Snowberry
Wise Old Thumper
Strawberry has been getting bossier and bossier in a morning, digging at my duvet and biting me. Well this morning he went for me. Not just a little nip like normal but actually went to hurt me and wouldnt stop doing it. As I got up to feed him (it was 4.30am!) he went for my legs.
I feel terrible, he really scared me this morning and so he can't be free range over night in our room anymore. I cant have him getting me up whenever he feels like it and being aggressive towards me. At 8am, when he had been fed and the bedroom door had been opened so he could go downstairs) he was still biting at me and wouldnt leave me alone so I had to go and sleep in the attic room. He never does it to my OH.
My main problem is that they both like to chew any doors that are closed so when they are in my room ovenight I put a box infront of the door to stop them chewing it. I obviously couldnt do this if I wasn't sleeping in the room. I cannot let them chew the doors or change them in any ways as its a rented house.
I could crate them overnight (its 6ft by 3ft of space) but they just rattle the bars all night so not only do I not get any sleep but as I live in a terrace they keep the neighbours awake too.
I wanted to move them downstairs into the open plan kitchen/dining area and crate them in there over night but my OH doesnt like it as the hay and mess travels throughout the house whereas in our room the mess is confined to one room.
I just dont know what to do for the best. My OH wants to put them outside on our little yard area (14ft by 4ft) outside our back door which is well sheltered and have them in a Orchard Manor hutch (6ft by 3ft) but although they go out every day now and live in an unheated room with the window open I would be worried about it being too cold for them overnight and they would only get to run on the yard when im home at 4.30 and it will start being dark soon.
I just cant decide what to do. The only rooms that are wooden flooring (they eat and wee on carpet) is the kitchen/diner and our room!
I am going to do some begging today for them to come free range in the kitchen/diner and we find a stair gate to block off the stairs (we have tried before but Strawbs always gets over them). If we dont block of the stairs they will eat our bedroom door trying to get in to me!
Sorry for such a long post but I am really upset about what happened and I cant think of a solution that would be for the best.
I feel terrible, he really scared me this morning and so he can't be free range over night in our room anymore. I cant have him getting me up whenever he feels like it and being aggressive towards me. At 8am, when he had been fed and the bedroom door had been opened so he could go downstairs) he was still biting at me and wouldnt leave me alone so I had to go and sleep in the attic room. He never does it to my OH.
My main problem is that they both like to chew any doors that are closed so when they are in my room ovenight I put a box infront of the door to stop them chewing it. I obviously couldnt do this if I wasn't sleeping in the room. I cannot let them chew the doors or change them in any ways as its a rented house.
I could crate them overnight (its 6ft by 3ft of space) but they just rattle the bars all night so not only do I not get any sleep but as I live in a terrace they keep the neighbours awake too.
I wanted to move them downstairs into the open plan kitchen/dining area and crate them in there over night but my OH doesnt like it as the hay and mess travels throughout the house whereas in our room the mess is confined to one room.
I just dont know what to do for the best. My OH wants to put them outside on our little yard area (14ft by 4ft) outside our back door which is well sheltered and have them in a Orchard Manor hutch (6ft by 3ft) but although they go out every day now and live in an unheated room with the window open I would be worried about it being too cold for them overnight and they would only get to run on the yard when im home at 4.30 and it will start being dark soon.
I just cant decide what to do. The only rooms that are wooden flooring (they eat and wee on carpet) is the kitchen/diner and our room!
I am going to do some begging today for them to come free range in the kitchen/diner and we find a stair gate to block off the stairs (we have tried before but Strawbs always gets over them). If we dont block of the stairs they will eat our bedroom door trying to get in to me!
Sorry for such a long post but I am really upset about what happened and I cant think of a solution that would be for the best.