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my bunny took to litter box training very well in her cage, so i wanted to get her ready to start gradually adjusting to life outside of the cage.

i take her into the hallway for about an hour or two a day and shut all the doors with the litter box in one corner. she does fine with using it, but i\'ve noticed that she will pull up carpet fibers and try to eat them like grass. i cant seem to get her to stop doing it and if i pick her up to stop her, she will clamp onto the carpet and i have to yank her away from it to loosen her grip.

anyone have any clues as to how i can stop her? she doesnt just chew certain spots, she will chew anywhere so i cant really put vinegar down because i would have to put it everywhere as 75% of the house is carpet.

also she isnt spayed yet (i think, taking her to the vet next week to get it done if it hasnt been already (got her from an adoption place)) and i read that this will usually calm them down and they wont chew on stuff like that as much if you give them something else to chew on.

oh yeah almost forgot, i do put down her shirt, a cylinder of wood and her throw toy carrot when shes in the hallway, so she doesnt have a lack of something to chew on.

thanks for your help!

Hi! Petey chews on the carpet too. He doesn\'t seem to do it as much as your rabbit, but he does, however CHEW just about everything else. He has pulled wallpaper off the walls around the baseboards (we\'re not happy about that). we keep plenty of things for him to chew on, but he does chew everything in sight.

I have heard that once we can neuter him (3 more months), that he will calm down a little with the chewing.

Do you put your bunny\'s shirt in his cage with her? when we give Petey anything cloth in his cage, he pees on it and its gross.

yeah, i have 2 shirts that she plays with that i put in her cage. she doesnt pee on them since she has her litter box to do that in, but the water bottle will drip on it when she leaves it under it. i switch the shirts out every 2 days and wash them so they dont ever get really nasty. she likes to get inside the shirts and pretend shes burrowing or just throw them around so i like to keep it in there because she likes it so much.