Does anyone have any advice on how I can get lullabelle to NOT destroy her bedroom while I'm not in it? I'm starting school next week - and during my break i've been trying to get her to not chew on carpet, chew on the floor boards, climb on top of things so I can leave her out while i'm not home. Does anyone know of anything I can do to help encourage her to be good while im not in the room? I've got cord protectors, perfume spray, moved important things, and just bunny proofed the room in general, but that doesn't mean i've not missed things. Lately she's been climbing on top of shelves and is currently exploring a way to get ontop of the desk and nawing on the baby gate. She's been knocking things over like crazy and I'm running around behind her picking them up trying to move them out of reach.

By the way - my computer is dead and is getting fixed during the next 2 weeks so i'm not going to be online as much as I have and may be slow to respond sometimes. I've got access at work, but thats only during the week when i'm avoiding things that need to be done .

Also -- since the rubber band incident lulla appears to be fine...no problems that I've noticed!!! Thanks again everyone for your help with everything i've ever brought to the site!

I forget does Miss Troublemaker have a condo or just a smallish cage?  Here's my advice.  Get your new vet boyfriend to stay home and watch her! 

i agree with everyone else... i'm thinking that Lulla may not be a free-roam capable bunny, at least not until she's much older and has calmed down more (maybe 2-3 years).  i would either keep her in a large condo, or in her cage with continuous access to an xpen or other type of enclosure.  you can get some remnant linoleum (or carpet if she's a chewer and not an eater) and put it over the bottom.  this way she'll have some more space, but won't be able to cause tons of trouble.

the anti-destroying training is good, and really that's mostly bunny-proofing, moving important stuff away, and recognizing that some stuff is going to get chewed regardless.  but there's not much you can do about it when you're not there.  also remember, it's not uncommon for bunnies to have a secret spot where they are going to town out of your obvious range.  that could be occurring right now (in any of our homes   and we wouldn't know...

lol... so true beka!  dontcha just looove finding those spots?  "whaaa?  what's the *bleep* happened here?"  lol

yeah... if you don't have a large condo for lulla you could set up an area like beka did around her cage.  the nic thingy's or xpens can then be folded up & stashed when you're home to watch her inventiveness in action!

I tried the run of the bedroom thing and got tired of everything being chewed. I finally got an x pen and that turned out to be a great solution. now everybodys happy and I can decorate my daughters bedroom again. she can even leave her crayons out. The bun loves it too.

Oh you must tell us what happened tomorrow!!!!  If it is a disaster when you come home just break down and get the xpen.  You will feel so much better and Lulla will be happier too. I'm crossing my fingers for you that it is not as bad as you think!

You defiantly need an X-pen, I think your rabbit can get into a lot of trouble and maybe get hurt.

Sounds like it wasn't that bad.  Wouldn't ya just love to have a hidden camera in the bedroom and watch her in action!!!! What a litle devil.

I had Spockie for 8 years and he stayed in his house while I was at work. He really was enough of a chewer that I couldn't leave him out while I was not home.

I worried that he was too confined until I had reason to be home during the day for a number of weeks. Well, he would put himself back into his cage at the hour I usually left in the morning, and then nap most of the day! Even with me in the same room, he wasn't interested in venturing out until late in the afternoon, only getting up for bathing himself or snacks. He obviously had his routine. They are creatures of habit.

Rabbits are morning/evening animals. It's when they forage for food in nature, play, and socialize. They sleep alot during the day in the wild, and again at night. If you leave him a few fun toys to play with in his house, and enough room to both stretch out and scoot around in an xpen, he should be fine. He probably could use several new toys to chew on inside the cage, as well as some matts and shredded paper to dig. Hide some small treats under some shredded paper and hay in a box on the floor of your room when he's out with you, and when you catch him chewing a wire, move him immediately to the new box toy. He will get the idea that it's rewarding - but cords are not.

And he will settle down when he's older. As long as he's explored every corner of the house at least once. 

Are you kidding? That is just unbelievable!  You just must be tearing you're hair out with that girl.  She is super bunny for sure.

I used to think they were nocturnal, but lately I've been doing a lot of new research on bunnies and discovered this fact about them. I do remember catching him sleeping if I woke up at 2AM. Edson probably snacks, then needs a big drink afterwards, and like us, has to pee in the night, or has fresh energy.

Favorite bedtime story: Spockie watched West Wing every night at 7PM, stretched out on the rug facing the TV. Well, at 7:55 he would get up and go into his house by himself! For a long time I said "bunny bedtime" and picked him up about that time, gave him kisses, and put him back. If I didn't do it, and looked for him, I found him in there already. We thought it was the theme song music that he associated with bedtime, but he did it when it wasn't the same show, or even on. I imagined him saying "Mum, there's a HUGE clock on the wall there. Can't you tell time? I can!"
They really are trainable to do what they want to do themselves.

Here' he is watching TV.

Spockie sounds like a real character.  How cute that he would watch TV.  Do you have any rabbits currently?  You sound like a WONDERFUL bunny mom!

Can you post some more pictures of your precious devil?

(don't be fooled by this picture...shes decieving!!! ^^^)

this too...shes planning her attack.

you can see in this picture nick's underwear...she went into the bathroom and stole them and hid them there, this was right after I caught her. underwear of all things?

these last ones are when i first brought her home. she was a lot smaller and she hadn't changed colors yet:

(i'd like to point out here that you can actually see my carpet...i havnt seen it in awhile its under hay and bunny toys!)

this was the first day I brought her home! she was chomping down on my leftover salad because I didint know what to give her! LoL! LOOK HOW TINY!! AHH! shes a monstar now. Oh but i love my monstar!!!

She is so great looking!  Thanks for posting.  Does she have a widow's peak?  She really looks like a little witch.  What kind is she?