bunny started biting his bed

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Recenty i got my bunny an ikea bed and i put a folded blanket on it to act like a mattress, and then the bedsheet on top. The first week or so, my bunny was obsessed with his bed and he loafed and flopped on it alot but yesterday he started biting it and making holes in the bedsheet and he also tugged at the blanket and messed up his whole bed. after i made his bed again, he did it again today. also, recently he started biting his food and water bowls and causing tons of water to spill. usually he isnt this destructive but he became more destructive the past few days. is he mad at us? any advice?

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How old is your bun? Is he neutered?

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he is 2 years old and he isnt neutered but there arent really a lot of rabbit savvy vets who are open right now where i live. and the vet i took my bunny to is rabbit savvy but it is really expensive to neuter there its like $800. but he wasnt this destructive before. well today he was well behaved so maybe it was just temporary?

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It could be just temporary. I was thinking maybe he was 4-6 months or so and not neutered, then it could be about starting puberty. If he’s 2 years old, he’s well past puberty, of course.

Rabbits do like to dig and bite and shred fabric, and they can also like to throw things, like food and water bowls. It’s normal for them, maybe he was just excited about his new bed? It’s to be expeceted that a bun makes a mess of a nicely made bed, because rabbits like to arrange things for themselves, and to them, that’s not destructive, it’s improvement.

I’ve had IKEA beds for my buns for a long time, but I havent used the little blanket and comforter that comes with it. I’ve lined mine with pieces of vet beds cut to size. Many rabbits like to chew on their IKEA-beds, and that’s ok since they don’t eat big chunks of it at any one time.

For the water-bowl, you could perhaps get a heavier water bowl. I have fairly heavy stone ware bowls for my bun, because she’s definitely throw a lighter bowl around.

800 dollars for a boy neuter is a crazy amount of money. If you want to neuter your bun, maybe you could find a vet that does work for rescues and shelters? A male neuter is a simple affair and shelter vets tend to have done tons of neuters, so they have the right equipment and know exactly what they’re doing.

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