Rabbit fell from new cage :(

[Xxventanaxx]

So I got a new two story cage for Lux and I had the top open because I was putting something in it and its about 3 feet tall and she jumped out of the cage.  She jumped and fell between the cage and wall.  She seems fine shes pooping eating peeing and hoping around and doesnt seem to be in pain.  But im scared as heck. In the picture she jumped out on the right side.  I now moved the cage against the wall.

 

Also the new cage is made of wood. Is she going to eat the entire thing?  also she is peeing alot in the new cage when will she stop that and go in her litter box?

[Bam]

It’s not a very big fall, so as long as she seems fine, didn’t hit her head, doesn’t limp or display other signs of injury, I think she’ll be fine.

She’s probably marking the cage as hers, I can’t say if she’ll stop or when. They often don’t want to live in their own pee, so I think she will stop, but it’s complicated by the fact that she’s a “teenage”, intact doe. The home “burrow” is extremely important for a hormonal doe and she has displayed a bit of territoriality before, I seem to remember. Perhaps give her a fleece blankie to dig in, if she pees on that it’s easily removed and washed. You can buy the cheapest fleece blankies you can find so you can exchange them often.

I have a cage very similar to yours for one of my buns, he never eats it. That said many rabbits like chewing on wood and they often customize their cages quite a bit. I would expect it’s a safe wood.

[Crashley]

I think that is is normal for rabbit to pee (not in the litterbox) in a new cage/ environment. Bam is right she is marking her territory. when I switched cages for winnie(in a much bigger cage) I think for like 2 days she would pee once a day in a certain spot and pee any other time in her litter box. but after the third day it was all litterbox. So, I think she was just marking it cause it was new to her.

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