What on earth did I do?

[jap08m]

So our bunnies have a nice big cage and its located in our bedroom. For a couple of nights Reddit has been driving us crazy. Shes been zooming up and down her cage(which is three levels). And then she was thumping all night. Whatever she could do to make lots of noise she did it. I know rabbits are more active in the evening but this was from 1-6am. I figured she was just going through a phase so I let it go on a couple nights but I needed to get some sleep as I didn't get any when she does this. So last night I took her xpen and made her a small cage in the guest bathroom just for the night. She had no problem with it and I went in the morning and got her and put her back in her big cage. Almost as soon as she went back in her and Demetri started trying to hump each other. I thought it might just be a hello thing but after about 2 minutes it was clearly a dominance thing. They started going at it like it was the first time they've seen each other. What on earth did I do. It was only one night. What happened?

 

[LakeCondo]

Could you move both of them?

 

[Imbrium]

mine are most active from about midnight to 6 am on a regular basis, so I have their cage/run set up in my living room so that I can close my door and have some peace

I assume they're bonded and normally live together? you really can't separate them for even a night (or even a vet trip) if they're bonded without the risk of upsetting their bond. if you move one, you *really* need to move both.

if they don't get back to normal pretty quickly, you may need to go back to the bonding basics and do a little bit of re-bonding.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Ours are in a bedroom on the far side of the house--we can still hear them but not enough to wreck our rest. You may need to get some separation.

 

[Blue eyes]

jap08m wrote:

So our bunnies have a nice big cage and its located in our bedroom. For a couple of nights Reddit has been driving us crazy. Shes been zooming up and down her cage(which is three levels). And then she was thumping all night. Whatever she could do to make lots of noise she did it. I know rabbits are more active in the evening but this was from 1-6am. I figured she was just going through a phase so I let it go on a couple nights but I needed to get some sleep as I didn't get any when she does this. So last night I took her xpen and made her a small cage in the guest bathroom just for the night. She had no problem with it and I went in the morning and got her and put her back in her big cage. Almost as soon as she went back in her and Demetri started trying to hump each other. I thought it might just be a hello thing but after about 2 minutes it was clearly a dominance thing. They started going at it like it was the first time they've seen each other. What on earth did I do. It was only one night. What happened?

Have they been bonded long? Those first few nights that you were being kept awake, could it have been them chasing each other? Or is there some sound she can here in that room (maybe something outside that you haven't noticed) that is causing her to be frightened?

 

[jap08m]

it was more like she was super hyper and just wanted to run around. they even have a 4 grid by 2 grid run attached to their cage that collapses based on when i let them use it. I opened it thinking she might need to run around but she just kept running up and down the levels of the cage. Definitly learned my lesson though. They've only been bonded for a month so if I ever do that again i'll put both of them in there. Do I have to be worried about the change in cage just for a night?

 

[Imbrium]

if they're back to getting along, you're in the clear