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Depends on the rabbit. Our (thinly upholstered) couch has two bite holes in its corner, but the rest of our furniture is quite intact. They're much more likel
by colanderman 10y ago
Depends on the rabbit. Our (thinly upholstered) couch has two bite holes in its corner, but the rest of our furniture is quite intact. They're much more likely to chew things on the floor like rugs or cables, and then only if they're "in the way".
Bitter apple spray works well to keep them from chewing carpets and rugs: https://www.amazon.com/Grannick-Bitter-Apple-Ferrets-small-animals/dp/B0010PCM3M https://www.amazon.com/Grannick-Bitter-Apple-Ferrets-small-a... and split-loom shielding protects cables: https://www.amazon.com/Install-Bay-Split-Loom-Inch/dp/B005V9UU1O https://www.amazon.com/Install-Bay-Split-Loom-Inch/dp/B005V9...
Beside "housekeeping", rabbits chew to keep their teeth short. Apple twigs and compressed hay cubes work great to meet this need and prevents them from seeking other things to chew.
Rabbits live around seven years, properly cared for. Ours is in her fifth year.
- rflrob 10y agoOur vet has said that the thinking these days is that with proper care, 8-10 is reasonable for our minilop. Ours is 8 this year, and going strong! Also, the chewing does depend... quite a few scarves that my wife has from when our bunny was younger don't have the tassels that were designed on em, and he did modify a laptop power cable that we later named "Shocky". Now that he's older, he's much more respectful of our things.
- colanderman 10y agoI try to look at the upside – our rabbit recently got behind my recording equipment and scissored a ¼″ balanced audio cable. Just so happens I needed a ¼″ TRS jack for a project so it saved me a purchase…