Rabbits are typically very active during portions of the night. Both my rabbits do most of their hay eating during the night. So rather than giving them something to hide in, you need to think about what you can provide that allows them to get out that energy while still letting you sleep. Perhaps you can have night-time chews that are a bit less noisy for you. Is hay eating bothersome? There are hay structures, like tunnels and stuff that you can buy that they can chew on at night and it may not make as much noise (though there is potential they’ll throw it around).

Lola decides chewing is her favorite nighttime activity, she is a HUGE CHEWER, I’m guessing because she was in a rescue where her toys were limited, she likes to get her teeth all nice and ground down, and loves all the toys she now gets. Her favorite chew toy is an apple log, but at night it is so darn noisy and she pushes it up against the xpen bars… it’s too much for nighttime, so I give it to her during the day, and during the night she chews on quieter toys and hay.

I think I got lucky in that Dorian goes to bed and sleeps pretty much when I do, granted that’s about 1AM to 8am (later morning on weekend, but he usually just goes and finds what food he didn’t eat before and then snacks hay), so maybe just lines up with bunny sleep time. We do a big play session right before and then a bit of snuggles, then feed him dinner… he usually has a couple of bites and then runs up to his sleeping area and other than a few minutes of rusting he snuggles down and is usually there still in the morning. I don’t know if maybe trying to tire them out before bed might help? Not sure about what to give them to hide in that is quiet if they insist on chewing loudly.

He usually just gets excited by hanging out and watching netflix/youtube, I think it’s having people active in the same room as him? He seems to just like an audience, so I don’t do too much other than I cheer him on when he runs through his tunnels and maybe we go explore my bedroom. Sometimes I just move all his things about so he has to put them back. Yesterday he tried to climb the curtains, then the wall, finally managed to climb a NIC grid and was very proud of himself, and not happy when I plucked him off and set him back on the ground… I am not sure why climbing is his newest hobby, he is absolutely horrible at it, but he spent about 1/2 hour giving it his best shot. Some evenings he runs zoomies, though I couldn’t tell you what triggers it.

The tunnel idea sounds great, anything that your bun finds fun and exciting should help! I think just hanging out and engaging with them is great, maybe teaching them some little tricks? or little obstacle course? I don’t know about all bunnies, but I think most like exploring new things, even if that’s their toys or boxes moved around. Are they free to run about prior to night time? If you just do a play time, maybe make it longer?

Maybe the easiest thing would be to get some soft ear plugs? 🙂

My buns are super loud… I think I’ve just gotten used to the noises they make at night for the most part.

Also you can tell who’s in charge at my place… I end up adjusting my own behavior and let the buns do their thing LOL