hehe they are VERY lucky they are cute sometimes! was he in the mattress? do u have to get a new one now? how did they manage to get out? thanks for the story im sure it wasnt funny at the time but it sure made me smile

WHAT A FUNNY STORY.  HOPE YOU DONT HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER BOX SPRING.  I BET THE BUNS WERE HAVING A BLAST DOIN “WHAT EVER THE HECK THEY WANTED!”

don’t you live in an apartment? i can imagine your neighbors asking, what the h is that thumping noise? if only they knew it wa sa grown man expressing displeasure with bunnies… LOL!!! that’s a great story! you think you have them figured out and then they do something like this! how did they get out of the condo to begin with… or do you leave it open at night?

Very funny story and something you can read at work and smile.

thank you for the nice story break and I am glad the jail break was at least “local”.

Ali

thats funny a thump and flicking your heels ahaa. well I am sure they understood your language ahaa oh my. buns always something with them. silly furballs.

LOL!! I can just picture Maryann’s little face.

lol maryann was saying ‘oh my god i cant BELIEVE i am back in here *bunny butt*’ and u were saying ‘oh my god i cant BELIEVE u broke my box springs *bunnybutt*’ hehe

hahahaha!  i love the ‘what?  what’s wrong?’ look.  tunneling into your box spring sure is a sneaky tactic.  now she’ll be on a mission to get back into it every time she’s out

That is just hysterical!!!  What a little devil.  Smart little bun for sure.

Ah yes, I know that well. I’ve found Picco resting in the lining like a little hammock. He’s not allowed in there anymore I even bought him a hammock for his cage but all he ever did was chew little holes in it

Markusdark,
Before you cut it off you might try this (I used it with Spockie and he never got up into the box spring.)

Get one of those plastic mattress covers that are used for when you think someone might wet the bed. You can get the complete one that surrounds a mattress and zips up, or just the elasticized edge that clamps on. You put it over the bottom, then run it up the sides and set the mattress on it to hold it in place. Get one size larger than your bed if you want good tuck-in edges. You can also try the cloth kind with the zipper if you are concerned about nibbled plastic. It’s pretty slippery the other way when someone wants to have a bite or get a grip. (pardon the pun.)

LOVED your story.

Maryann: Dono, tonight at 11:06 I’m going over the wall.  You with me?
Dono: How are you gonna get out, there’s walls everywhere!
Maryann: I found a soft spot.  Hooman suspects nothing.  It’ll be cake to get out.
Dono: But what if we get caught?
Mayann: Exactly.  What if we get caught?  We each get two raisins as a bribe to go back.
Dono: What could go wrong.  11:06 it is!

BUNS of STEEL

sorry. just couldn’t resist.

haha buns of steel! i bet thats exactly how the convo went, damn buns have us round their little fingers!

Hello everyone! I just registered now because this is the first result that pops up when you google “rabbit advice – box springs” and I need some advice. My bunny, Butterscotch, ripped herself a fine little hole in my box springs` undercloth and has created her very own hammock. My mother is furious but I see no possible way to fix the cloth in a way she won`t be able to undo it all over again.

If I completely remove the cloth.. do you think she`ll go for making the wood a new chew toy? What could I do to prevent that from happening?

Now that my question`s asked, I`m gonna go explore the site a bit.

welcome lurkakitty!  hope you’re having fun exploring the site

i think its a good possibility that she will think of your boxspring as a chew toy.  can you block off her access to under your bed?  that may be the easiest solution.  some members have had success using nic grids (neat idea cubes) to block areas off.  i made a fence out of them to surround my kitchen table & chairs… you could try this but obviously you wouldn’t need to have it 2 grids high.

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in rabbit pams’ post she said to put on upside down mattress cover. she might still chew on that tho. like babybunsmum said, you can also try blocking the bed altogether or making the bedroom off-limits to the bunny. another option… if you don’t care, is to just have the mattresses on the floor.

I think my upside down mattress pad worked so well because he never had a taste for plastic. They do make cloth ones too, though they might be tasty.

bbm, that’s a nice set up – do you hook the gap together when they’re out, and swing the cubes open when you eat? I think that’s a perfect idea to block off the bed. (Markusdark – if it matters, lots of stuff under the bed is bad Feng Shui. Of course, a hungry bunny under the bed is bad Feng Shui too…..)

my original intention was to clip the gate together in the middle but i haven’t needed to.  just having it setup there has deterred the buns from travelling under there at the moment.  if one of them decides the take it on as a project all of a sudden i’ll clip it together & i can clamp the end pieces to the chairs.  having it in 2 seperate pieces makes it more manageable to fold up when i want to use the table.  i think it works 7 i don’t even think it looks all that bad.  of course i don’t have very refined decorating taste   i’m more a form follows function style decorator.

I think it looks nice. That’s a very good picture, too.
I was very excited to find sets of cubes at Targets several months ago on sale – and in different colors! I got a box of white ones. (Maybe I’ll get a white bunny to match?)
You know, it seems as though over time they realize some things just aren’t very interesting, and they will ignore rooms or furniture the way they ignore certain toys. It’s like when they get older they say “been there, done that, tastes lousy.”

I see this picture in my mind of Markus flicking his heels. So funny! xD
I only wish there were some way to do this to a cat and get the same meaning across (although I’ve been studying cat body language all my life, haven’t found a good one yet) as my cat would do the same thing, and we’d be calling him all over the house wondering, ‘Did he get out and we didn’t see it? Where the heck could he be, we’ve looked everywhere!’ Then we hear the noise and see the saggy ‘hammocked’ box spring cloth. *sigh*

If you have time you can read my post about the Longest Day and get a reverse chuckle at my expense Markus. ^_^ We seem to have animals working on the same wavelength in the past 24. >_<
Glad to hear it all ended well though.