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how do you keep a rabbit from pulling at his cage bars? I am a long time rabbit owner but this is the first time any of my rabbits pulled at them. Im not sure what to do because it will yank his teeth out of place and give him malloclusion :?
to be honest they don't get very much because we have a shed designated for the rabbits and my parents don't appreciate cages and runs all over the property :lol:
to be honest they don't get very much because we have a shed designated for the rabbits and my parents don't appreciate cages and runs all over the property :lol:
to be honest they don't get very much because we have a shed designated for the rabbits and my parents don't appreciate cages and runs all over the property :lol:
yes I do breed rabbits in the shed
I give them grass hay and alfalfa hay. I also have each rabbit in a large dog crate and a second level with a box and several entrances to the box. any more ideas for x-boredom?The advice you get here about enrichment for your rabbits' lives will not be appropriate if you are keeping a fairly large number of rabbits confined to cages for most if not all of their lives.
Here in the UK we believe that 'A Hutch is not enough' and that the minimum size for a pair of rabbits is 6 foot long by 2 foot wide with a large run attached so they can permanently exhibit their rabbity tendencies of hopping etc ...
With that in mind, I can see that your rabbits will get bored with their environment and bite the bars in desperation to be let out. You could try giving them lots of different sorts of hay to help pass their time?
I don't see anything funny in that. I see you breed rabbits and wonder whether this is why you don't bother to give them much opportunity to exercise? All rabbits deserve a good quality of life - and that includes space to exercise. Couldn't you adapt things to allow them that?
im sorry. I do try to give them exercise but with school and dogs and several cats running around it can be sort of frustrating to give them safe yet plenty of exerscise. also we are totally surrounded by woods so we have to be extra careful of bears owls ect. I have already lost a rabbit to our dog
But you are still breeding more? If you are unable to give them regular, extended periods of exercise then I feel it is cruel for you to keep rabbits. They are living, breathing creatures who have the right to a good and enriched life.
If you are unable to provide this for them then it would really be in the rabbits best interest to rehome them to someone who can give them a better quality of life.