Digging Box

[diggityd77]

Hello – since the search function is not available, am posting this question:  I am contemplating a digging box and was curious for general feedback from you all if you have used it with your buns.  I saw digging boxes or platforms both on Small Pet Select and on Etsy – prices were comparable.  

Our Oreo digs at our area rug constantly, which I’ve had to cover with a towel (I tuck it under the rug) so he can’t destroy it.  But I think he needs something to dig – looking for suggestions.  Thanks!

[Luna]

A digging box is a great idea! A lot of members here (myself included) have used a cardboard box with the tape removed and filled it with wads of paper or newspaper. But a commercial one would be good too . When Luna was younger, she would also tear to shreds phonebooks. Just make sure that whatever you use Oreo doesn’t start eating it!

[DanaNM]

My digger really likes cardboard cat scratchers! Somehow they satisfy that urge to chew the carpet.

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[diggityd77]

Great idea, thanks! Will try the cardboard route first before buying a commercial one

[Wick & Fable]

Some people buy a large storage container and dump paper shreddings or some sort of sand in them.

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[sarahthegemini]

I saw a post recently where someone filled a box with plastic balls for their bun to dig in!

[Heaven]

My bun has never taken an interest in any of the digging boxes I’ve made/given him, but he will “dig” a fleece blanket for hours!

[diggityd77]

Update: I tried the homemade route for digging box – cardboard box with paper, both crumbled and shredded. That’s a no-go. Super disinterested in that – little stinker goes back to the carpet on the floor! I spent more time trying to show him how to use it LOL. This may sound silly but if I were to give him extra fleece to dig do I just put a couple of blankets in the corner of his home-base? or in the corner of the room?

[Heaven]

Yeah, probably best to just experiment and see where he takes an interest in digging! I put mine in the corner where he usually likes to dig, but since then he’s scrabbled it out of there & now associates the blanket with digging rather than the carpet! So now I just leave it on the floor & he attacks it whenever he gets the urge. I’d maybe start with putting them around the key digging spots (your rug, or corners) & watch him, then adapt accordingly

[sarahthegemini]

I just put several blankets in a pile under a table that Buttercup liked to lay under and she had a whale of a time

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