Constant destruction

[DexPop]

Good evening!

I have had my beautiful buns for around four years now. I found Dexter (male) dumped on the side of the street inside a cardboard box, he was estimated to be around four months old. Poppy (female) came from a rescue centre around a year later and was believed to be under one year old.
Dexter was a very well behaved house bun from the start, we had no issues with chewing and he was fairly laid back. He was neutered at about a year old. There were no issues until we bonded him with our beloved Poppy (neutered prior to bonding). After the initial bonding process, we found out that Poppy was an enthusiastic chewer. Dexter soon followed suit and has become a keen chewer ever since. They have always had access to various chewable toys, there has always been plenty in the pen and around the room. They love to chew these up, but that is no deterrent, they love chewing walls, skirting boards, carpet etc. This is to be expected with buns but it has come to the point that they no longer have free roam of the living room, they only have access to their large house pen. This is mainly for safety as everything they destruct, they fully ingest. Wallpaper, lino, carpet, you name it. We have had near death episodes with both due to their digestive systems becoming blocked with materials. Thankfully prompt veterinary action saved them.
I have bunny proofed the house as much as possible and tried various suggested behavioural techniques but nothing deters there. I am devastated because they love to come out and play around and have free roam, but it is impossible. I don’t know what to do anymore.

So sorry for the long post,
Please say that someone else has a similar issue

Thank you for reading

[LittlePuffyTail]

Yup……My bun, Elara, who was adopted in March, is very desctructive. I’ve had buns for over 15 years and have had some pretty naughty bunnies (mostly chewed cords) but never had a bunny like Elara. She has pretty much destroyed our couch and loveseat….covered with holes. Then she destroyed the couch covers we bought to hide the holes she made. She destroyed a corner of our rug. She makes holes in all her blankets and any blanket that is left in the living room. Her nickname is “The Naughty Nibbler.” As she is my only bunny now, I was really hoping she would get to be free roam but I just can’t let her out without supervision. She also bullies our cat.

[Muj Mom N Bun]

Ahhh…. DestructoBun! Yup! It was just last night that yet another lightning charger was not working…. guess why? It wasn’t our fault! We didn’t even leave this one where we thought she could get to it… it’s a total mystery as to how she squeezed that nose in between the grate of the NIC grid to chomp the base just enough to put yet another charger cord in the grave! She seems to think there’s a Chewy tootsie roll center in the middle of my sofa…. given up on the sofa covers, unless they make them out of Kevlar! Our area rug.. the walls, every available inch of this home has been somewhere signed by BunBuns incisors!
MY KNITTING NEEDLE CABLES???????????????????

[Muj Mom N Bun]

And, sorry, to add, yes, I also have the same problem. I want to give her cardboard and goodies to play with tear up and have fun with, but I have to give them in limited doses because she tears them up and eats them up too! So, yes, it becomes a much harder process of finding safe toys and things to keep their interest that you can constantly rotate easily

[Coco]

Wow! And I thought my bun was destructive!!!

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