Cari
Warren Veteran
I'm really struggling with Eleanor at the moment.
I love her dearly but it's so frustrating sometimes and I just don't know what to do. I know that digging is entirely natural and as such I have tried to provide her with things to dig at; they have the carry case in their room which I fill with newspaper and hay for her to dig through and they have a covered cat litter tray filled with newspaper too for her to dig through but every single day, more than once a day I am going into their room to find that she has emptied the contents of their litter tray all over the floor and has poo'd and pee'd on the litter on the floor. She's also digging up the lino on the floor and she climbs onto everything and throws things about. I've had to remove absolutely everything from their room apart from their toys, she's even digging holes in tables and chairs. When she comes out and hops about she's really friendly and loving, but I can't let her out very often because I can't ever get her to go back into their room when it's time for me to go out. She lunges at me, tries to bite me and won't let me anywhere near her even to cajole her into going to the right direction, never mind trying to pick her up to take her places, which is fine, I do appreciate that rabbits don't like being picked up, but it now means that I can't let them out unless I'm home all day because even things like treats, rattling the food bowl etc, won't convince her to go back to her room.
Stephen is still the same wonderful, loving, friendly little boy, but she's starting to really bully him. More than once this week I have gone into their room to find his fur on the floor where's she's been humping and pulling his fur out. She bullies him for food to the point where I have to now feed them separately because she grunts and lunges at him too so she can eat from both bowls. :?
I wouldn't mind this so much but in 30 days time I have to leave her, in someone else's house whilst they rabbit sit (she does run a proper business), and I'm just worried and I don't know what to do about it. How can I possibly let her go to someone else's house when I know she might destroy it? How can I leave her and Stephen together when I'm so worried about it? The lady has said that they're living in the conservatory, I've seen it all, but that when they are home they like to let the rabbits hop about in their lounge so they can interact and not feel too isolated and upset, but I'm so concerned that she'll just destroy their home. They're there for three weeks.
I love her dearly but it's so frustrating sometimes and I just don't know what to do. I know that digging is entirely natural and as such I have tried to provide her with things to dig at; they have the carry case in their room which I fill with newspaper and hay for her to dig through and they have a covered cat litter tray filled with newspaper too for her to dig through but every single day, more than once a day I am going into their room to find that she has emptied the contents of their litter tray all over the floor and has poo'd and pee'd on the litter on the floor. She's also digging up the lino on the floor and she climbs onto everything and throws things about. I've had to remove absolutely everything from their room apart from their toys, she's even digging holes in tables and chairs. When she comes out and hops about she's really friendly and loving, but I can't let her out very often because I can't ever get her to go back into their room when it's time for me to go out. She lunges at me, tries to bite me and won't let me anywhere near her even to cajole her into going to the right direction, never mind trying to pick her up to take her places, which is fine, I do appreciate that rabbits don't like being picked up, but it now means that I can't let them out unless I'm home all day because even things like treats, rattling the food bowl etc, won't convince her to go back to her room.
Stephen is still the same wonderful, loving, friendly little boy, but she's starting to really bully him. More than once this week I have gone into their room to find his fur on the floor where's she's been humping and pulling his fur out. She bullies him for food to the point where I have to now feed them separately because she grunts and lunges at him too so she can eat from both bowls. :?
I wouldn't mind this so much but in 30 days time I have to leave her, in someone else's house whilst they rabbit sit (she does run a proper business), and I'm just worried and I don't know what to do about it. How can I possibly let her go to someone else's house when I know she might destroy it? How can I leave her and Stephen together when I'm so worried about it? The lady has said that they're living in the conservatory, I've seen it all, but that when they are home they like to let the rabbits hop about in their lounge so they can interact and not feel too isolated and upset, but I'm so concerned that she'll just destroy their home. They're there for three weeks.
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