Looking for ideas on how to make my bed & desk area bunny accessible

[Rae]

Hi all,

I am the proud owner of a 5 year old male lop, Gustavo. I’ve come to this forum frequently, and you guys have always offered great advice!

I’ve attempted to bond Gus to numerous different rabbits, and all have failed – he has made it adamantly clear he loves humans and doesn’t like other bunnies. So getting him a friend is out of the question. Plus I am not in the financial situation, nor housing situation, to be taking on any more pets.

I’m disabled, so getting down onto the floor to hang out with him is extremely hard and rarely happens. He hasn’t seemed to be bothered much by this, until recently I noticed he is following me around and whenever I stop walking, begins to scratch at my ankles and boop my feet with his snoot (his sign for pet me). He has also started to follow me into the bathroom and lay in between my feet, and when I am in the shower will lay on the bathmat and wait for me.

I’m looking for ideas on how to make giving him attention more accessible to me.

I spend most of my time either in bed, or at my desk. For my kitties this hasn’t been an issue – they can jump on the bed, and they have mini cat trees next to my desk for napping when I am there. But Gus is too little to do either of those things, and unless it is for the purpose of mischief, doesn’t seem to enjoy jumping on things.

I’m thinking of getting him some stairs for the bed, or even just putting my mattress on the ground, but I don’t know what to do for desk time. Anyone have ideas on some kind of platform cat tree type thing I could get him, similar to the kitties, so he can chill with me? I don’t mind bending down to pet him, but he asks for pets constantly and doesn’t want me to stop petting him, so if I could somehow raise him I would be able to pet him longer/more frequently.

Looking for any and all ideas on how to make my bed and my desk (mainly the latter) more accessible to Gustavo!

[LBJ10]

How high are we talking? Could you get one of those “houses” and put a ramp next to it so he can get up? My bunnies would readily go up a carpeted ramp.

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