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Hi everyone,
I wanted to share a few things that we did to bunny-proof our new apartment.
The new place is cool, and we're taking advantage of the "blank canvas" that only moving can truly provide.
Our new place has laminate (hardwood) floors, so we will be getting a new rug for the bun to have a place to dash around on. She does sometimes get startled while she is on the slippery hardwood floors, and it's pretty funny to watch her do the "running in place" thing, a-la-cartoons. You almost expect to hear the sound effects when she starts doing all of that!
We started with the baseboards, the most obvious chewing target. She especially loves the corners where she can really sink her teeth into it! We obtained two boxes of laminate flooring that roughly match the color of our floors, and leaned them up against the baseboards.
Time will tell if we need to secure them somehow; so far she hasn't tipped any over yet.
I cut down several of them to make smaller pieces for short walls (they are a standard 4 feet long).
Regarding our entertainment center, we knew from prior experience that the many wires in the back would need to be cordoned off to keep Kimchi safely away from all of that stuff. She loves to try to get behind there for some reason - presumably because she knows she isn't supposed to be back there!
So I went to Home Depot and bought a roll of plastic poultry fence, in black color. This is what we used to think of as chicken wire (which is actually wire) and what my uncle refers to as "critter fence". I stapled this to the wall and to the entertainment center, on either side, to basically just enclose the area behind.
Finally, I work from home once a week on average and have to plug in my laptop(s). I prefer to work at the dining room table so I can let the bun run free and keep an eye on her, so I figured out the following (see pictures). I found a power strip with the fattest cable I could find, and looped it around one of our chairs so that it goes from the top of the table to the outlet, staying off the ground. So far, so good - today is the first day I've tried this.
Once we get everything finally unpacked and cleaned up, I will post a full room picture to give you the whole picture.
Thoughts and comments welcomed - what did we miss?
I wanted to share a few things that we did to bunny-proof our new apartment.
The new place is cool, and we're taking advantage of the "blank canvas" that only moving can truly provide.
Our new place has laminate (hardwood) floors, so we will be getting a new rug for the bun to have a place to dash around on. She does sometimes get startled while she is on the slippery hardwood floors, and it's pretty funny to watch her do the "running in place" thing, a-la-cartoons. You almost expect to hear the sound effects when she starts doing all of that!
We started with the baseboards, the most obvious chewing target. She especially loves the corners where she can really sink her teeth into it! We obtained two boxes of laminate flooring that roughly match the color of our floors, and leaned them up against the baseboards.
Time will tell if we need to secure them somehow; so far she hasn't tipped any over yet.
I cut down several of them to make smaller pieces for short walls (they are a standard 4 feet long).
Regarding our entertainment center, we knew from prior experience that the many wires in the back would need to be cordoned off to keep Kimchi safely away from all of that stuff. She loves to try to get behind there for some reason - presumably because she knows she isn't supposed to be back there!
So I went to Home Depot and bought a roll of plastic poultry fence, in black color. This is what we used to think of as chicken wire (which is actually wire) and what my uncle refers to as "critter fence". I stapled this to the wall and to the entertainment center, on either side, to basically just enclose the area behind.
Finally, I work from home once a week on average and have to plug in my laptop(s). I prefer to work at the dining room table so I can let the bun run free and keep an eye on her, so I figured out the following (see pictures). I found a power strip with the fattest cable I could find, and looped it around one of our chairs so that it goes from the top of the table to the outlet, staying off the ground. So far, so good - today is the first day I've tried this.
Once we get everything finally unpacked and cleaned up, I will post a full room picture to give you the whole picture.
Thoughts and comments welcomed - what did we miss?
