How do you bunny proof a room?

Question

I have a netherland dwarf who is really, REALLY acitve, and fast. he likes to crawl in the spaces where I can't get him. So, ho to bunny-proof a room?

i already have a cage for him, but i feel he should have a place where he can run freely without a bunni- collar.

Answer 1

Letting your bunny become a house rabbit is a great thing for any bunny-lover to do. Your bunny will become more affectionate, and you will notice great characteristics you normally wouldn't by doing so, so kudos to you first off, for wanting to allow your bunny the right to live a life without being enslaved in a cage.

Bunny proofing is a lot easier than it seems, if you know where and how to get the right tools for the job.

One of the worst and most dangerous things to bunny proof are of course, electrical wires. This is a really easy fix.
If you have an IKEA nearby, they have EXCELLENT cord covers in their lighting department and they're really cheap. They come in gray mostly, but sometimes you can find them there in black or white as well. They look like vacuum hosing, but with a slit all along the length of the hose. You simply slide your chords into this and the bunny can't hurt himself or your electronics!

If for some reason, you cannot get to an IKEA store, or find these on ebay anywhere, the next best thing (although a bit more time consuming) are cabling nails. These are the little silver nails with either black or white U shapes attached where you place your cords and nail them into the baseboards or walls, tightly enough to evade bunny teeth.

The bed... Bunnies like to make nesting areas, and the padding under your bed along with the fact that we're rarely underneath our beds, make them a very attractive place for bunnies to feel safe and shed more hair than you ever thought could come from your 4 pound bunny! If you want to avoid this, the easiest way, is of course, to keep the bedroom doors closed. However, there are many other simple solutions as well, including plastic floor matting (like the cheapo plastic hallway runners you can get at Home Depot and Lowes). These have a series of points on their underside, intended to grip the carpeting they're laid upon. If you invert it, and lay the plastic runners pointy side up, it wont hurt your bunny, but they wont want to hang out there because the plastic makes them feel insecure and the points aren't anything they'll want to try to relax on. Another possibility is to place large text books you don't mind ruining, or other large objects under the bed that you don't mind getting chewed on all around the under-edging of the bed, blocking his path.

Walls...If your bunny decides he wants to start chewing on a particular corner of your wall, you may want to create a small diluted mixture of water and Tabasco. You won't see it or smell it, it won't attract insects, and wont attract your bunny either.

Try to keep everything that contains paints, stained woods, etc at least 18 inches from the ground. I'd say higher, but your dwarf shouldn't be that desperate for anything out of his reach to try any more effort than that. This goes for houseplants as well... remember: just because it's green doesn't mean it's healthy for him to eat! Many people forget that our houseplants can be deadly to our animal family members.

Cinder blocks are a great detouring element when placed so that the holes aren't accessible (the bunny would fit right through it otherwise lol!).

You may want to consider rearranging your living space if he gets into spots where you can't reach him, because if a bunny gets hurt, his first response will be to HIDE, making it a dangerous possibility to leave him those areas.

I hope I have helped you with a few ideas. They sound like more work than they really are, especially once you get to just hang out with your little guy and not worry. As someone who's gone through this more than once, I'm telling you, this will not only bunny proof your home, but will make it more a home for him and you to happily coexist in, and after all, isn't that what we all want? :)

Answer 2

1 st. get down at eye level with the floor. put yourself in the rabbits shoes for a couple of minutes.
2nd: search around like you are a rabbit and see what you (the rabbit) could possibly chew on that you either don't want them to chew on or they shouldnt chew on, out of the way or pick those things up.Look for wires, cables, or small things that could possibly be indegested or hurt by an animal , that is harmful, and move them or pick them up
3rd. then let the bunny out of its cage and supervise it throughout duration of bunny out of cage time.
4th. put the bunny back in its cage and you're done.


for futher instruction: read the books (the simple guide to rabbits) by Bobbye land or (a house rabbit primer) by Lucile (something or another). If you just look up (a house rabbit primer) it should say her name.

Hope I helped.

Answer 3

The easiest way is to put him in a nearly empty room. Another way is to buy a play pen thing from *WALLY WORLD* to put him in. OR you can close off a part of the room w/ a dog fence, ect. Another bway would be to just stuff something under the places he gets into so he can no longer reach them.

Answer 4

It's much easier to "room proof" the bunny than to "bunny proof" the room. Keep the bunny in an enclosure when not playing with it.

Answer 5

best thing to do is get him a play pen or try and hide all the electrical cords and block off all the spots that he gets into but he'll probably just keep finding other ones.

Answer 6

cover wires with that stuff you buy at hardware stores, make sure there are no wicker furniture or baskets, etc.

i would look it up in http://www.rabbit.org

Answer 7

you set up mouse traps