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Forum BEHAVIOR chewing on x-pen wires

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    • lulu the bun
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        My rabbit hates being confined to his own space. I thought if I got him an x-pen he would enjoy his area more. (He was living in a cage before). But nope. He shakes his pen and chews on the wires, which makes a lot of noise and wakes me up in the middle of the night. He doesn’t like any of his toys either! He enjoys chewing on newspaper and cardboard once in awhile but that’s it. He barely plays with any of his toys from the pet store. There’s really nothing that will keep him occupied in his cage! I don’t know what to do… I think he’s just really spoiled. He has play time outside of his cage for around 8 hours (sometimes more, sometimes less) and I pet him for more than 30 minutes a day, if you add the time all up. 

        Any tips and advice on how to make my rabbit happy in his xpen would be appreciated ! 


      • BabyD
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          How about tying pieces of apple sticks or willow sticks on those areas where he chews? Will that help?
          I know it might be a bit messy to look at though.


        • lulu the bun
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            He doesn’t like those… he’s very picky. No toy I’ve ever bought or made from home has pleased him haha. He only likes his pellets, veggies, and fruit. So spoiled !!


          • hannaroo
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              Chewing on bars is an act of boredom and fustration. He’s mad because he’s being confined! Domestic rabbits get all the calories they need from hay, pellets and greens just given to them from their humans so try hand feeding veg or putting it in a forage box with straw and hay so e has to look for it, using a treatball for his pellets to stop him eating all of them at once and making him spend time getting his food. Dont make it harder to get hay or impossible to get his food out but this may help make him spend more time playing and foraging and less time chewing!

              Suri chews her pen bars when I leave her after petting, she gets real bad and goes bunny phyco on them! Remeber naturally bunnies are more active at dawn and dusk (when their usually put in their pens/hutches/cages) so this can be a little fustrating at times

              http://www.therabbithouse.com/…bbit-toys/

              this toy usually keeps my buns more than occupied and costs nothing to make. I use a few more of these on the blog. They both literally chuck these around and do a few binkies when they get their pellets out!

              Hope this helps!


            • lulu the bun
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                Yesterday, I made a treat bag so he could work for his food, but he just sniffed it and walked away… *sigh* What toys do you recommend that make getting food more of a chore for my bunny, but not too hard?

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            Forum BEHAVIOR chewing on x-pen wires