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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

Forum BEHAVIOR Plastic=no!

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    • Ana
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        So, my bun likes to feel things with her mouth.  She used to love chewing the hems of my pants, but I got her to stop that.  She’s much better about chewing fabric.  But, now she won’t stop chewing plastic.  I find holes in garbage bags and her hay bags.  She doesn’t eat, she just leaves a little tear everywhere.  She’s not injesting.  But, she’s also not stopping.  Reprimanding her is not doing anything, in fact I think she just gets excited when I scold her.

        Help!


      • Battie
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          I have the same problem with Quincy. Can you put plastic stuff out of her reach? That’s the only thing that seems to keep an inquisitive one away. I wonder if there is something about rabbits where the things they know are forbidden are the most interesting things to them.


        • Kokaneeandkahlua
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            The best thing in this case is to ensure she can’t get to it. Put garbage outside (if you live in an apartment/condo you can throw it on the balcony) and don’t leave anything she can sink her teeth into….Or use gates/NIC grids to block off rooms that she can’t go in and ensure the rooms she can go to are free of plastic!


          • Cassi&Charlie
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              Ah my bunnies are the same…they looove plastic bags. I keep it all away from them but I’m worried that they’ll find one, eat it, get some sort of internal blockage and die! While I love my babies, they seem to deliberately try to kill themselves all the time by eating the most inappropriate things!.


            • MimzMum
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                I’d thought after all this time, I’d gotten Pip to stop chewing her litter boxes. But last night I realized she’d taken almost all the siding off of one of them. NO idea where it all went! 0_o

                I think she began chewing plastic again when I started putting hay cubes back in her pen with her while my allergies were so bad. I have no idea how to make her stop again, so I’m trying to keep up on the cubes because she doesn’t chew the box if the cube is in there, only when she finishes one she’ll chew the box or her ramp up to her shelf to get my attention. >.<


              • Beka27
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                  i agree. it sounds like you might need to be more cautious with what is left in the bunnies path. exercise time is very important to a rabbit, but it needs to be in a safe area. it might be better to construct some fencing or gates to block off no-no areas.

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