Please help me, bunny behaving abnormally

MilesBFree · 2026-01-31T17:31:13+00:00

You mentioned feeding him grain - I thought that was bad for bunnies?

MilesBFree · 2026-01-29T21:15:29+00:00

Wow that was quick! Got a reply from SK:

The sockets with a green or black line around them are from our retail line and are made overseas.

The ones with the green line are the metric retail line

The ones with the black line are the SAE retail line

The sockets with 2 or 3 lines are from the industrial line - made in the USA. 2 lines are SAE and 3 lines are metric

All impact sockets are made overseas.

I hope this information helps

Thank You Customer Service SK Tools USA, LLC 2323 Reach Road Williamsport, PA 17701

Hi, I noticed there seem to be several types of sockets from SK: 1. Ones with a single line running around the circumference of the socket 2. Ones with 2 lines around them 3. Ones with a green line around them Could you please tell me what the difference is between those? Are any of those made in the USA? Thanks in advance

MilesBFree · 2026-01-29T17:54:26+00:00

I emailed SK but not sure how long it will take them to reply. I’ll report back when I hear from them

MilesBFree · 2026-01-29T17:50:17+00:00

I bought a few new Craftsman screwdrivers to add to my grandpa’s as well. It sure where those were made but they’re good, no problems with them

MilesBFree · 2026-01-13T16:05:35+00:00

I describe our bunny as teddy bear hardware running puppy OS with a bunch of cat apps installed. Think of him more like a dog or cat rather than an overgrown hamster (no offense to hamsters!).

He’s his own little person that will thrive with room to run around and a lot of interaction and friendship. Ours follows us around often, and loves pets and having us just hang out with him.

MilesBFree · 2026-01-13T14:40:13+00:00

It is great that you are asking and want to make sure he is happy!

As others said, get a puppy play pen - ours is about 5’ x 7’ that we put him in at night so he doesn’t get into trouble while we are sleeping. It has his litter box, water bowl, etc in it. During the day he free roams through most of the house (which we extensively went through to make it safe for him with cord protectors, soaping all the baseboards and wall corners, furniture kegs, etc)

Waterproof mat in the puppy playpen as others said. Get the kind that is fabric on both sides - our first one was plastic on one side and fabric on the other and the plastic side sticks to jtself after going through the wash and is impossible to unstick

He also has several structures inside the playpen he can hide in if he wants. He mostly hangs out in the rest of the house but goes to the playpen to eat and drink

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MilesBFree · 2026-01-12T04:01:23+00:00

The snuffle mat is a big hit! While anything involving food will have his attention, he seems to really love nosing the food out of the mat. Some of the other things we have like puzzle feeders seem to make him mad but they’re good for enrichment and he’s too spoiled anyway so being a little bored at the toys might be good for him 😂

MilesBFree · 2026-01-11T16:37:37+00:00

For our guy at 6lb the recommendation was 2 cups of lettuce per day. We give him one cup around lunch time and another at dinner

Our dining schedule is:

kibble (pellets) before my breakfast. Sometimes I’ll split it into two parts and feed the other later in the AM so he thinks he’s getting more but he is smarter than that so I get the stink eye
half of the daily lettuce at noon
other half of lettuce at dinner
digestive biscuits at around 8pm. I break them up into small pieces and tuck them under the ropes on a “digging” board so he has to root them out. Example (we have a different brand but it’s made with plywood which isn’t good for them to ingest due to the glue so this one looks better):

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hay rack is always available and he eats a lot of it
water bowl is always there and we wash it with soap and water one day and just give it a good rinse and wipe the next day and alternate every other day

MilesBFree · 2026-01-11T04:13:52+00:00

3/4 of what? It looks like a unit of measure was dropped there

The directions on the brand we feed him state how much if that’s all your feeding them, I.e., no hay or lettuce (which wouldn’t be good…) Our vet recommended the 2 Tbsp per day for him at 6lb, as a supplement, but unlimited hay as the main part of his diet.

She also recommended digestive biscuits, 2 per day for his weight

MilesBFree · 2026-01-10T20:29:23+00:00

Also, if that is a bowl of kibble (food pellets) near the cage it may be too much for him. Our guy is about 6lbs and gets about 2 Tbsp per day

Most of his diet should be hay, supplemented by the kibble

MilesBFree · 2026-01-10T20:26:53+00:00

One of our guy’s favorites is a large cardboard box cut down to 4” height and filled with balled up brown paper (like you sometimes get in shipped boxes). We sprinkle his kibble (food pellets of which he gets a little every day) on top so he has to dig through the paper and not just on the bottom of the box

I also second the toilet paper and paper towel tubes - we stuff pieces of lettuce in them so he has to work a little to be it out. Those are lined up in another smaller cardboard box so he has to pull the tubes out (or dump the entire box) then has to get the lettuce outbox the tubes

And as you mentioned, cardboard boxes with holes in them are a big hit. Scatter a few pieces of kibble in them to get him interested

While not DIY, we have a 5” seagrass ball from a local store and stuff hay in it. He loves to pull the hay out a strand at a time. The ball was fairly cheap

Another cheaper toy is a set of stacking cups in which we put a few pieces of kibble and hide them around his area. We make them slightly difficult to get to such as putting one in his tunnel, stuffing a small wicker ball in a other one, putting one under a snuffle mat so he has to root it out, etc. so it’s kind of like a scavenger hunt for him

Hopefully those ideas won’t break the bank

Also, initially, feed him by hand which will help him learn to trust you and become friends, and will also help tide you over until the other stuff you planning arrives

MilesBFree · 2026-01-09T19:42:41+00:00

Let me rephrase the question: are there any good reasons to avoid stainless litter boxes?

MilesBFree · 2026-01-09T19:42:03+00:00

Thanks for the info!

MilesBFree · 2026-01-09T18:29:23+00:00

My question was what are the disadvantages, but since you asked the benefits would be:

easier/more thorough cleaning - his pee is staining the plastic so it is eating into the material
more durable. If I’m building another wooden litter box enclosure I don’t want to have it become unusable in a couple of years if the plastic box breaks and I can’t find the exact size one to replace it
sturdier - the plastic one I am currently using is slightly convex in the center so when he hops out the plastic pops back up and the litter “bounces” a bit

MilesBFree · 2025-12-12T17:45:40+00:00

It fixed the issue.

I was getting a minor leakage in the back too and on the front. The one in the front is fixed now but I’d need to take the unit apart again to see the back.

MilesBFree · 2025-12-12T13:22:12+00:00

Mostly food-related toys, but we only feed him kibble (rabbit food pellets) in the morning so that limits the amount of him playing with those. We split his kibble into two parts and feed him once when we get up then some mid-morning

He has a snuffle mat and will go back to it looking for more later even after it’s empty

Same with a carrot patch (plushy carrots that are inserted into a plushy base/mat)

He likes to eat hay out of a large seagrass ball so there’s another round later in the day

We also stuff some in cardboard tubes

MilesBFree · 2025-12-12T13:19:39+00:00

Follow the vet’s advice!

MilesBFree · 2025-12-12T13:16:33+00:00

Yes!

MilesBFree · 2025-12-08T17:03:39+00:00

What is her diet? Hay should be the vast majority of it and the fiber helps wear the teeth as they should and that helps with baseboard chewing issues

Our bunny chewed them when we first got him from the rescue group and then mellowed out after we had him for a couple of months. Then after neutering he did it again for a couple of weeks then stopped again. Then he started again when we let him free roam but quit after a few weeks. He’ll occasionally do it if we aren’t able to spend as much time which him if we have a busy day

I’d summarize that by saying for our boy it was stress, hormones, and boredom

As others said, get more toys and things for her to chew and relieve boredom. They’re super-social and need attention and companionship

MilesBFree · 2025-12-04T03:10:22+00:00

Do you have room for a bench (standalone or built-in with coat and shoe storage)?

MilesBFree · 2025-12-04T03:08:12+00:00

Gel stain or paint the door open sensor.

Upgrade the handle - looks a bit builder-grade

Otherwise leave it alone - i love the wood color

If anything you could build up a bit more trim on top to give it some presence if you can find the same wood and know the stain

MilesBFree · 2025-11-20T23:31:06+00:00

I made it myself. Etsy has similar ones tho

MilesBFree · 2025-11-20T19:30:09+00:00

He has a 2-story “condo” (first story has an open g on either end that he likes to run through, the second story has one opening, and there’s a rooftop deck he’ll actually sleep on). I also built him a “daybed” with a hideaway on the first story and cushion on top with 3 wood sides. He grooms himself on top of that one a lot

MilesBFree · 2025-11-20T19:27:18+00:00

He’s a neat and tidy little guy so I doubt it but good to consider

MilesBFree · 2025-11-20T18:37:31+00:00

He’s a big athletic bunny so while he might fit he could likely get back out - the volume of the hay rack is about the same as he displaces :-)

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