BensonBunny
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Two weeks ago, my partner and I adopted a 1.5 year old Netherland Dwarf bunny we named Benson. Benson came with a small triangular cage which we used for the first two weeks.
Benson spends the day in his cage whilst we are both at work, and in the evenings he has free run of our lounge room with us. He would be excited for us to come home and when we opened the door to his cage he would come straight out, only ever returning to go to his litter tray or access his food/water.
On the weekend, we purchased him a larger, two story cage. He now does not want to leave the cage. As soon as we open the door he doesn't move, and when we pick him up and take him out, he goes straight back into the cage. He is like a different rabbit!
Previously he would sit on the couch with us, and roam around the room investigating everything. We tried to close the cage door when we had him out but he kept going towards the cage and trying to figure out a way to get back in.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what we can do to encourage him to be more social with us like we was previously? He has been in the new cage for 3 nights now. We are contemplating selling the new one we just purchased and using his old small one again, however we are concerned that he will be negative towards going back to the smaller cage.
Benson spends the day in his cage whilst we are both at work, and in the evenings he has free run of our lounge room with us. He would be excited for us to come home and when we opened the door to his cage he would come straight out, only ever returning to go to his litter tray or access his food/water.
On the weekend, we purchased him a larger, two story cage. He now does not want to leave the cage. As soon as we open the door he doesn't move, and when we pick him up and take him out, he goes straight back into the cage. He is like a different rabbit!
Previously he would sit on the couch with us, and roam around the room investigating everything. We tried to close the cage door when we had him out but he kept going towards the cage and trying to figure out a way to get back in.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what we can do to encourage him to be more social with us like we was previously? He has been in the new cage for 3 nights now. We are contemplating selling the new one we just purchased and using his old small one again, however we are concerned that he will be negative towards going back to the smaller cage.