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Forum BEHAVIOR Should I move my bunny to my bedroom? – eats my hair

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    • Minty
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        Hi,

        My 1yo spayed bunny has her own room. But I want to spend more time with her. I’d like her to be in my bedroom. I can’t put her in an xpen coz she hates being in it. 

        Why can’t I put her in my room?

        1. She eats my hair. She could eat it while I’m sleeping. She eats chunks of my hair. She can jump really high – last time she jumped 90cm onto a table.

        2. She is difficult to walk around. I need to shuffle my feet as she just runs suddenly out. I’m scared to step on her toes. I’ve had her for 10 months now.

        3. I’m scared she’ll scratch / bite me when I’m sleeping.

        FYI She can’t be in the living room as I share with others and there’s too much furniture and cables.

        Anyway to get around the above?

        I love my room as it has a lot more sunlight and an AC for those cold or hot days.


      • Asriel and Bombur
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          I have two unbonded boys and they take turns being the overnight bun. If they’re really excited you might get binkied on your face, but that doesn’t happen a whole ton. If she doesn’t bite or scratch you normally there’s no reason she’d do it while you’re in bed. Everyone has issues walking around their buns. It’s honestly just about doing the bunny shuffle. I step or kick (very gently) frequently because they get underfoot a lot. For your hair, can you put it in a towel while you sleep or wrap it in something?


        • BuckyLuna12
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            I had my first bonded pair of rabbits in my bedroom. I was easy to give them treats and love of them, and I loved the convenience of having them so close. But, my rabbits have always had a cage that they had to stay in at night. Of course, they spent the day running around the room, I never had them out when I was asleep. If you don’t have a cage, I would suggest getting one to put your baby in at night. If this is not an option, maybe you could put on a shower cap to cover your hair? With her being difficult to walk around, I have always loved having this problem. It means you’re bunny loves and trusts you enough to jump around you as you walk. The only way I would think to get rid of this problem would be to make her scared of you, which, of course, is not what anyone wants to do. If your bunny never scratches you while you’re awake, other than the expected scratch or two when you pick them up, I don’t think it will be a problem while you are asleep. The only occasion I would think your rabbit would scratch you while asleep would be if they were on your face, and then jumped off suddenly. The chances of that happening are slim. With your bunny biting you while asleep, I would think they would not have reason to bite you while you are peaceful and still. You can probably expect the nibbling of clothes while you sleep though.


          • Wick & Fable
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              Wick has a pen plus a 4 story hutch in the bedroom which keeps him occupied. For Wick individually, he likes to be perched on look out at night time, so to make sure he’s not harassing me while I sleep, I made him a more appealing location. The top two floors of his hutch are higher than the bed, so he likes to lounge there instead of bugging me in bed.

              The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.


            • Minty
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                Thanks for all the replies – they are very helpful!

                Yeah I’ve been thinking of having a shower cap on my hair.

                The problem is baby really hates being inside an xpen. It’s so bad she’d lift the xpen with her face and bang it against the ground, chewing the bars saying – “LET ME OUT!” and this wouldn’t stop.  I am sure she would not be content in it overnight.

                When she was a baby I had an xpen around a 2 storey hutch and she’d be lifting and banging the xpen and biting the cage bars to get out a lot of the time.

                Perhaps a tall multi-storey hutch would satisfy her. However I can’t find one here in Australia. I don’t know if getting her into the hutch would prove to be a nightmare that it was when trying to get her back into her xpen.


              • BuckyLuna12
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                  If you want to build a four story hutch, I can tell you it’s actually really easy. I had to buy three packs of the NIC cubes (like the wire storage cube faces) and that was the main cost, about n ninety dollars in American Currency. The other costs were just the wood and screws. I think it was about a total of 150$, but I have no idea how much it would be in Australia. it took us about three weeks, but it was also s nowing here so we had t l wait a couple days between building. My father and I had some pride knowledge about building, but you may be able to get a local hardwood store to cut the wood for you, and you can put it together. I would suggest building the hutch instead of buying it. I have bought a couple cages before, and none of them compare to one’s that you build.

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