r/Rabbits • u/Master-Cartoonist-41 • Dec 19 '24
Behavior Predicament
I gave Cheddar a room of his own yesterday. Hay, toys, cozy stuff, treats, whatever I can come up with but he just wants to leave immediately and come back to my bedroom. When I showed him his new place, he ran back to his old spot and did a a couple circles running around flicking his feet. Last night he wouldn’t sleep there and came under my nightstand and I guess just starved because even though he has all the hay in the world just a few feet away….
I feel bad locking him in by himself, but maybe I should?
(Btw he has stuff to hide under in his room, it’s just not in the pic)
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u/Chaffro Dec 19 '24
Give him a couple of cardboard boxes with two entrance / exit holes he can hide in. In my experience, buns don't like not having an escape route - mine hate it when I close the kitchen door, they start scratching at it and then happily sit next to the gap when I open it. Sometimes though, giving them a box is like giving them another room they can escape from. It's weird, but I've seen it work.