I thump at my rabbit, he's confused but still keep rattling his cage after a while

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Leo is a very active leonhead/dwarf mix, he's about 3,5 months old and not neutered as too young. Well when I got him I was told he was a girl and I named him Poopy Poo. When the truth came out I named him Leo and this name stuck to him, he knows it and I like it.

So, Leo doesn't like to stay in his cage, unfortunately I can't let him free roam as there are two more rabbits with their own personalities and they all are not fixed so I only let them out one by one when other cages all covered and barricaded so they can't see each other.

Other rabbits are much less demanding but Leo, he's very friendly and he wants to communicate all the time he's a very positive person and never give up. Especially rattling and chewing his cage, it's a nightmare, he's very determined and very strong. Look at the right corner of the door, he's so strong I believe he will finally break it one day :))

I've read a few days ago about how to let know your rabbit that you don't like something they doing and it was advised that you can thump at him and he will understand. So I've tried that and it worked! For a while, then he started again. I've spent an hour to repeating this and telling him No! Stop it! Go it your food! and I have to say he understand and he stops and go to his food, then he comes back again, I point at him my index finger and say No and he turns around and goes to his food, not for long but still. So, how many hours should I spend on training, he's really smart :)
 
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You are giving him the attention he craves! Negative or positive, he just wants to be talked to. It is also very bad for their teeth for them to chew on the bars like that. Best thing to do would be to cover the bars with some wood or cardboard to prevent him from being able to chew, and in theory ignoring him should make him stop as he realises it is fruitless. Give him some fun distractions to chew on and play with, such as offering his pellets in a treat dispensing ball.
 
You are giving him the attention he craves! Negative or positive, he just wants to be talked to. It is also very bad for their teeth for them to chew on the bars like that. Best thing to do would be to cover the bars with some wood or cardboard to prevent him from being able to chew, and in theory ignoring him should make him stop as he realises it is fruitless. Give him some fun distractions to chew on and play with, such as offering his pellets in a treat dispensing ball.
I know! I am trying to ignore him, I worry about his teeth too, he stops when I cover his cage he can't see what's behind the bars and probably think there just wall so no point in continuing. It helps, but I don't want to keep him in dark all the time. I'm thinking to make an extension to his cage like his individual playpen about 100 x 50 cm so his cage is same size and keep the front panel of the cage open so he can use it as his base for food, hay and toilet, hopefully will be done by weekend.
 

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