Does anyone else live with their bun in a studio apartment?

[lennonbun]

I have a huge dilemma! I’ve had my bun for about 4 months now and he and I share a studio apartment. As long as I am home, he is free range, but at night he needs to be in his cage. However, I am totally sleep deprived due to my buns night time antics — rummaging, shuffling, cage rattling, chewing, etc. For a while sleeping in the bathroom was an option, but his cage is just far to big to be transporting it back and forth every night and is quite obtrusive. Anyone else share a room with their bun and if so, how do you do it???!!! lol!

[Little Lion Head]

Could you bunny proof the bathroom and let your bunny free-roam in there at night?

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Can he be free range at night?

[Toni]

We had the same dilemma long ago, our bun was young and she made SO much noise in her cage … we would free range during the day and put her away at night to keep her “safe” but she hated it and made so much noise to show her disapproval. We decided to give it a shot and let her stay out one night….. and she was perfectly quiet! She wasn’t angry to be stuck in her cage….. she found a nice resting spot and stayed there all night long sleeping. In fact, she slept in the same “sleeping spot” at night for 9 years (her daytime sleeping spots varied…. they are so funny). The only times she made noise was early in the morning, they get up with the sun to eat/groom/exercise, but it was nothing in comparison to the cage rattling/digging.

[Tessie]

Ughhhhhh, I used to live with my buns in one room.
It. was. AWFUL.

I really feel your pain, haha!
For me, letting them out was just as noisy as having them in the cage, and they would jump on me in the night and pee on the bed, and ughhh!
But in their cage they rattled the bars and things… It really was a nightmare.

In the end I kept them in at night and used earplugs, which dimmed the noise enough for me to be able to sleep through it. – Maybe you could try earplugs?
Let us know how you get on!

[LongEaredLions]

The only thing I can imagine is just to pad things down-perhaps use a rug/fleece as flooring, change to a softer litter, and use bricks or something to hold the pen down. Other than that, maybe try earplugs like Tessie said? Not ideal, but better than getting no sleep. :/

[emm_renn]

I also live in the same room where my rabbit is. If she is noisy I use earplugs like tessie said. It worked well for me. But maybe you could try free ranging at night and see how it works out?

[Giggles]

I share my bedroom with my bun. When I’m at home, I allow him free range in my room. At night, he’s back in his cage. For the most part, he follows my schedule, and he seems aware when it’s bedtime (lights out!). Occasionally, I hear him fiddling around once or twice during the night, but it’s not enough to cause sleep deprivation. I’ll usually call out his name, and then, he settles down again.

For me, it helps to have a regular routine with the bun. My bun follows my routine pretty well. He settles down for the night when I do, and he wakes up in the morning when I do.

Also, I make sure that his cage is full of entertainment. There is always a constant supply of fresh water, food (i.e. hay & pellets — he’s still a baby), and various toys (both on the floor and hanging from wall/ceiling). I’ve also added a hammock, which he absolutely loves. My bun enjoys his free range in my room, but I also make sure that he enjoys his cage just as much. That way, he won’t feel like it’s punishment to be in his cage at night or when I’m not home.

Good luck!

[BunsAndDolls]

I used to share a bedroom with my Hershey bun, back when it was just the two of us. I lucked out with him though, as he was never a really noisy bun. If I slept too late, he would thump his cage floor until I got up to feed him, but otherwise he was relatively quiet at night. I definitely would have tried ear plugs as a first attempt though, if I’d needed to make things a little more quiet.

[Nichole]

I have always shared a room with my rabbits. My number one tip is earplugs. I have used them for years. If you have a large closet, you can put the cage in there. Leave the closet doors open, except when you are sleeping. That should buffer the noise for you.

[mkculs]

One bunny shares my room in the day and sleeps in my bathroom at night. I was leaving the door open but blocked, and he’s wake me up at dawn. Now I shut the door and he’s quiet until I wake him up!

I had 10 in my room in cages at night at one point. Yah, that lasted about a week!!!

[Sr. Melangell]

Olly’s cage is next to my bed, usually he is quiet but if he has a new box its chew, chew, chew, scratch, scratch, scratch, chew, then biting his bars to tell me he has cardboard in his water and its soaked it all up, dawn is when a lot of bunnies play, even wild rabbits do it, I think it is when foxes are going back to the den and the farmer is getting his breakfast, so bunnies go and have their food (Farmer’s crops.) when there is no predators about, I’m awake in the night most of the time anyway, at about 6:00 in the morning he taps his bowl to remind me it is breakfast time, he will run about and go back in his cage till I get up again, if I have to sleep early because I have an early appointment I stick him a few willow balls in his cage, it is a lot quieter than the sound of chewing cardboard.

[haffy]

My bunny lives in my bedroom with me. I’m a nurse so I work thirteen hour shifts including night shifts so the poor bun gets a really messed up sleeping routine (just like his human!). This meant that every time I was trying to sleep in preperation for my next shift the next day, he would be up and making so much noise D:

Although he free ranges while I’m at home and during the day, I lock him up at night. At first he was in one of those pet store cages with wire bars and he would rattle them so hard that the latches would open and he’d let himself out! To solve that problem I put padlocks on either side and covered the top of his cage with a blanket at night. He rattled a little more but once he realised he couldn’t open it, he’d stop and go to sleep.

I’ve just changed his housing a few days ago into a DIY condo i made from my old desk. The wire mesh i used has holes that are too small for him to stick his mouth through and grab to pull it and he’s got ramps and stuff in there to keep him occupied. Problem solved!

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