Little Bay Poo
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So today Billy had three hours of run time which he filled with his usual Bunny 500's and binkies on the bed. He even flopped over and let us pet him when he was tired (something he's been doing a lot lately). When it was time to go back into his cage, I lured him back with dinner and he was happy as a clam to eat his oatmeal. Well, after he was done with the oatmeal he went right into bunny tantrum mode. He used to do this a lot when he was 3-6 months old but he's been so good about it lately! Well not tonight.
Billy was biting at the cage door and even started to box it a little. I felt bad so I let him out again for another 30 minutes and even let him go explore Ronnie's territory which got him pretty riled up. Got him back in the cage and he immediately had another bunny tantrum. Biting the cage door, boxing the cage door, even finding little pieces of hay to balance in his mouth while biting the door (he thinks the hay is a "key" to let him out).
The thing is I feel bad about keeping him in there...I know I wouldn't want to be locked up in a cage all day. But Billy is so destructive that bunny proofing the place to his needs is totally out of the question. He's not limited to wires and carpeting...he'd be happy to destroy ANYTHING that's chewable if not monitored closely.
Anyhow, I guess the real reason I'm posting this is because I want to know if anybunny else does this. Does anyone have an especially feisty bunny that throws tantrums like a little kid when they get put back in their cage? Please share!
Billy was biting at the cage door and even started to box it a little. I felt bad so I let him out again for another 30 minutes and even let him go explore Ronnie's territory which got him pretty riled up. Got him back in the cage and he immediately had another bunny tantrum. Biting the cage door, boxing the cage door, even finding little pieces of hay to balance in his mouth while biting the door (he thinks the hay is a "key" to let him out).
The thing is I feel bad about keeping him in there...I know I wouldn't want to be locked up in a cage all day. But Billy is so destructive that bunny proofing the place to his needs is totally out of the question. He's not limited to wires and carpeting...he'd be happy to destroy ANYTHING that's chewable if not monitored closely.
Anyhow, I guess the real reason I'm posting this is because I want to know if anybunny else does this. Does anyone have an especially feisty bunny that throws tantrums like a little kid when they get put back in their cage? Please share!