Poor mister Gizmo..lol

[luna21]

A few months ago we built Gizmo a run so he could come and go out of his cage as he pleases, some of the barricades used are the back of my couches basically to keep him out of the living room because of the rugs and his spraying, well the little bugger found a way up on top of the couch and just slid casually down the front, down to the cushion and just gave me this look like ( what mom, what did i do?)..lol :innocent we are now struggling to keep him down. I am also unsure as to why he comes up, is it possibly because we are sitting here and he wants to be with us? or is it because he doesn't have permission and he is being a typical naughty teeny-bun ?( my analogy of a teenage bun) lol I am wondering what i could do to keep him down, we have tried putting things up on the couch but he just goes around it and i also don't want him getting hurt, we do have 2 gates that keep him in his run which are high enough and secure. Anyone have any ideas ????

 

[elrohwen]

I've found that bunnies like to be wherever they're not supposed to be! My girl's favorite activity is getting into places I've tried to barricade off.

How is he getting up on your couch? All of the couches I can think of are quite high - is he using a hidey house or something as a step and then jumping up?

 

[funnybunnymummy]

I'd say he wants on the couch for both reasons! Bunnies are so maddenly clever sometimes!

It's hard to get an idea of your setup without an actual picture. But I find NIC panels make good fences. Puppy pens also work.

Hope that helps!

Rue

 

[luna21]

NO:biggrin2: he is actually running and jumping up, at first he was using his play house but we took it away. I am a little worried he will get hurt because sometimes he almost doesn't clear the couch and ends up sliding down:shock:

 

[elrohwen]

I would do like Rue said - get some NIC fences or a puppy playpen, taller than your couch.

 

[luna21]

I have thought about puppy inclosures but cannot afford it at this time, so we make do for now I just usually pick him up and put him back down on his side only to turn around and he's back up..lol sneaky little fur ball he is :wink

 

[luna21]

I am also worried about him trying to jump over a puppy fence and hurting himself

 

[elrohwen]

I've found many bunnies are less likely to jump over fences than they are to jump onto something. For example, my escape artist bunny won't jump over a fence that is only 1 NIC grid high. She doesn't like that she would have to clear it and land on the other side (at least she doesn't do it when I'm around, because I tell her to stop as soon as she puts her paws up on the fence). However, she'll easily jump up on the couches and chairs, which are quite a bit higher, because she can jump up and land on something. This might be why Gizmo doesn't jump over the gates, but does jump onto the couch. He would probably be less likely to jump over a puppy pen (though he might be able to climb it) because there's no nice landing spot.

 

[funnybunnymummy]

Yep, agree with Laura. For whatever reason, bunnies tend to be leery of hopping fences unless they've got something to land on on the other side. I dunno if it has to do with their eyesight or what, but a 2 panel NIC fence seems to keep Gus in no problem. And I've even been training him in rabbit agility!

(Also, NIC panels and cable ties cost about half what a puppy pen costs.)

Hope that helps!

Rue

 

[luna21]

:big wink:Thanks guys, that does make me feel better, as for the materials where would i be able to find some? ( for the NIC cubes) He has tried once or twice to jump one of his gates which are made of wood and got caught halfway and slid back down, he is quite the daredevil :coolness:lol