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06-15-2009, 04:19 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: , Florida, USA
Posts: 157
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My 3 1/2 month old French lop Miley constantly digs on me!
She won't do it to bare skin that I know of, it has only been done to areas that are clothed thankfully.
DOes this mean anything?
How do I stop her from her?
I put her in her cage for time out when she does it because i don't want her to keep doing it because eventually it does hurt.
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06-15-2009, 07:53 AM
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#2
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Melbourne, , Australia
Posts: 795
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my girl lulu does this a little bit... mainly on my feet strangely. I'm not sure why but you are not alone!
someone else might be able to help us...
I'm not sure if rabbits respond to punishment type things like time out... hopefully someone can help us with that too!
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06-15-2009, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 10,079
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I think rabbits just like to dig on cloth or almost anything. I have one who constantly trys to dig up the floor
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06-15-2009, 08:23 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: , Tennessee, USA
Posts: 515
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Bayou does it on my clothes when he wants attention. Any other time he just digs in blankets for the sake of digging I suppose.
Try redirecting her attention, or clapping and saying NO! very firmly. Or petting her.
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06-15-2009, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: , Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 51
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Yep, Kiwi does this for attention, too. Usually when I'm standing; he wants me to come down to his level so we can hang out together.
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06-15-2009, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA
Posts: 1,322
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We have 1 or 2 buns that dig at you when you stop petting them. They'll be all relaxed on your lap, practically asleep, and if you take a hand off to change the channel with the tv remote, the eyes pop wide open and they act like, "HEY! What's the deal?" Dig, dig, dig, dig...until we start to pet them again. At that point, I considered my self a thoroughly admonishedbunny slave!
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06-15-2009, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Posts: 5
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my Lola does this too, I've partly solved it by giving him a t-shirt that he can dig to his heart's content. He usually does it when I'm standing, and wants me to pay attention to him. Sometimes I give him a few towels, and he goes to town digging them, especially if I spread them flat on the floor. He digs until he seems happy with their placement. Maybe give her some kind of cloth for her to dig on?
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06-15-2009, 08:30 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Elven Grove, Florida, USA
Posts: 6,568
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Poe will do it when he's sitting on my desk with me while I'm typing. He loves to dig and nibble at clothes. I don't want him to get used to doing it, though, because sometimes he nips a bit of skin with the cloth. We distract him with a towel or blanket he can dig and nibble on instead.
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06-15-2009, 11:08 PM
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#9
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: , Tennessee, USA
Posts: 515
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wabbitmom12 wrote:
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We have 1 or 2 buns that dig at you when you stop petting them. They'll be all relaxed on your lap, practically asleep, and if you take a hand off to change the channel with the tv remote, the eyes pop wide open and they act like, "HEY! What's the deal?" Dig, dig, dig, dig...until we start to pet them again. At that point, I considered my self a thoroughly admonishedbunny slave!
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ROFL Bayou does this when I'm on the computer. He'll hop up on the bed and if I stop petting him to type, it's like I've done him some sort of awful injustice.
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06-16-2009, 06:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA
Posts: 1,322
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mardigraskisses wrote:
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wabbitmom12 wrote:
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We have 1 or 2 buns that dig at you when you stop petting them. They'll be all relaxed on your lap, practically asleep, and if you take a hand off to change the channel with the tv remote, the eyes pop wide open and they act like, "HEY! What's the deal?" Dig, dig, dig, dig...until we start to pet them again. At that point, I considered my self a thoroughly admonishedbunny slave!
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ROFL Bayou does this when I'm on the computer. He'll hop up on the bed and if I stop petting him to type, it's like I've done him some sort of awful injustice.
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Well, we do live to serve, right?
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