Panko is getting too smart. Seriously.

[Helenor]

Panko is too smart and determined. I try to block access to things he likes to chew, like wood paneling. I first put a grid over it but he soon figured that he could knock it over. I then taped it. He ripped the grid away, tape and all. I added more tape. He found a gap and wiggled his way in. Finally, I took the ugliest socks I had and stuffed it in the gap. I wonder how long it’ll take for him to yank the socks out of there.

He’s always finding ways to thwart me in bunny proofing. It’s like he’s thinking “Oh yeah? I can ruin your plans!”. And he does. I think I need to go buy him the teach and treat toy soon. He probably won’t find that a challenge for very long, if at all. And to think I used to believe he was stupid.

Update: he’s pulled the socks out already. Anyone have any ideas? The place he’s chewing is the cabinet corner by the sink. He likes to go under the part that hangs over the carpet and chew there.

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

Ahh, yeah when they are determined, they can be pretty clever about getting into things. Frankie isn’t easily distracted by toys and stuff either… they seem to have more of a taste for things they aren’t supposed to chew.

Panko is neutered, right? All I can say is be persistent and hope he catches on. Frankie got much better behaved as he got older.

You could always try putting bitter spray or vinegar or something on the wood  to see if it is enough to discourage him from wanting to chew. There have been a handful of rabbits who seem to like the taste of bitter spray though… crazy critters.

[Helenor]

Panko is neutered. I guess he’s the kind of bunny that likes a project to work on and he’s found something he wants to change. Bitter apple spray doesn’t work on him since he seems to like the taste. He’ll eat anything, including his own fecals. Silly boy.

He’s been acting a little crazier than usual, but he’s getting around that age.

[brittbritt]

If Panko ever met up with my bun Gabby the world would be in serious trouble.

When we first started letting her into our living room we would just shut all the doors to our bedrooms so she couldn’t be out of our sight. My daughter’s bedroom door will not catch unless you pull up on it while closing it. So, we’d pull the door shut and it would look closed but she would go and stand up to the door and push it open.

Then once I figured out she knew about the door I didn’t know yet you could pull up on it to make it catch. I put a small gate in front of it and then she would stand up and push the door open and then jump the little gate. So then I had to put a higher gate up to make sure she couldn’t jump it.

When Gabby was healing from her spay and couldn’t come in the rest of the house my husband told me how to make her door catch where it can’t be pushed open. A week later she was able to come back into the living room and the first thing she did was run to my daughter’s bedroom and when she realized there wasn’t a gate there she stood up and pushed against it but it wouldn’t open for her. She did it over and over. It was so funny she remembered that after a week and then was upset it wouldn’t work.

[Helenor]

Yeah, I think Panko and Gabby would be a dynamic duo! My door will shut so Panko can’t open it, but he’ll wait around if he hears me coming up the stairs and position himself so he can coming running out when I open the door. He also tries to follow me out the door. I’ve tried putting up gates before, but Panko knocked them down, even when I reinforced them with heavy items around the sides.

Poor Gabby, she just wanted to go into the bedroom!

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