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Forum BEHAVIOR Claiming Space?

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    • Phantombun
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         Hello, 

        My bun Phantom has never been mean at all. Today she climbed into the entertainment center and when I went to get her out so she wouldn’t hurt herself, she started lunging and grunting at me. It is the first time she has ever “claimed” any space. Is this normal? I feel like I am overrreacting, but her spaying is set to take place next week so maybe it is her hormones? 


      • Beka27
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          It may be hormonal, so it’s good she is scheduled for her spay, but it may also be that you startled her or she felt “cornered”. If the entertainment center was dark (I’m guessing she was in the “underneath” area where you store DVDs and/or the cable box, DVD player, etc…) she might not have not been able to see you very well and felt threatened.

          I wouldn’t worry about that type of behavior right now. Can you block the entertainment center so she can’t get in there?


        • Phantombun
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            I tried blocking it off and she still squeezes herself in there. I may have scared her, but usually when she gets in there I just have to clap and she gets out. Maybe she didn’t want to leave this morning.


          • LittlePuffyTail
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              That’s sounds like what my Olivia would do.


            • Treori
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                Sounds like what Freya did before her spay too. The only time she has ever grunted growled or attempted to bite me was when I tried to put her food bowl in her cage once while she was there, and once behind the TV unit when she managed to ‘remove’ part of the obstacle blocking her access to it.

                I provided her with a few more hidey spaces and she doesn’t even look at the TV unit any more.

                I have given her the bottom three shelves in my shelving unit too. The bottom ones are hidden behind the couch so I have hung some wooden chewing rabbit toys and other things the buns like and they love it there now.

                I would try getting some cardboard boxes, cut some holes in them that are big enough for her to get in, try different heights so in one she was crawl/walk/run, the other she can leap out and through. You can even put boxes beside each other so it becomes a maze, have some gaps so she can leap out one and then leap in the other. Make her new acceptable hidey space a fun place for her and she should start to ignore underneath the entertainment unit in favour of her special space you made her

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