SuzieBlue
Young Bun
I've been trying to train Phoebe, who's just 5 months old and pretty feisty. When I put her and Nermal (my 1 yr old buck) in their cage while the chinchilla is out, bearing in mind this is half an hour a day, Phoebe spends most of the time chewing the bars and getting grumpy. I can distract her with hay/treats but this only works for so long, then she's back to chewing. The noise is a bit much for the chin, so recently I skooshed her with the water spray I use to mist my houseplants - and it worked! I used to have to use it on Nermal when he tried to eat the plants, and it was great for him as he's so obedient. Phoebe hates the water, and stops chewing and spends ages washing herself..
Last night my ex had to skoosh her (he comes round to see the rabbits, not me! :roll as she was trying to chew a book in the bookcase, but he got a bit trigger happy and soaked the poor wee blighter! I went to pick her up to dry her off, but she hopped away and wouldn't be comforted, and sat flicking her paws in the corner!
I'm a bit worried that it's just making her grumpy, rather than having the desired effect of teaching her not to do certain things. She's quite defiant... Does anyone else use this method of discipline or is there something I can do that will make me feel less evil??!!
Last night my ex had to skoosh her (he comes round to see the rabbits, not me! :roll as she was trying to chew a book in the bookcase, but he got a bit trigger happy and soaked the poor wee blighter! I went to pick her up to dry her off, but she hopped away and wouldn't be comforted, and sat flicking her paws in the corner!
I'm a bit worried that it's just making her grumpy, rather than having the desired effect of teaching her not to do certain things. She's quite defiant... Does anyone else use this method of discipline or is there something I can do that will make me feel less evil??!!