is still alive. I would take him out with me. Any time my apartment complex sets off a fire alarm (test or not), I always take my guinea pig while my fiancee gets our 2 dogs. They do not, under any circumstance, get left behind. Iit is my responsibility to make sure they is safe, especially my little guinea pig, because he is in a cage and can't get himself out. Leaving him would be outright cruel.
2006-11-14 14:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by iloveeeyore 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes bacause they have sensitve(sp) hears as well so to us a small nosie would be very loud to them
2006-11-14 14:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by nikita p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think so
2006-11-14 14:20:00 · answer #5 · answered by TAMMY M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.
2006-11-14 14:54:47 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa Marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋