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I have not posted about this for various reasons however; I lost my beloved Binka due to Small Pet Select Hay containing fire ants. 

A Small Pet Select Hay order was delivered on my porch, the hay comes laying directly in the box with no bag of protection enclosing the hay and the boxes are not sealed on all edges with tape.  There was grease in parts of one of the boxes and they were all full of fire ants, some more than others.   There is no way to know if the fire ants were already in the box went sent or if it happened during delivery, we do have small fire ants here but we do not have Brazilian fire ants and the boxes were not left on the porch before I saw the delivery and brought them inside.  As you can see in the videos, there were a large amount of varies sizes of fire ants inside the boxes.

I noticed the ants on one of the outside of the boxes I left on the couch for a couple hours, some ants got inside my home and one in particular was a Brazilian fire ant that was found in my bedroom laying on the floor under the window dying on a Saturday night when I found my precious Binka (non releasable) not wanting her treat sitting on her table in front of that window seal and she was gone in the same day.

It was late Saturday night, we have no after hours for rabbits and at the time I did not realize she was bitten and by the time I did it was too late.  The local Vet did a necropsy and she was found with her throat swelled almost completely shut from what appeared to be an allergic reaction and the that Vet felt she may have been bitten on the mouth by the ant.

I found out from a professional exterminator that Brazilian fire ants are very toxic to wildlife and Ag animals, highly attracted to hay and just one ant can take down a squirrel or wild rabbit.  I contacted Small Pet Select Hay company who stated they were sorry but had little concern, nor did they care enough to investigate other boxes or change their packaging policy.  

Please check your hay before bringing it inside your home for the safety of your rabbits or other animals.