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Forum BEHAVIOR Bar Chewing

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    • blubudgie
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        Does anyone have solutions for bar chewing? My rabbit loves coming outside, so I let her out for a few hours every day; but I can’t let her out when I’m not home or when I’m sleeping. As a result she spends a lot of time chewing on the bars of her cage trying to get out. The noise honestly doesn’t bother me what worries me is that she’s slowly rubbing the coating off the cage bars. I’m using a large dog crate; I’m not sure what they’re coated with, but it can’t be good to ingest.

        I have unlimited hay, a cardboard hut, a timothy hay tunnel, various baby toys and jingly balls for her to toss around, a ball of branches, and toilet paper rolls all in her cage. She has blankets and a stuffed animal too. 

        I’m about to order one of those slimcat food dispensing balls to see if it helps with the boredom.

        Any other suggestions? thanks 


      • Mimzy
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          I have yet to find a solution to this as well :/ Some people have said to rub lemon or vinegar on the bars to deter them from chewing because they don’t like the taste although my bunny doesn’t seem to care -.- She actually seems to really like the taste of vinegar!

          The only other solution I found was to keep them free range but I see that’s not an option for you. I’ll be trying to improve their cage this year & planning to make the door made of plexi glass (cage won’t have a top & sides will possibly stay bars) Although, If you took this option of plexi glass instead of a cage, you’d have to make her a new cage.

          I would try the lemon/vinegar first though. Hope you figure something out!


        • blubudgie
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            Is white vinegar okay?

            I’m planning to make her free range eventually but I haven’t found the time to completely bunny proof my room. I have soooo many wires that need hiding. @___@


          • Mykl
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              My friend’s middle rabbit does this constantly even if the cage is open. She has plenty of wood etc. to chew but no, she has to chew the bars. It’s as if she knows how noisy and ANNOYING it is. She’s a right li’l bugger in general but so effing cute!


            • kirstyol
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                Bramble is also a persistent bar chewer, he sometimes even chews the bars from the outside of the cage when he is out. Neutering him did help but didn’t stop it completely, he also wasn’t deterred by lemon juice or vinegar. I wish I had an answer for you, I don’t I just wanted to let you know I share your pain. What worries me the most is that he chipped a tooth before, I worry that he will do it again so I am always trying to check his teeth to make sure they are ok.


              • MoxieMeadows
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                  White vinegar is what I use for cleaning and off limits areas. If I mix some vinegar and water and spray it around my dresser and underneath it will keep her away most of the day, although the smell eventually will go away, so I would repeat. All buns are different, but I’d just wipe the white vinegar on the parts she’s chewing, and all the bars if she starts chewing elsewhere.

                  Good Luck!


                • Whobott
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                    If you wld like a more permanant fix, you can buy plxie-glass(or jus use cardboard for now to test it out and mak sure it works) cut it so that it is abou half the hieght of the dog crate, then make 4 pannels and drill some holes inthose pannel, then ziptie them on hte insid of the cage


                  • Patrick
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                      My fix for Patrick was to get a 24ft run and I put it against the wall, (you may want to anchor it) and I have his cage, his box and his wood box with all the hay and food in it, I have rugs laid down (cheap ones from walmart) to protect the floor. He actually likes to lay in it and will come out and run and then go back in, its his area and I only mess with it when I have to clean it, its a mess most of the time, but I figure its his way of decorating, he even has his own fan.

                      Thats my suggestion, its the best fix for bar chewing.

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