Ecresi
Active Member
I tried to look up more information on this, but I wasn't coming up with much other than the fact she's just bored. My mini lop Cho has developed an issue where she digs and tears at the bottom of her cage for hours on end without stopping. Last night she did it constantly for over 3 hours. A few friends of mine who are rabbit owners said she's digging out of boredom and I shouldnt discourage her from digging since it's a rabbit thing, But the noise is driving my entire house insane. Any ideas on how to stop the noise without stopping her from digging? :/
She gets plenty of free roam time and she has toys to play with, we've tried distracting her with food, scrubbing and cleaning the bottom of the cage, thinking that maybe there was something there she didn't like, lining the bottom with solid flakes of hay from the bail we buy every month, nothing is stopping the noise or the obsessive digging. When I first adopted her she didn't behave like this at all, she never made this much noise before.
Also, there's a good chance she might be pregnant. I know behaviour change is pretty common for pregnant does, so could this just be part of the pregnancy? I'm running out of ideas and would love suggestions on at least keeping her more quiet when she digs.
She gets plenty of free roam time and she has toys to play with, we've tried distracting her with food, scrubbing and cleaning the bottom of the cage, thinking that maybe there was something there she didn't like, lining the bottom with solid flakes of hay from the bail we buy every month, nothing is stopping the noise or the obsessive digging. When I first adopted her she didn't behave like this at all, she never made this much noise before.
Also, there's a good chance she might be pregnant. I know behaviour change is pretty common for pregnant does, so could this just be part of the pregnancy? I'm running out of ideas and would love suggestions on at least keeping her more quiet when she digs.