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Forum BEHAVIOR Sudden territory expansion

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    • Shine
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        Rapha is a young male bun, and though he’s been with me for only 1 1/4 month, he’s already about 3 months old. 

        When I got him the family expected the mess from territory markings but in days he was able to use his litterboxes and settle in his usual resting spots without human bother. However, about 2 days ago, he started going over to places where he shouldn’t be: my grandpa’s spot where he keeps his leather shoes (he always wears them), over to the desktop computer with a printer underneath (which is not bunny proof because it’s not supposed to be part of his territory!), under the sofa and the TV set (where he’s really not allowed). 

        Our house in not big and the spaces I’ve mentioned above are around 60% of the house already. What confuses me is that his territory expansion became so sudden. Along with scratching and biting my clothes (sometimes his teeth catch my skin and it hurts, haha), and nipping on slippers and shoes.

        Last night I tried to put him in our room with a pull-out bed. I slept on the lower bed pulled only halfway so he can stay on the floor beside me. I transferred his stuff and put up borders of his sleeping space. What happened: he peed on my bed, kept on climbing up my bed every now and then, and constantly nipped at my clothes. 

        Any suggestions on how we keep him from “conquering” our territory? I don’t want to keep him in a closed cage because his squeezes himself out through the bar gaps and I’m scared that he might get stuck and suffocate.

        Also, any chew toy suggestions? He’s never out of cardboard tubes and a basin of book pages to scratch and shred. 

        THANKSSSS


      • lillian
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          Well bunnys are natural little adventurers. If they have access to an area, they are going to want to explore. If your at a giant mall in a foreign country and told to only stay in one store, wouldn’t you want to check out some other stores?

          So, I cant think of what its called, but its what I use in my house to block off the computer area (well, it wraps around the area with the towers and all the mess of cords) and wraps around the bottom portion of our TV stand where we don’t really use anything (just stores all the cords). I guess its like chicken wire (DONT use chicken wire) but its plastic, and the holes are small enough that little buns cant get their heads through it. I found it at a hardware store.
          There are also baby-gates you can get that either have really small holes, or Ive seen a few that are just one solid piece. You could also get shoe racks to put the shoes where buns cant get them.

          If you do suddenly change a bunny’s area (from the usual livingroom area to the bedroom) they might not immediately go straight to their litter box. It is new to territory, and, to them, they may want it to be their territory(or they might just be upset that they lost their old territory!). My oldest did this in my fathers bedroom when she was moved as a baby after being used to the livingroom.

          for chewing and scratching at clothes, they say bunnys do that, I think to try to clean? They want things to be their way, and their way only . There are some different sites about the best ways to deal with that. My buns never really tried to do that. For chew toys, I use toilet paper rolls, phone books, and cardboard boxes. I also give them a few “noise” toys that they like to throw around. Mine prefer keys (make sure not to leave anything sharp on) or I get little medicine bottles (cleaned!) and put some coins or other metal objects in it.

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