2006-12-30 13:37:10 · 6 answers · asked by nancy c 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Alex L is right. I had rabbits a few years ago, and I would let them out to run around before I went to bed. It helped them to get some of that pent-up energy out, but that scratching is natural behavior. Rabbits live underground in the wild, and their instinct to dig is strong. A rabbit book I had suggested putting them in a box of sand in the bathtub (so the sand doesn't get everywhere) and letting them dig their little hearts out. That will satisfy their digging instinct some, and maybe make them less likely to try to rip up their cage.
2006-12-30 13:48:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your rabbit is scratching against the cage at night because he needs more exercise. Try taking him out of his cage and let him run around your house for at least 2 hours a day. If you are already doing that, it could also be because he is bored inside his cage with nothing to day. Entertain him with toys such as:
Phone Books
Tree Branches
Pine Cones
Digging Box
A Place to Hide
Baby Rattle Keys
Good luck!
2006-12-30 21:49:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do let him out I have a couple tips. Make sure all wires and electrical cords are put up and anything else you dont want him to chew on. Also let him come out on his own, dont take him out. Keep the cage on the floor somewhere he can get back to it after he gets out, he may need security and rabbits are very easily littler trained and if you let him out for small periods of time at first, he will learn to go back into the cage to go. And make sure he has something to chew on like a branch and I like the sand in the tub idea but I would use a plastic storage container, a big one because their nails may scratch the tub but it will help keep their nails down, but they will still need trimmed. Same with chewing on a branch and teeth, rodents teeth continue to grow and they need to knaw. Good Luck!
2006-12-30 22:05:53 · answer #3 · answered by ams3651 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get him out. Rabbit proof a room of the house or buy one of those play pens for indoors or outdoors. Let him be free to run and hop around. Wear him out so at night he sleeps.
Get him toys so when he can't be out he doesn't get bored.
2006-12-31 09:48:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wants to come out maybe he feels trapped or restless but something on his cage so he can't scratch at it
2006-12-30 21:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he doesn't like being in a cage. Even a small outdoor run or a bigger cage might make him less restless.
2006-12-30 21:46:12 · answer #6 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋