80 dollars worth of electrical cord covers! Woo hoo!

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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 07/19/2008 at 5:41 PM
  Shannon
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  Hi guys,
  
  I am so excited I cannot even contain myself! I can’t wait to get our bunny. Today we went to see him for the first time. He is the cutest thing ever! He is brown with other colors mixed in. His name is Buddy Holly! Which is super because he will fit in with our other pet bird whose name is Humphry Bogart! Ha haa! Buddy Holly is the cutest thing ever! He made little noises when his owner picked him up. He sounded like a guinea pig! It was adorable. I was so nervous to hold him since I had read that rabbits don’t really like to be handled. It is going to take a bit of time to get used to holding him! I never thought a rabbit could be so sweet!
  
  So after our visit and asking the lady many questions and also reasuring her that we are good people that will take good care of her rabbit we went to Home Depot and spent 80 dollars to get things to cover the wires in our house. I don’t want any bunny getting hurt in my house! We got all sorts of wire covers because I didn’t know what kind would work best.
  
  Which works best for you guys?
  
  I got the clear tubing, the kind they sort of use in aquarium/pet stores. Will he chew through that? Or is that safe.
  
  Then we got the sort of designer wire covers that are very rigid and white, the type that you tape to your wall.
  
  Then we got the black kind that comes in a kit that is more a spiral wrap then a tubing! And finally we got the black tubing that is already slit down the middle for electrical cord. Is it going to be a problem if it is slit down the middle? Will he get to the wires then? I bought electrical tape too so if we need to close the slit after putting the wires in.
  
  Also do we have to cover the heads of the cords too? Or is it just the electrical cords that they chew on? You know the heads, the handle part that you grab when you pull the electrical cord out of the wall.
  
  Thanks for your answers,
  
  Shannon
- 07/21/2008 at 1:06 PM
  annette Sibert
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  WOW! good mommy ; ). I think you’re good on the wire covers! There is probably no need to worry about Buddy Holly getting through the slit…he’ll probably leave the whole thing alone once he realized that he can’t easily chew on it. I wouldn’t worry about the chord heads either becuase they are not ever in the bunny’s direct path. While some buns (like mine) actively seek out chords, lol, most only chew them when they are in their way. I think it’s an instict stemming from wild bunnies need to chew through roots and stuff to make thier tunnels as escape proof as possible.
  
  Good Luck!! And welcome to the best bunny site around!
- 07/21/2008 at 1:40 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  We just use the black tubing that you’d get for a sump pump. It’s pretty cheap, easy to cut to whatever length you need, you can have it actually cover the whole plug too just to be sure they can’t get at the cord, and we haven’t had them chew through them yet.
  – Annette
- 07/21/2008 at 6:23 PM
  Binkles
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  Mm, this is MAJOR de-ja-vu for me…I was just like you when I was researching and preparing for my first bunny.
  
  She was also brown ‘with all the colours mixed in’ as you describe…agouti, right?
- 07/21/2008 at 10:34 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Awww cute!!
  
  I like the black tubing with the slit-seems to work the best!
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