_Moby_
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Hi!
I can't get my bun to stop ripping out the carpet.
He is a 6 month old, neutered, male netherland dwarf. He is tearing up the carpet CONSTANTLY. It is becoming an enormous source of frustration.
The carpet was already in poor shape when I moved in, so I'm not terribly worried about having to pay to fix it, but I don't want it to get any worse.
He has free roam of my bedroom and the attached hallway, and there are various spots where he will dig and yank out the fibers of carpet. I don't blame him, because as bunny behavior goes, it seems like this would be a fun activity for him.
I've tried to divert the behavior with grass mats, and that seems to distract him sometimes, but he still goes for the carpet most of the time. I even made maze for him, a cardboard box lined and stuffed with newspaper for him to tear up, which he does, but all the same he still goes for the carpet. (A kind of cute side story, whenever I do my weekly cleaning of his cage and my room, he will go into the maze-box and start tearing up the newspaper, as if he were also doing some house cleaning! )
Can I stop this behavior?? I've also read that spraying the spot with vinegar will deter him, but I don't want his living environment to always reek of vinegar.
I can't get my bun to stop ripping out the carpet.
He is a 6 month old, neutered, male netherland dwarf. He is tearing up the carpet CONSTANTLY. It is becoming an enormous source of frustration.
The carpet was already in poor shape when I moved in, so I'm not terribly worried about having to pay to fix it, but I don't want it to get any worse.
He has free roam of my bedroom and the attached hallway, and there are various spots where he will dig and yank out the fibers of carpet. I don't blame him, because as bunny behavior goes, it seems like this would be a fun activity for him.
I've tried to divert the behavior with grass mats, and that seems to distract him sometimes, but he still goes for the carpet most of the time. I even made maze for him, a cardboard box lined and stuffed with newspaper for him to tear up, which he does, but all the same he still goes for the carpet. (A kind of cute side story, whenever I do my weekly cleaning of his cage and my room, he will go into the maze-box and start tearing up the newspaper, as if he were also doing some house cleaning! )
Can I stop this behavior?? I've also read that spraying the spot with vinegar will deter him, but I don't want his living environment to always reek of vinegar.
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