How do I stop him from chewing on his cage?

[Jaixx]

My bunny, Ted, has this really bad habbit of chewing on the bars of his cage and pulling on them making a really loud noise. It's not the biting on it that concerns me really, because I know that biting and digging is something they looovee to do it's just that I love keeping my Teddybear in my room because that's the only safe place for him to come out and play. He does this a lot throughout the night and I don't know exactly how to make him stop it. I don't care if it takes a while to teach him not to because I want to keep him in my room Does anybody know how to stop this?:?

 

[Yield]

My rabbit Solara had the same problem.
What I did with her was make a schedule.
In the morning she gets a handful of pellets. Gets all day outside in the huge pen. Then, around 8-9 PM or even sometimes later, I get her veggies, and put them in her cage. I close it (cause it's open for her all day) and put a sheet over the front of it. Ever since then, she has stopped chewing on the cage.

This may or may not work with you.
If you have a different time for feeding, and don't wanna change it, try giving Ted a treat at bedtime, like a piece of fruit

I wish you luck!

 

[Jaixx]

Hmm..I let him out 2 hours before bed every night etc. but he still does it. :S I also put a towel/sheet over the front of his cage to sleep and feed hi m pellets at 7:00 each morning when I wake up.

 

[Yield]

Hmm... try the treat before you put him to bed. or like.. give him a new toy or something at night that will keep him occupied but doesn't make too much noise..

 

[Jaixx]

Okay I will try giving him a treat and leaving his slinky in there tonight. Thank you and I will let you know if it helped tomorrow

 

[missyscove]

I remember a while back reading about a member whose rabbit got its foot caught in a slinky and freaked out. I personally consider slinkies to be supervised time only toys. I know how much fun they can be, but I wouldn't leave a rabbit alone with one.

As for the noise issue, it could be that he just needs more time out during the day to get a little more exercise.
A good solid routine might help too. My rabbits each get a treat at bedtime and they certainly know it's coming and will make a fuss if they don't get it.

You might consider switching pellet time to bedtime too, to give him something more quiet to do as you go to bed.

 

[Myia09]

As soon as I upgraded my rabbits cage to a larger cage, my cage chewing stopped

 

[Jaixx]

The`sheet`over`the`cage`worked`awesome!`I`did`notice`however`that`as`soon`as`he`sees`me`or`hears`my`voice`that's`when`he`pulls`on`the`cage.`But`now`that`schools`over`he's`going`to`get`a`lot`more`time`out`of`his`his`cage`too``I`will`keep`the`slinky`thing`in`mind`thank`you`I`never`thought`about`him`getting`caught.`Any`advise`on`toys`they`like?`Sorry`about`my`typing`the`space`bar`on`my`laptop`is`broken`

 

[Yield]

Poor you ): I'd hate to not have my spacebar! That seems so annoying!

I'm glad the sheet worked