I will keep a close watch on it. From what I can see, Petie tends to leave the fabric items in his pen alone as far as nibbline or chewing goes. Last night I left the puppet with Petie and there are no signs of chewing, pulling plush, or nibbling. I did see him flop with his body against the head of the puppet before I turned out the light. I will closely monitor him with it, thanks.

Petzy, can you go into that a little more, that’s just what was rolling around in my mind last evening…I’m intrigued by your idea, thanks. Is wool edible, or only certain kinds? The outside of the buddy you made is wool, that you buy in a fabric store, maybe organic? Sewn up with cardboard chips inside? Do any of your buns nibble at the wool trying to get to the cardboard chips inside? And there’s no worry of – pardon the pun, “wool’block if they nibble it? I suppose you would need to remove it from them, if they do as with any other. I would like to make a wool buddy for Dustor & probably Petie too.

Petzy, thanks for the great ideas for a stunt buddy for the bunnies. I guess I’m just a bit concerned that if I used a live rabbits’ angora wool, if they groomed it, it would stick to their tongues and become ingested, same as when they groom themselves. I suppose I could bind the finished thing in a hair net made for humans, to avoid their ingesting any wool, tho.

Petzy, the hairnet was just a thought and it would be a hairnet made entirely of natural human hair, which I heard of. May take some doing to find one.

Jersey, I wish Dustor & Petie were neutered and I had a neutral space to introduce them. The neuters hopefully will happen after the new year, but there’s some heavy-duty rabbit-proofing my apartment that needs to be done before I can let them loose in it. My phone/internet service ran a white cable all the way around the outer perimeters of the room so that and the other cords, need to be dealt with. Not that I welcome the onslaught of urine all over the place as if the carpet is dirtied beyond salvaging, there goes my pet deposit up in smoke. They’ll keep the money to replace the carpet when I move out. I’d love to let Dustor & Petie have free range and give them an opportunity to snuggle together tho. Of course, the best laid plans can go awry, but I’m with you. An inanimate object can’t hold a candle to a cuddle-bun fraternity bro, I’m sure, if it works out. It’s going to be an exciting new year!

Thanks, MB & Petzy, and everyone, your points are well taken. For the time being, I guess it’s safe to leave the puppet in the pen as Petie seems to only be lying against it. He seems to be done grooming/licking it as well, maybe because he doesn’t get groomed back. He seems to be eating a lot of timothy and blue combo and I just put an automatically replenished water bowl in for him so now he has two water sources. SIGH I hope I’m being a good mommy. The main wolf i’m trying to keep away from the door is the ever-present in my mind worry of wool-block. I only brush them every four or five days because it’s so nerve racking to them, and so to me. I watched bunnytowne’s video of her combing one of her rabbits with a hair-buster comb, which I use as well, and she just combed combed combed and collected a lot of wool in the tines. I’ve been trying to be extra gentle but thinking that’s not effective enough, I tried to follow bunnytowne’s example but I know it pulls at their skin then. SIGH

Thanks, jersey, I hope they make a pair at all! lol Knock on wood, fingers crossed, carry a rabbit’s foot OOPS! …I mean, a HORSE SHOE! The only rabbits feet we want to see are those attached to our precious bunnies!