sophie&coco
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My gorgeous baby bunny rabbit Coco (well, she's nearly 10 months old now but will also be my baby!), has had a complete change in personality over the past two months and i'm very concerned.
A once very loving and affectionate bunny, litter trained (except a few accidents - always inside her pen though), and never naughty (except chewing leather, always loved to do that i discovered from when she ate a pair of my favourite shoes, my fault though as i did leave them out!). She also used to sleep through the night, as her pen is in my bedroom, and be active during the day - so had the same sleep pattern as humans!
Now she is refusing to be litter trained, weeing just outside her pen as if trying to prove some sort of point!
She has begun eating wallpaper and the plaster off the walls, the remote control tv buttons, towels and bedding!! (my favourite duvet cover now ruined and full of holes).
She also won't come and sit on my lap anymore, and runs away more often than not when stroked.
And has also developed a pattern of nipping toes when we're sat at the table for dinner.
She's now awake during most of the night now too, and sleeping during the day.
She was spayed 3 months ago, when she was 6 months old.
I'm concerned that the spay has made her worse, as she started doing this about a month afterwards.
However, other points to add is that my mum and step dad split up, and we have moved house recently (3 weeks ago).
However, Coco started displaying these signs when we were all living together.
They were arguing a lot though when we all lived together.
So, does anyone think this behaviour could be related to the move and the arguing prior to that?
Also to note, inside her pen she has chew sticks a grassy hay house, and her litter tray and water bottle.
She is allowed free roam of the lounge, kitchen and my bedroom, and she has a pen with litter tray in both my bedroom and the lounge, so she knows she has allocated areas where she can go to feel safe.
Toys wise, she has a large tunnel she can run in, and i feed her regular hay and greens, with a handful of nuggets both morning and night.
Could it be that is getting more hungry as she gets older too?
When she is naughty I tell her "no" and she stops, but then will stare at me until i am no longer looking at her and returns to the chewing behaviour. I have put cardboard and carpet preventatives where she likes to chew, but she is very clever and sneaky and headbutts them until they fall over.
If anyone knows anything that could help, me and Coco would be very grateful as I feel that we're starting to lose our bond because of this
My gorgeous baby bunny rabbit Coco (well, she's nearly 10 months old now but will also be my baby!), has had a complete change in personality over the past two months and i'm very concerned.
A once very loving and affectionate bunny, litter trained (except a few accidents - always inside her pen though), and never naughty (except chewing leather, always loved to do that i discovered from when she ate a pair of my favourite shoes, my fault though as i did leave them out!). She also used to sleep through the night, as her pen is in my bedroom, and be active during the day - so had the same sleep pattern as humans!
Now she is refusing to be litter trained, weeing just outside her pen as if trying to prove some sort of point!
She has begun eating wallpaper and the plaster off the walls, the remote control tv buttons, towels and bedding!! (my favourite duvet cover now ruined and full of holes).
She also won't come and sit on my lap anymore, and runs away more often than not when stroked.
And has also developed a pattern of nipping toes when we're sat at the table for dinner.
She's now awake during most of the night now too, and sleeping during the day.
She was spayed 3 months ago, when she was 6 months old.
I'm concerned that the spay has made her worse, as she started doing this about a month afterwards.
However, other points to add is that my mum and step dad split up, and we have moved house recently (3 weeks ago).
However, Coco started displaying these signs when we were all living together.
They were arguing a lot though when we all lived together.
So, does anyone think this behaviour could be related to the move and the arguing prior to that?
Also to note, inside her pen she has chew sticks a grassy hay house, and her litter tray and water bottle.
She is allowed free roam of the lounge, kitchen and my bedroom, and she has a pen with litter tray in both my bedroom and the lounge, so she knows she has allocated areas where she can go to feel safe.
Toys wise, she has a large tunnel she can run in, and i feed her regular hay and greens, with a handful of nuggets both morning and night.
Could it be that is getting more hungry as she gets older too?
When she is naughty I tell her "no" and she stops, but then will stare at me until i am no longer looking at her and returns to the chewing behaviour. I have put cardboard and carpet preventatives where she likes to chew, but she is very clever and sneaky and headbutts them until they fall over.
If anyone knows anything that could help, me and Coco would be very grateful as I feel that we're starting to lose our bond because of this
