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- 02/17/2019 at 7:24 AM
  Wrinkle nose
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  I just got a bunny couple weeks ago that im fostering, and he really likes to chew at his towels, curtains..my clothes..I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions to get him to stop? Other then take it away. I’ve moved thr curtains, but I would like to eventually be able to have them back. Also hes scared of the wood floors…although getting better, so I like to keep the towels and sheets on them for him for now.
  
  My last rabbit liked baseboards but we found as long as she had cardboard and that alfalfa tunnel toy to chew, she was less likely to chew things she wasnt allowed..any ideas for soft chewers? Also it’s worse for his stomach I imagine.
- 02/17/2019 at 9:01 AM
  Bam
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  If he just chews it, maybe he could have cheap fleece blankets instead of towels? My Bam chewed fabric, he had his own fleece blankets, I washed them weekly and when they had too many holes in them, I threw them out. He didn’t ingest the fleece though, if a rabbits ingests a lot of fabric it can cause intestinal blockages and a rabbit that ingests (significant amounts of) non-food shouldn’t have any fabric available to him.
  
  Bam also got lots of fresh apple twigs from pesticide free trees, he ate the bark and he was really, really good at stripping all bark of the twigs. As long as he had plenty of twigs he wasnt interested in chewing fabric.
  
  If an adult rabbit chews a lot of non-food, his teeth could be bothering him. You can’t see the molars of a rabbit yourself due to the anatomy of a rabbit’s mouth, you need to use an otoscope to see anything and sedation is often required. Has the place that you’re fostering him for had his molars checked?
- 02/17/2019 at 12:51 PM
  Wrinkle nose
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  He has twigs he likes to chew as well. He also had his teeth checked a couple weeks ago when we were at the vet. I’m just worried hes going swallow too much of the fabric, although he does spit some of it out from what I can tell, but I think some of it must get down.
- 02/18/2019 at 5:44 AM
  Bam
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  Fleece is regarded as somewhat more bunny safe than towels, because it doesn’t have threads. I’m glad hes had his teeth checked! My little fabric-chewer also had his teeth checked , so chewing doesn’t have to mean theres a teeth problem.
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