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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 01/06/2018 at 1:51 AM
  BlossomRabbit
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  Hi everyone I am very inexperienced with rabbits and took Blossom on in July this tear. Initially she was living outside in a big hutch/run but guilt got the better of me and I have just moved her into a room of her ienfor the winter months. She is just off the living room with a hutch to come and go as she pleases, tunnels, boxes, a bed and toys. She seems very happy in there. My issue is she is so LR Er And now knows that when I open the doors there is potential to get out. So whenever I open the door to get her food or water or whatever she farts over and tries to squeeze through – I have loads of wires and work etc in th living room and she is very hard to catch when she is on the loose! The doors open inwards into the room so putting a baby gate etc isn’t really ananswer. Let’s anyone have any advice Did how to stop her doing this? At the minute I have to wait until she is busy at the other side of the room and rush in and shut the doors but sometimes she still starts over and has almost got out a few times. Far too clever for me! Distracting her by giving her food only works some of the time as well!
- 01/06/2018 at 5:28 AM
  sarahthegemini
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  Haha sounds a lot like my Buttercup who was obsessed with getting in the pantry. In the end I just ended up bunny proofing it so she could go in and be safe (but I still pretended it was off limits because that made it more exciting for her lol)
  
  You could set up a baby gate that’s quite low so you could just step over it but she can’t (unless she’s a jumper – both of mine forget that they’re rabbits)
- 01/06/2018 at 11:34 AM
  BunMomKim
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  I’m currently using a dog exercise pen going across the room to block off our door. Make sure it’s high enough he can’t jump it though
- 01/07/2018 at 6:31 PM
  Cocobell
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  HI! My bunny is having behavioural issues. She is 10 months old and has recently has gut stasis, I don’t know if that is contributing to her behavioural issues but she is grunting and biting when i try to pick her up or even touch her is certain areas. She loves being patted when I am lying next to her and she will lick me and nudge my hand to say pat me more when I stop, so i don’t understand why she would be grunting and biting me if she is enjoying it? She is also doing this weird thing where she is scratching in ever carpeted corner of the house. Its like she is trying to get out or dig. She has the whole house to run around in and its not like she is cooped up in a cage all day, so I don’t understand why she would be doing that? Another thing she is doing is shaking her tail. She is always shaking it at me or my family and I have read that it is an act of defiance? Could this be a hormonal thing??
- 01/07/2018 at 7:02 PM
  Deleted User
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  If she’s not spayed, it’s likely hormonal.
- 01/07/2018 at 7:38 PM
  Muchelle
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  Rabbits don’t like to be picked up, she might be grunting and biting to defend herself from you. Remember that they are prey animals and love to be on the ground. I’d limit picking up to important matters, like getting in the carrier or admininstering medicine. They also usually don’t like being touched on the belly or on their feet unless they are very trusty of their human, so keep cuddling on the floor
  Also, rabbits love to dig and scratch! You could make her a dig box (check the habitat and toys section for ideas ) so that she has a safe spot to dig all she wants without harming the carpets.
  
  If she is not spayed yet, you might want to start thinking about getting her spayed: not only you will avoid hormonal behaviour (territoriality, aggressiveness), but you will also get down to zero the chance that she may develope cancer to her reproductive organs
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