Rabbit help

[axgizmo]

My boy Gareth loves chewing my bedding! If he's roaming free and I have left my bedroom door open he will be straight in, chew my phone charger then hop under the bed sheets and chew till his hearts content (or until I find him and shoo him off the bed!)

[Insanity Magnet]

richatnort said:

So we have a 6 month old house rabbit who's been neutered about 3 weeks ago. The problem we're having is if he gets the chance to he wees in the same place on the sofa. When he does it we lock him in his cage and ignore him for the remainder of the night but it's not working. I was wondering if anyone seen had this issue and how they got over it?

We rehomed a dwarf lop that peed everywhere for a few months after neutering. He suddenly stopped doing this for no reason we could ascertain other than we had given him a second litter tray a while before, one for food and one for peeing in (food previously in bowls or hutch type thing...) He's now as good as gold.

Edited by Insanity Magnet on Tuesday 27th January 14:28

[nickwilcock]

My ladyfriend's little cherubs have nibbled their way through various cables too - but one of them decided that the rubber buttons on her TV remote control were the yummiest bunny treats ever.....

Then gave her their sweetest "We really, really love you mummy!" expressions. How could anyone possibly be cross with such little poppets?

[S11Steve]

Cables and TV remote buttons? Lucky you.

Mine ate the sofa overnight...



But his litter training went better than expected...

[S11Steve]

And you have no idea how difficult it was to try to get the fluffy fat bugger out from inside the sofa.

In the end, he just ate another hole to get himself out.

[TheLordJohn]

It's heart warming to read of so many house wabbits!
So many people just dump rabbits in a hutch outside and never get to know their personalities.
They're fantastic things, rabbits. And even more delightful in bonded pairs.

[richatnort]

i can't believe so many people talking about biting wires/ furniture! is this something that will come when the rabbit gets older? he's 7 months old now and like i say apart from weeing on the sofa and doing poos on the the floor outside his cage he's been good as gold!

[GregK2]

Mine hopped onto my desk chair and then onto my PC desk, causing carnage, chewed through pretty much every wire so now i have to keep the chair on top of the desk. He's taken to destroying the carpet instead now. I'd say you've been very lucky so far!

[GregK2]

He ate my golf bag too.

[littlegreenfairy]

This is the damage to my sofa. Apparently it was delicious.

[axgizmo]

List of stuff my 2 have munched their way through (they are caged **When I say cage, I mean this:

• at night so this has all been done very sneakily in their running free time) :

3 sofas's
Iphone chargers (too many to mention)
Kindle Chargers (a few)
2 main cables for Surround Sound
Sky cable which comes through the wall
TV Power cable
a few pairs of my heels
bedding
cushions
clothes hanging on the clothes horse (bra straps are especially tasty apparently)

Forgot to add vinyl flooring...

Edited by axgizmo on Wednesday 28th January 15:43

[andy43]

richatnort said:

i can't believe so many people talking about biting wires/ furniture! is this something that will come when the rabbit gets older? he's 7 months old now and like i say apart from weeing on the sofa and doing poos on the the floor outside his cage he's been good as gold!

Once they have a taste for cable insulation there's no stopping them. Forget those wicker basket toys you see in petshops - Kindle chargers are just perfect for rabbits, and very reasonably priced on ebay.
We haven't tried a full 240v via extension lead on them yet...

[rj1986]

andy43 said:

richatnort said:

i can't believe so many people talking about biting wires/ furniture! is this something that will come when the rabbit gets older? he's 7 months old now and like i say apart from weeing on the sofa and doing poos on the the floor outside his cage he's been good as gold!

Once they have a taste for cable insulation there's no stopping them. Forget those wicker basket toys you see in petshops - Kindle chargers are just perfect for rabbits, and very reasonably priced on ebay.
We haven't tried a full 240v via extension lead on them yet...

It's funny because it's true...

[littlegreenfairy]

I think it is the zing of the copper on teeth.

[richatnort]

Update: we have got another litter tray now so hoping to put that on the sofa and then hopefully move it to his corner behind the chair where he goes when he wants to get away from us. Hopefully this will work in time for his girlfriend to come! We try and keep cables away from him and the only time he did it was on my. Laptop charger and he got a good telling off and hasn't touched anything since.

[bazza white]

If he has been in his cage a few times can you not take some and place I into the new tray.


They can be funny we had 2 and would never go in the tray in the hutch always next to it. When one died the remaining one just started using the tray.

[samuelellis]

S11Steve said:

And you have no idea how difficult it was to try to get the fluffy fat bugger out from inside the sofa.

In the end, he just ate another hole to get himself out.

I can guess i ended up in hospital with cracked ribs trying to get my bunnys out from the sofa when they ate their way in

[richatnort]

Sorry to call on you again but got a slight problem with Charlie again. So we've noticed he's not been himself over the last 2 days. He just runs away from you and is producing really small poo. After numerous hours on Google we think he might be constipated or have a fur ball as he's currently malting. Just wondering if anyone else has had something similar? We're obviously monitoring it and have taken away all veg and Pellets and left him with steamed hay and water to try and help him unblock it.

Just looking for a bit if advice before we have to make the trip to the vets for the 3rd time on 2 months

[aero250]

Rabbits soon become critical if not eating or pooing properly. Get him to the vet asap look up gut stasis on Google as this wil explain the problems
Hope he picks up soon,

Edited by aero250 on Monday 16th February 22:59

[richatnort]

so he's gone to the vets and it turns out he's got long teeth! He's staying in for the night so he's ready for his op in the morning.

The most annoying part of it all is his stupid pet cover doesn't cover it so we're having to foot the bill.

Does anyone have any recommendations of a good pet insurance they would recommend that actually covers things like dental care.