Moving buns to another room

[CheweyandLeia]

I have two bonded bunnies – chewey (male) and Leia (female). Had chewey for 3 years and Leia almost a year.
We got him at 6 weeks old and her adopted from a shelter last year.
He has always slept in our bedroom. Has a litterboxes in the ensuite and sleeps under our bed.
Ever since getting Leia she has also slept in our room.
She’s caused some damage to our bed and the carpet and now I want to move her from our room as she is too destructive.
I was going to move her to our main bathroom (where there is already a second litter box and that’s also where they eat.)

Do I have to move then both because they are bonded?
I feel bad moving chewey because he’s done nothing wrong.
I thought that would be a good option for overnight and leave them free range during the day.

Thoughts on making this a smooth process?
I’m worried moving her is going to make her more districtive but she’s caused too much damage to our bed and carpet in worried my husband will put her outside

[kurottabun]

Bonded bunnies should be together at all times unless one has an illness and has to be quarantined to prevent it from spreading, or unless one of them passes away, or any other reason that absolutely leaves you with no other choice.

Bunnies can be quite active when we are sleeping so they may be looking for one another overnight if you separate them. It’s possible that they will get stressed if they can’t find the partner. I’m not sure if the bathroom is a good choice for long-term stay though – there could be soap or other harmful substances that they can get to, and it could also be slippery for them to get around. Do you have another room you could put them in?

[CheweyandLeia]

We don’t use that bathroom so there is nothing in there that can harm them. There is an open shower and toilet – no bath.
There is no where else I can really put them.

I thought if they sleep there at night it might deflect her behaviour away from the carpet etc.

Unless there is a way I can block the under the bed somehow? That’s where all the damage is

[kurottabun]

You could try barricading the bed with some NIC grids?

[CheweyandLeia]

Not sure what NIC grids are! I’m from Australia…
I thought getting some wood from the hardware store and just wedging it between the legs of the bed as the gap is quite low. Would that work?

[kurottabun]

You can google “wire storage cubes” and that’s the one I think they can normally be found in hardware stores. Wood may work but some bunnies chew them. Plus you’d have to make sure that the wood is rabbit-safe too because certain types of wood are toxic to bunnies.

[CheweyandLeia]

Ok I’ll google it thank you

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