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Forum BEHAVIOR free roam observations

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    • Silverpaws
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        So a question for you other free roamers.

        Merlin and Luna are total free roam. When I first got Merlin he had a cage as I wanted him to have his own space to feel safe in, and When they were bonding Luna had a cage. Nowadays they are free to move about as they like. They have hidey holds all over the place, baskets and cardboard boxes and all sorts. Due to the layout of the flat, they have access to the bedroom, corridor and ‘the bunny room’. The bunny room is our spare study, and its filled with toys and tubes and climby things. Now, the thing is, even though they have access to ALL THIS, they pretty much stay in the bedroom, where my partner and I are. They sleep under the bed, play with the curtains, etc. They do go into the bunny room sometimes, but yeah, mostly one room. Do your buns do this? prefer one room over a lot of others? I sometimes feel bad, like they aren’t having enough space to run around. I dont want them hemmed in, but the door is ALWAYS open, they just like to be near the humans!

        Second question – since they’re used to space, and excercise time is not a daily treat event as they’re allowed to be around as they please, I get no binkies or 500s Is that the case f or anyone else? They are happy and show it in the way they relax and the purring noises but no binks I know its because they’re spoilt for space to run around but. yeah.

        Thoughts? Any other free roamers want to weigh in?


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          My bunny Yohio has free roam of the bedroom, hallway and bathroom. He tends to prefer the room I’m in. When I’m in the living-room (where my other bunny resides), he prefers the hallway where he can lie on the carpet and see and hear me and Bam and the dog. When I’m in the kitchen he comes to see if I’ve a treat for him, but he’s not allowed into the kitchen, there are to many electric cables.

          So I think they are VERY social animals – they really like to be near their people or rest of family – but not always in absolutely close proximity. Most of the day Yohio lies under the bed or in one of his cardboard hidey-boxes.

          Yohio used to make binkies an b500s in the hallway, but he doesn’t often anymore. I think it’s a sign of maturity. Young bunnies binky more than adult bunnies. Bam hasn’t made but a few binkies during all his time with me, but he was likely over a year old when I got him, probably even older.

          I took a MOOC in Animal Wellfare recently and among other stuff learned that freedom of choice is important for animals. So the fact that your rabbits can choose where they want to be is a big plus – whatever the actual choices they then decide to make.


        • Silverpaws
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            Ah thats really reassuring thanks Yeah…. both my buns are over one now (we think) so probably too grown up for such schenanegens!


          • Sarita
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              Bobby is a free roamer and I see binkies and shivers quite a bit…but just because you don’t see them doing this doesn’t mean they aren’t since you cannot be around them 24/7.

              My rabbit Bobby comes downstairs a few times a day to get pets on his “pet a stool” ottoman. Being free roam does allow him to run away from me when he doesn’t want to be bothered too LOL.

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