bun’s iffy around me and has a burrow outside

[Sadbunman]

I saved and adopted my last rabbit, he is still running wild because I can’t get him to stay always. But, I got a new baby bun and she is only about 6 months now, I’ve had her for about 2 months. She has warmed up to me but, I can’t come close to her unless she’s ready, treats and food are useless, she will come get them from me if im offering and she wants it but she won’t hang around or seem to trust me about hand feeding. I can always spot the white of her eyes (or inner eyelids i dunno) and she always seems sketched out by me. Also I got her litter trained and she stopped as soon as we got home, I’ve been trying to no avail, I can’t seem to get her to use the box, the seperate litter box i have for her when she roams my bedroom she uses often but, still goes EVERYWHERE around the area of the box, I also think I may have screwed up by putting bedding in her cage and hay but no seperate litter for her tray, just more hay. But, when I had just gotten her home in her new cage and all, she seemed (and still loves to) to like laying down in her litter tray. I dunno what to do, then comes the fun part i’m not too worried about. I built an enclosed area with chicken wire for her to roam outdoors and dig, I made a small manmade burrow going diagonal underneath where I place her cage when letting her out (a tunnel) and she has proceeded to dig a burrow within this tunnel going fairly deep, I can’t tell how deep because I’ve already reached as far as my arm will go but I can always see her but sticking out when I look into the tunnel.

[tobyluv]

Is she spayed? It can be difficult to fully litter box train a rabbit that isn’t spayed or neutered.

Be very careful with her when she is outside. Chicken wire is not very sturdy and it can easily rust out or wear out, and a determined predator could chew through it. Hardware cloth is a lot sturdier. Unless a rabbit’s enclosure is enclosed on all sides including the bottom, a rabbit can easily tunnel out and run off, or a predator could get in.

[Bam]

I agree with Tobyluv about the spaying. It’s a deep instinct with intact buns to mark their territory. They need to attract the opposite sex so they can have as many babies as possible during their short little lives (wild bunnies rarely get to see 2 years). This urge is instinctive and has nothing to do with training or being naughty.

A girl bun will live to be able to make a burrow. It’s what a girl bunny does Just take care so she doesn’t burrow out of your property.

Chicken wire isn’t recommended for bunnies, as Tobyluv says. It’s made out of one continuous thread, which means the whole net can come unwound if the bunny (or a predator) snaps the wire in one place. Welded netting is much better. Half an inch squares are suitable, you want to keep your bun in and house-cats, ferrets, foxes, minks, rats and other local predators out.

Bunnies can take quite som time to really warm up to their humans. That you often see the whites of her eyes might not be a sign of panic- Ioften see the whites of my bunny Bam’s eyes, and he’s a pretty confident little guy who loves to cuddle. But only you know your bunny, of course.

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