2006-12-30 13:50:33 · 10 answers · asked by nancy c 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Rabbits are part of the rodent family. This means they have continuously growing nails and teeth. They need to wear them down or they will over grow. For nails its no problem, clip them or take them to the vet and have him do it. If they haven't been clipped before it may be their way of trying to do so. They still need some sort of wood block to chew on. Don't go find just any peice of wood... you need one safe for pets that doens't splinter. Its painful to have the vet file their teeth down so avoid this problem.
Give him toys, he could just be bored. Is he let out often? Rabbit proof a room of the hosue or buy a play pen for the house or yard. He is a rabbit and needs to be one! Give him space to run and hop around. A large cage a great but he needs more activity. That's where your play time comes in.
2006-12-31 01:46:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits will scratch and chew quite a lot, so this might just be normal.
Try to arrange the cage so that part of it has a "floor" (maybe cardboard) and part of it is just wire, where it can urinate & defecate through the wires.
Keep an eye on the length of your rabbit's toenails & clip them if they're getting long; this can become uncomfortable for them on a solid floor & might also be causing them to scratch. If clipping the toenails yourself, make sure you are cutting only through the clear part of the nail & not the "quick" (the pink part). If you're not sure how to do this, you can probably get your vet to do it instead.
2006-12-30 13:54:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits burrow. That's what your rabbit is trying to do and it is normal behavior. Why don't you let it play in a big card board box with shredded paper in it. It can dig all it wants to in there - be sure to supervise bunny because it might chew a hole in the box and then get into some type of mischief.
2006-12-30 14:02:11 · answer #3 · answered by marilynn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rabbits dig in the wild......(does he listen) you can make him a play pen outside and watch him or take him out of the cage and play with him more offten or get him a bigger cage..also you can get him a special leash like we had....make sure in his cage, you throw him lots of little boxes that he fits in so that he can walk through them like tunnels...i doubt he fits in a papertowel roll considering my ferrets can't even do that...but if he does try that if not give him a replacement (boxes with bittems cut out ect.)also give him a little box that he fits in that is deep and the bottom not cut out so that he can hide there. Do you have a shredder? if you do shred lots of paper and put that in his cage if his cage isn't deep enough (the bottom ) and the paper keeps falling out do what i did i got a box that the cage fit in and then cut the sides down to about 3 inches high so he can look out of his cage but the paper dosn't fall out and he can actually burrow....if he is big and 3 inches high isn't enough for him ( like my sisters bunny) get another cage and stick the whole cage in the box and put a lot of shredded paper in there so he CAN actually burrow then while he isn't playing take him out and put him in his other cage with just a little hay or paper or wood chips stuff like that the cage with all the boxes. also for the other cage you don't have to use sredded paper you can use anything from wood chips to actual dirt...but if you are using dirt then make sure the cage fits tight in the box so you don't have dirt anywhere! Make sure he has stuff to chew on you can buy special stuff in the petstore...or really any store...just make sure you don't go and get a block of wood from outside he might get a splinter and you should know how that feels...now imagin that in your mouth.......OUCH!!!!
Good Luck!!!!!
2006-12-31 01:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by izzy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are able to provide him with greater issues to do. i do no longer understand how lots exercising you're giving him, yet he desires a minimum of four hours of out-of-cage exercising daily, and could have toys to play with besides to alleviate boredom. make beneficial your cage is likewise a minimum of four ft by utilising 2 ft for a dwarf rabbit (larger for an more advantageous rabbit). in case you have been caught in a cage lots of the day, you would be finding for the thank you to entertain your self, too.
2016-10-28 18:48:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's trying to burrow--in the wild, rabbits don't live in cages, but make their nests underground in holes. Mine doesn't scratch at his cage, but when i hold him, he tries to burrow in my chest. It may be annoying, but it's just nature.
2006-12-30 14:22:01 · answer #6 · answered by Mandi R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it needs some space or it needs something like food/water or it just want to get out or something
hope helps
2006-12-30 14:18:40 · answer #7 · answered by Rubber Shoes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He might be bored, do you have chew things in his cage or at least some munchy things??
2006-12-30 13:53:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mine use to do the same thing, I couldn't tolerate the little bugger so I found him a new home.
2006-12-30 13:52:37 · answer #9 · answered by jupitor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What?
2006-12-30 13:52:33 · answer #10 · answered by Mr.Robot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋