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bar chewing, what can I do to stop it
- Thread starter cazza269
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Try using cable ties to attach some pieces of bunny edible wood along the bars in his favourite spot.
Bar chewing can be a sign of frustration/boredom - does he play with his toys? Rabbits are abit like children, they become easily bored with toys and want the new ones. Try rotating his toys so he doesn't have the same ones all time. Also encouraging foraging behaviour by hiding his food around the dog crate in/under/on things and with his toys might give him something else to do.
Tam
Bar chewing can be a sign of frustration/boredom - does he play with his toys? Rabbits are abit like children, they become easily bored with toys and want the new ones. Try rotating his toys so he doesn't have the same ones all time. Also encouraging foraging behaviour by hiding his food around the dog crate in/under/on things and with his toys might give him something else to do.
Tam
Jazzy B Bunny
Wise Old Thumper
Jazz does this to his hutch quite a bit when he hears me coming out to the garden he also digs at the bars :shock:
Hey Cazza,
If you go onto the chin site, they sell straw mats and they are only £1.69 each.... if you get some plant tie/wire whatever its called, tie this to cobeys cage actually against the bars.. if you know what i mean! Horizontally against the bars! It works a treat!!!! If you don't know what I mean cus I am pretty naff at explaining these things, let me know and I will get a piccy of how I have done Soph's. She loves it and its great for her teeth!!!! :wink: :wink: I don't cover all the bars btw, I usually just tie one straw mat to the bars and then Soph concentrates on chewing that instead!!
If you go onto the chin site, they sell straw mats and they are only £1.69 each.... if you get some plant tie/wire whatever its called, tie this to cobeys cage actually against the bars.. if you know what i mean! Horizontally against the bars! It works a treat!!!! If you don't know what I mean cus I am pretty naff at explaining these things, let me know and I will get a piccy of how I have done Soph's. She loves it and its great for her teeth!!!! :wink: :wink:
I don't cover all the bars btw, I usually just tie one straw mat to the bars and then Soph concentrates on chewing that instead!!
How big is his cage?
Simba used to always chew on his bars as soon as i shut him in his cage but since he has been in his 48" dog crate he hasnt nibbled once! I put it down to bordom.. and the fact he couldnt run around as much. I guess now he is more at home with more space and places to hide etc.
Simba used to always chew on his bars as soon as i shut him in his cage but since he has been in his 48" dog crate he hasnt nibbled once! I put it down to bordom.. and the fact he couldnt run around as much. I guess now he is more at home with more space and places to hide etc.
Happy Hopping
Wise Old Thumper
Tamsin said:
I was about to suggest a similar idea: In the bird section of pet store, they have those cotton or nylon ropes dangle with pretty color wood (circle like bead or triangle, all wood). Hang one of those near that area for your bunny to chew.
doorkeeper
Mama Doe
My bedroom bunnies do that in the morning when they think it is about time I got up and let them out :lol: :lol: :? They are loose except at night, as they found too many things to chew under my bed when they were freerange :evil:
