My rabbit used to "dig" in the corner of her cage 🤣 Anybody know why?

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- 05/21/2021 at 5:36 PM
  SweetPotato
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  I remember my bunny Masha used to “dig” in the corner of her cage. It was only one corner that she did it in, and I just wanted to know why she was doing it, or if she was just bored 🤣❤️
- 05/22/2021 at 6:58 AM
  Wick & Fable
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  One of my rabbits does this often. I suspect it’s the instinct to landscape and make a nice little nook to sit/pee in later, haha. Corners are very appealing because they know they are safe with two walls behind them, so it’s a nice space to be vulnerable, rest, etc.. What makes it even nicer is having a little “nook” I imagine! I keep blankets either attached to the corner wall or there generally so my rabbit has something to actively dig there.
  
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- 05/22/2021 at 9:59 AM
  DanaNM
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  Bun Jovi used to do this obsessively at our old place, I’m not really sure why. We used to joke he was working on a tunnel to the neighboring apartment. He’s stopped at our new place though. I think maybe it had to do with the orientation of his old pen, because he would dig in the area near a part of the room he wasn’t allowed in. In our new place when he’s free-roaming he can explore 3 sides of the pen (the fourth is against the wall), so there’s not this unaccessible area he can see but can’t access.
  
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- 05/22/2021 at 10:24 AM
  SweetPotato
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  Thanks for the responses! Definitely answered my question haha 😀
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