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- 07/07/2017 at 6:47 PM
  GeorgeBooBoo
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  How can I get him to stop chewing up my carpet? I provide him with fleece blankets,chew toys etc. I really don’t like telling him not to do stuff or putting him in time out.
- 07/07/2017 at 10:59 PM
  Bam
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  You need to cover the carpet with something so he can’t reach it. Or you need to make him an area without carpet. Rabbits like chewing carpet, it’s not good for them and it’s obviously not good for the carpet. If you can get apple twigs (without pesticides) or willow, rabbits often prefer that to bought chew toys.
  
  Time out is probably not effective, but distracting him from the carpet might be. Tell him no when he is about to start chewing, praise him when he stops. This must probably be repeated many, many times, and he might still chew the carpet when you’re not around.
- 07/07/2017 at 11:50 PM
  GeorgeBooBoo
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  Posted By bam on 7/07/2017 10:59 PM
  
  Time out is probably not effective, but distracting him from the carpet might be. Tell him no when he is about to start chewing, praise him when he stops. This must probably be repeated many, many times, and he might still chew the carpet when you’re not around.
  
  Thanks for that advice! He has started chewing less since we got his new chew toys today (timothy hay chew toys, they’re all he will chew on)
- 07/08/2017 at 12:25 AM
  Bam
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  That’s great, I hope he’ll keep to those =)
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