I discovered yesterday that one of my rabbits likes digging! whilst cleaning the hutch I had moved the run to an area of patio with a hole in the slabs where there is just soil as we had pulled a shrub out of it that had been growing there.
Anyway I left the buns to play for a few hours, and when I came back one of them (or both) had dug a huge pile of soil out! fortunately they couldn't get out of the run because of all of the slabs and the slabs being on a raised platform (so no way out unless they go really really deep). I panicked a bit because I had been checking them out of the upstairs window from time to time and hadn't noticed this happening.
Anyway, I have filled the hole in and put bricks on top so they can't do it again. From the looks of their feet i think it was reggie (muddy feet) - not the bunny I expected to be a digger as he doesn't do much at all, he likes to sit and ponder life and sit some more. Ruby is the naughty one who is into everything.
Anyway so I thought I would make them a digging box. Will a box filled with just soil be OK? I don't think he would bother with a box of megazorb as he doesn't dig in his litter tray or anything else in fact, I wonder if the soil brought about his bunny instinct.
I have a box about 10 inches deep, would this be OK filled to the top? or something shallower?
thanks
Anyway I left the buns to play for a few hours, and when I came back one of them (or both) had dug a huge pile of soil out! fortunately they couldn't get out of the run because of all of the slabs and the slabs being on a raised platform (so no way out unless they go really really deep). I panicked a bit because I had been checking them out of the upstairs window from time to time and hadn't noticed this happening.
Anyway, I have filled the hole in and put bricks on top so they can't do it again. From the looks of their feet i think it was reggie (muddy feet) - not the bunny I expected to be a digger as he doesn't do much at all, he likes to sit and ponder life and sit some more. Ruby is the naughty one who is into everything.
Anyway so I thought I would make them a digging box. Will a box filled with just soil be OK? I don't think he would bother with a box of megazorb as he doesn't dig in his litter tray or anything else in fact, I wonder if the soil brought about his bunny instinct.
I have a box about 10 inches deep, would this be OK filled to the top? or something shallower?
thanks