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They sure know how to train us humans, don’t they? LOL!
Spacing out the smaller portions more frequently might appease him somewhat, if you have the time to do it. My bunnies have me trained too.
But they’re 8-1/2 and 6-1/2 so it’s not quite as much commotion as often. Your boy (and a handsome one he is, too, btw) is young and full of energy. It might last till he’s 1 or 2, but should taper off too during that time. You’ll get to know each other’s rhythms. -
Posted By BunnymomKS on 01/11/2011 04:10 PM
They sure know how to train us humans, don’t they? LOL!
Spacing out the smaller portions more frequently might appease him somewhat, if you have the time to do it. My bunnies have me trained too.
But they’re 8-1/2 and 6-1/2 so it’s not quite as much commotion as often. Your boy (and a handsome one he is, too, btw) is young and full of energy. It might last till he’s 1 or 2, but should taper off too during that time. You’ll get to know each other’s rhythms.Thank you for the compliment. I can just picture explaining to my husband that his nightly riots should ease up in a year or two.
I’ll keep working on it. Hopefully, Desmond and I can come up with a compromise where he gets his pellets and my husband and I get to sleep through the night. -
cactuspancake- Thanks for the info. I plan to wean him down to probably 1tbs in the am and another tbs at night. That’s what my adult buns get. They seem pretty satisfied with this amount. No pellet tantrums.
And this amount was approved by their bunny vet. I just don’t know how I’m going to get Desmond down to that amount when the time comes because he lives in my bedroom and he is NOT shy about letting me know that he wants more pellets NOW, even at 2am. 
Lintini- My husband gets up at 4am to go to work and as soon as leaves the room I hear the zoom of bunny 500’s up and down his side of the bed.
Then he snuggles in for pets. At least I know I’m the only one dealing with the nighttime ruckus. I think the worst part is the sound of the crate bars being slammed. Maybe I should just get rid of the crate and give him a cardboard box. He never sleeps in it anyway. He prefers the top of my bureau where he can look down on his “kingdom.” -
Posted By Beka27 on 01/12/2011 07:02 AM
Could he be relocated somewhere else at night? For me personally, my buns make way too much noise at night, and I am one cranky lady without my sleep (even with plenty of sleep, I can be ornery… lol!) I would not want to share a room with them.That’s exactly what I’m afraid my husband will insist.
I don’t want him to go. I love having him in the bedroom at night. We’ve had him since November and no problems until this week when he started running out of pellets. He makes noise with his running around, pellet munching and water slurping, but that doesn’t bother us. But when the pellets run out he deliberately wakes me up with as much racket as he can make. For now, I just make sure he has enough to last through the night but soon I’ll have to start cutting back. I’m worried there will be some noisy protests. -
Posted By RabbitPam on 01/12/2011 04:34 PM
I’m thinking that he is training you to give him what he wants if he makes a ruckus. If you can just get through a week or so of ignoring him, or refilling the hay bin (take it or leave it you’re telling him) then maybe he will stop. It’s the fact that it’s WORKING to get you up and feeding him his favorite that will reinforce that behavior. In fact, you’re sort of rewarding him for it, since he has a food treat for a wake up call. I would try to ignore him totally, until it’s the time you want to get up, and then make that a set time for him to learn to expect his pellets, it might stick.
You are probably right. I’ll try to go a week without getting up to give him pellets. I can deal with the noise and my husband is a pretty heavy sleeper. Hopefully, Desmond will stop or my husband won’t wake up. Too many wake ups in the middle of the night and my husband will start talking eviction from the bedroom.
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Posted By runawaybunny on 01/12/2011 06:42 PM
Posted By RabbitPam on 01/12/2011 04:34 PM
I’m thinking that he is training you to give him what he wants if he makes a ruckus. If you can just get through a week or so of ignoring him, or refilling the hay bin (take it or leave it you’re telling him) then maybe he will stop. It’s the fact that it’s WORKING to get you up and feeding him his favorite that will reinforce that behavior. In fact, you’re sort of rewarding him for it, since he has a food treat for a wake up call. I would try to ignore him totally, until it’s the time you want to get up, and then make that a set time for him to learn to expect his pellets, it might stick.
You are probably right. I’ll try to go a week without getting up to give him pellets. I can deal with the noise and my husband is a pretty heavy sleeper. Hopefully, Desmond will stop or my husband won’t wake up. Too many wake ups in the middle of the night and my husband will start talking eviction from the bedroom.
Psh, evict hubby instead
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