Digging

[summer]

I’ve noticed that one of my bunnies (2~2.5 months old, approximately) have started digging and tearing (with his teeth but not ingesting) the flooring of his cage. I bought some wood (sold for bunnies) and I put a toilet paper roll there and he likes to bite them and flip them but he doesn’t scratch them. Whenever I catch him scratching, I put the wood at the spot where he scratches. He scratches it a bit and just stops and goes elsewhere – so i guess he doesn’t like scratching it. 

I googled and people say concrete slabs or bricks are good but I live in Korea and we don’t have anything like Home Depot or anything. I even considered nabbing a brick from a construction site but they’re always fenced off 

I can buy a slab of marble but it seems to be not suitable for chewing and scratching but for cooling rabbits, is that correct? 

Is there any other alternative? There is a lack of rabbit or anything other than dog/cat supplies here. 

I live in an apartment building with a lot of dogs. I’m scared to take them outside to scratch concrete or dig in the dirt because other people are always walking their dogs. And one of my bunnies is very much not an outdoor bunny anyways. 

*I would not like a digging box or something that messy as I live in a studio apartment and simply don’t have the space for the mess  And I’d like something safe for them to scratch without supervision when i’m at work and I feel like the mess that digging boxes will make won’t be good for them. 

[{Alli}]

(Hello from a fellow Korean that lives in the US lol) Instead of filling a digging box with dirt, you could fill it with other digging materials like I know some people fill them with paper. Or you could put some cardboard down for your bunnies to chew.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Why don’t you give him a towel-I bet he would like to dig and rearrange it-they alternate digging and smoothing and have lots of fun. A phonebook is another good option-they can dig and chew and then you just toss out the shredded paper

[summer]

I put a toilet paper roll and they don’t really chew it. One of them likes to bite into it and flip it, which is so smart and cute but the other one completely ignores it.

I considered a towel, but what kind of towel? All of the towels I’ve bought in Korea are fluffy so I’m worried that they’ll ingest it. Maybe I’ll try a tea towel or face towel? I have some microfiber face towels, would that be safe?

I’ve never seen a phonebook in Korea, but I’m sure I can find an equivalent at work! I’ll try it.

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