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[Handbanana]

Hi there, my husband and I own a little Lop Ear called Handbanana Stamm-Ouillette (Aka The Smashing Machine). He is a very good boy but there is room for improvement in a few areas. Theone major issue we are having is that he knows to use the bathroom in his litter box, but seems to "enjoy" peeing and pooping on our couches. The other issue is that he likes to digthe carpet up from corners of rooms. Hopefully we can find a solution to these issues on this forum or find a trainer who can help. Thanks!

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[hartleybun]

hello from me and my rexes. digging is very common bunny behaviour:X have you tried giving him something of his own to dig - telephone directories seem to be popular bunny toys on the forum

 

[mewlingcricket]

Welcome!! I have also found that my biggest boy likes to "dig" in a crumpled up towel on the floor. The rest of my bunnies seem to save their digging until they are in their outside run, but Uno likes to be challenging.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Let me welcome you to Rabbits Online, my name is Dave and I am a moderator on the forum. So if I can be of any help please let me know. This is a terrific website for rabbits and their slaves, not only is it very active but also friendly. I am so glad you’re here and I know you will enjoy it.

Its really the other way around, the bunny owns you, you don't own him. How old is your bunny? Getting him neutered might help with some of his behavior issues. Since your bunny likes to dig you could get him a cat litter box with extra high sides with some sand in it.

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[Handbanana]

Thanks so much for the tips guys! Handbanana will be excited to try these new tricks out.

 

[Amy27]

Welcome to the forum! My rabbits did the same thing you are describing when they went through their teenage stage. They are both about 4-5 years old now and well behaved. If you are looking for ideas on how to stop the behavior, I would post a thread in teh Behavior and Nutrition area. There are a lot of great members with some great ideas. One thing that I found that helped was giving the rabbit lots of toys and boxes. I would put boxes over where they urinated so they couldn't get to the spot and then in spot they ate the carpet, I would put fun chew toys or boxes with holes in it so they would play and chew boxes and would leave my carpet alone!