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I have a hard time dealing with my bunny

KCG

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Sometimes I have a hard time dealing with my bunny. I had to buy a few different living spaces. He walks free with me during the day. I put it in the living space at night.

I bought a dog fence for him first. It was big and good for him. But then he started to chewing the fence at night. He was chewing so much that we can't sleep at night. He chewing and shaking the fence. I covered the fence with a sheet. I fixed the perimeter of the fence with stones. But there was no solution.

Then I bought him a dog park. But sometimes he chews on it at night and makes a lot of noise. He wants to be free in his room. But I'm not sure, I think he's safer in his living space at night. I show the dog park sample picture.

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What would you suggest me in this case? Do you think he should be free in the night room?
 
Ah, bunnies chewing things like that are very noisy, yeah! They often do this out of frustration. Bunnies don't sleep through the night like we do, so they want to be active at night, too, and being locked up like that at night must not feel good for them, not being able to explore and have fun with the same things they do during the day. How big is the dog park you got him? It doesn't look very big in the picture, but I could be mistaken. Personally, I think that if a room is bunny-proofed well enough for them to be out during the day, it should be safe for them to be out during the night, too. What are you worried about that makes you think he'll be safer in his dog park at night? There might be solutions to make it safe for him at night, too. :)
 
Old dog fence was bigger. This new dog park is not small, but not as big as before. Actually he has his own room. His room is isolated for him. But the whole house is not suitable for him. When you are free at home in the daytime, it is always with me. My whole house is parquet floor, chewing on parquet edges. There are cables and sockets in the house. Has a slightly bad chewing habit. Whereas there are many gnaw toys, but gets bored with them very quickly.
We are renters at home. We will renew all the parquet edges while moving from the house. Thank you cookie, trying to chew it all up. :lol: :lol:
 
Ah, I see. If he has his own bunny-proofed room, I think it should be safe for him to be out there at night. :) My bunnies have their own room, too, and they are free to use it day and night. I'm sorry you'll have to renew all the parquet edges in the rest of the house. Cookie sounds like an expensive bunny. :lol: Since he's with you in the rest of the house during the day, I'd recommend bunny-proofing the cables there. Bunnies can be very quick and before you know it he'll have chewed them, which can be dangerous. You can get tubes to put around the cables to make it harder to chew them, like these for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Protector-Organizer-Protects-Critters-FUNZON/dp/B07FR722S8/ but you can also use tubes that are used in aquariums, like this stuff: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flexible-Aquarium-Hydroponics-Manufactured-PENTECH/dp/B076KZQ5B9 I think a lot of bunnies get bored of gnaw toys quickly. Can you get some fresh branches from trees that are safe for bunnies? He might like those better. :)
 
I agree with what Reader of books has said. If he has a bunny proof room I would leave him free range in there at night
 
He has his own room, I'm thinking of freeing him in his room too. We protect the cables at home, but sometimes it even chewing the cable guards. It scares me, we even protected the wall edges, even chewing on the wall guards too. :lol:

I also bought tree branches, now he's boring of it too. :lol: I know the diagnosis, we spoiled him so much. :lol: :lol:

Anyway it will be free in the night room, it seems the best.
 
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