Cloth for nibbling

[kellyrorgan]

Hi again, one more question for the night. Our bunny likes to nibble, usually the clothes or shoes that we have on at the moment. And NEVER his chew sticks. We were wondering if maybe it would be ok to put an old tee shirt in his box? I’ve heard it’s ok to let bunnies chew on towles or carpet even, as long as they aren’t eating it. But I have no idea has to how I’d know the difference. He also likes to "uproot" strands of the carpet, but so far our stand has been to stop him as soon as he starts to tug at it. Ok, any and all answers are welcome. Thanks guys.

To help give good answers here’s a little info on our guy: he’s 3-4 months, not fixed obviously, a dwarf, from a pet store, and has been home with us for three days.

[BinkyBunny]

Well, it is important that he only chews and spits the the cloth out, and if you can’t tell the difference, then it can be dangerous,  since it is not  good for him to consume it.   I know your bunny doesn’t seem to care for chew sticks – my bunnies could care less too,  though they do like willow baskets, wreaths, cubes, balls etc, basically anything willow..

But you can also offer your bunny a phone book, a cardboard box, and a paper bag.   I use a lunch bag and put a small treat in it.  You can also do that with a small box and poke holes in it so he smell the tasty treat inside. 

A tip to save your carpet – spray a bit of perfume on the area he wants to destroy.   Hopefully that will make him stay away from it.  Some people need to refresh every few days, while others every few weeks, and with our bunnies, they eventually got permanently turned off from their carpet destruction area.

 

[kellyrorgan]

Ok, it looks like he was just trying to figure out what he can and can’t do here at his new home. After the first day of doing this and us saying no and nudging him away, he’s not doing it anymore. Thanks for the suggestions though, we’ll keep it in mind incase it comes up again.

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