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- 12/28/2012 at 3:55 PM
  Baby-Daisy
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  My bunny chews on alot of things I dont want her to. How to I get her to stop. Do I punish her like taking her away form everything? What do I do?
- 12/28/2012 at 4:13 PM
  Snowytoshi
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  A rabbit will not understand that by taking her away you are punishing her. Your rabbit actually needs to run around more to wear off that energy. You can block the things she is chewing on and distract her by giving her timothy cubes, willow balls, apple twigs, boxes, etc.
- 12/28/2012 at 4:28 PM
  RoyalElvira
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  Give her more toys to play with! Apple sticks are great for chewing. Maybe a card board box to play in — she can dig and chew in that!
- 12/28/2012 at 8:06 PM
  tanlover14
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  To add on to what everyone else has said — buy her a wood piece that she CAN chew on and anytime she is naughty say no and place the toy she CAN chew on in front of her. My buns took the hint from this very well.
  
  If she is having problem with carpet, give her a towel to dig and play in. My buns stay entertained by their towels for hours. Literally.
  
  A cardboard house is a GREAT idea. Fill it with hay and things she can tear apart (such as a phone book) and some sticks and other items to hold her attention.
- 12/28/2012 at 8:07 PM
  tanlover14
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  You also have to figure out what your particular bun likes. All mine are obsessed with completely different toys. (Except for the towel – they all love the towel). One of my boys LOVES stuff with bells that he can ring. He has a bell that hangs from the ceiling that he’s constantly yanking on and ringing. LOL. While my other one likes to hide in and under things and tear at them. And the other simply likes to chew.
- 12/28/2012 at 9:45 PM
  Sam&Rex
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  It was once mentioned on here (not sure by who) that sometimes if a bun shuns all their little wooden sticks and toys and still chews on baseboards, table legs, ect., that they might prefer something that doesn’t move when they chew on it. A heavy, solid wooden cube might work in this situation.
- 12/29/2012 at 11:07 AM
  Baby-Daisy
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  Okay thanks for all the tips!
- 12/31/2012 at 9:34 AM
  buttercup86
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  I had a very difficult time stopping my bunny from chewing the walls and his recent favourite my TV stand…the best things I have found so far are timothy hay cubes and an untreated wicker basket. I spent tonnes of money on so many pet store products he did not care for. The wicker basket is heavy for him so he loves it.
- 01/01/2013 at 8:56 AM
  tanlover14
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  ^ Agreed with Buttercup. My buns always seem to take a liking to things that are bigger than them. Hahah!
- 01/04/2013 at 6:19 PM
  bella&smudge
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  Best thing to do i think is to bunny proof what you dont want to be chewed, it may mean a rearrangement of furniture, more toys to chew on. We have wooden play boxes for ours, which they love to play in, jump on and chew its a good distraction. Lots of wooden toys to play with too. I know some people use the nic cubes to cover some wall coverings, or you could use the pet pen panels so they cant chew the wall.
  We have wicker dining chairs, yeh i know, people with bunnies buying lovely edible chairs: the bunnies think its the best chew toy ever! bad choice on our part, oops
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