Hey! I have been searching for advice for the past 9 months, I have contacted people on social media, the vets, friends etc. But I have recently found this forum and i am searching for advice.
I am at my wits end, and it is driving me insane.
Bertie is a continental giant, he is litter trained, house trained and crate trained- crate trained for when I leave him in my families care whilst I am at work and they can watch him. He has a run attached (had to mention this because on other groups I was verbally attacked.).
EVERY SINGLE TIME I take the cage/grids from around my bed (I am living like a caged animal at night?) he pees and poos everywhere
When i try to feed him or clean his tray he lunges at me
When i open all the baby gates so he can go downstairs, he bites the dogs in the house (we had bonded them when he can a baby, and lived in harmony with them)
He is destructive, so destructive! He has all the toys in the world, I work with wood so i make him stuff to chew on but it doesn’t stop him from chewing my walls, floors, bed, cupboards, drawers, doors, carpets, towels in the bathroom, jumping on my shelves which are quite high up and eating my picture frames. My house is a state!
He is 16 months old, neutered and vaccinated. He was he perfect rabbit for the first year, perfect still after his neutering but the past few months he has changed. I have asked the vets if they think there was anything mentally or physically that could be causing this but they said all rabbits are like this.
I need tips on what to do, how do I stop his behaviour? I have used the word no and when he has done something bad I push his nose down, but it does not do anything!
How do i stop the peeing? I have used grids around my bed for months and I cant live like this, he has to live in my bedroom and I don’t want to cage him at night! I have tried tarp over my bed but he still does it, i have tried waterproof sheets, using a spray with smells he does not like etc.
How do i do any of this! I thought i was so well informed when i got him a 12 weeks, but now i am seriously doubting myself. He’s so lovely and I love him to bits, i just don’t know how long i can carry on with this going on. I sometimes wonder if he’s better off with someone else. Please help me