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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 01/01/2016 at 1:50 PM
  pinknfwuffy
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  Hi everyone, I’ve asked a little about this before but I wanted to hear from those of you who have supervised free-range rabbits now that I’ve been working on it for a while. I got Olaf at 5-6 months old and he has been amazing with litter training. He came to me naturally favoring his box and in the past 2 1/2 months has used it exclusively, even after his neuter and the post-neuter craze. He is now 7-8 months old.
  
  He has a large C&C condo and an attached x-pen. He goes back into his cage to use the litter box 100%. I have expanded the pen a few times to use it as a fence and give him half of my small livingroom (bunny-proofed). Still goes into the cage to use his box. :]
  
  In terms of gradually expanding to the whole livingoom, is he too young to have that much space? He is really good about exploring for the most part, not chewing or digging. But in one instance he seemed overwhelmed by the large amount of space, running around before going catatonic for a while with big eyes. Almost like he couldn’t handle it.
  
  I’ve gone back to using the cage and pen setup. Tips on gradually expanding or the age range when you bun was mature enough to handle being a supervised free-roamer?
- 01/02/2016 at 1:14 PM
  skysblue
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  It looks like your bunny is too used to the enclosed area but a bunny is always curious, i’d suggest keep an opening of the x-pen. Olaf will eventually get curious and step out of the perimeter. Then he will explore as long as he is comfortable.
  
  i let my bunny free roam at 11 weeks after she seems to understand how to use the litter box. I taught her how to climb stairs around 12 weeks, so she has the whole house by herself except the basement. When rabbits are young, they learn things awfully quick! my philosophy is to expose everything possible to a bunny when it is really young.
- 01/02/2016 at 8:50 PM
  pinknfwuffy
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  Thank you! I appreciate the help and will definitely let him explore more in his own time. I definitely want to take advantage of his youth so he will get used to things early. Much appreciated!
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