Bun's a nightmare after spaying.

[franklet]

Hi there,
I have an 8 month old female lop named Frankie, and she just got spayed about two weeks ago. My mom went through a divorce, impulsively purchased her, and planned to abandon her. Not cool. My boyfriend and I decided to keep her.
Prior to the operation, she was super sweet, not interested in being held but would approach me and lick me and hang out with me. She would chew food-like objects but never really seemed interested in toys or toilet paper/paper towel rolls, so I just made sure she had an assortment of foods to nibble on. She would dance and binkie every morning after breakfast.
After the operation, she's now totally tearing apart the carpet in my rented apartment (which was NEVER an issue before), and has been going after our clothes, which has been, of course, super inconvenient. She's also going after my vintage furniture collection and ...basically whatever's around. She also no longer dances or binkies at all, which is what worries me the most.
So my question is this: What do I get her to do to stop the bad behavior? How can I get her more interested in toys?
I'm new but I've been doing some reading in previously posted similar cases, and I know that, much like teenagers, bunnies go through a cranky stage of youth, but I just want to make sure I'm doing everything I can to keep her happy.

 

[squidpop]

I bet her hormones are all over the place since she got spayed and she probably feels strange. If you could find willow branches or apple branches and things to chew up that might get some of her frustrations out and help with the chewing. You could try giving her a thick phonebook to dig in - you could hide some pellets between the pages to get her going. Another thing that could be good is get toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls make a few small holes in it, then put pellets in it and push the ends inward to close it up. She will have to push it around, toss it and shake it to get the pellets out of the holes which might use up some of the destructive energy.

 

[napagirl]

AGREED!! Dimi's hormones were all over the place. If she is going through a destructive period, you may have to contain her to a "rabbit" safe area. This will calm down but may take up to a few months at worst. Dimi was horrible for that time. My little angel was gone. But now she is fine. For her it took about 2 months to really calm down. I even called the vet because of the non-characteristic behaviour. I know you don't want your stuff destroyed, so buy an x-pen (dog exercise pen) that you can set up in a room. Dimi has one, as we do not leave her running free at night or when we are not home. The large one gives plenty of room for the "downtime". This will pass... have patience with her, but also appropriately pen her off when you cannot supervise so your items do not get destroyed.