I have a 3 year old house male rabbit that has the run of the house.
Up until recently all has been fine, but he has started biting through electricity wiring.
Not quite sure why, we have been using anti chew solution on it and repairing the wiring where we can.It helps a little but the last few days he has managed to go through my vacuum recharger wire, which was costly to replace! But if anyone has a permanent solution I would be grateful.
I have no wish to keep him inside his cage as he and the dog are great friends and cuddle together.

Is your rabbit castrated? Castration seriously decreases destruction. I also buy wire protectors. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1306255363...84.m1497.l2649

those ones work fine and are cheap - but really, they are only good for one wire at a time. We have covered each wire in one, and then just tidied them back behind desk etc away from him. I'd also argue that keeping your bunny as a house rabbit for 3 years and then keeping him in a cage is pretty cruel.

This will sort the problem.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1...ed-rabbit-stew

It might be worth getting his teeth checked in case there's something dental going on that's making him more inclined to chew than usual.

But if electrical wiring is hanging there, a rabbit is likely to treat it as a root across its burrow which needs to be pruned in case of emergencies where a rabbit might need to exit a burrow quickly and the "root" would be an obstruction.

You may have to take a fresh look at the house and remove any accessible wiring because of course if Rabbit chews something that is live, you will end up with a dead rabbit. Though I see a forum "wit" has provided you with a recipe.

I think it's for you to manage Rabbit's environment for him (and for your bank account ) rather than punish him for being a rabbit. Have you got any chunks of wood (we use slices of apple wood) for him to gnaw? He'd probably prefer that.

If he's castrated, you could get him a friend - he'd be more occupied and less bored. There are thousands of rabbits in need of a home in rescues and some rescues will do the bonding for you.

Unfortunately, rabbits will chew. Mine loves eating walls (she took a chunk out of the wallpaper this morning when I had my back turned and now she's purring away on the floor like butter wouldn't melt, the mim!) and I can't leave her alone for a second when she's in a bad mood. Once her partner chewed through my sewing machine wire when it was plugged in Some rabbits really love dangly things, so perhaps that's why wires and cables are very appealing to him as opposed to other things? I would suggest castration if it's not already been done, but the most you can do is keep a close eye on him and make sure you use wire protectors where possible (and check them every so often). I find it helpful to get on the floor every so often and look at things from her POV to see what tasty treats are in her line of sight Good luck

When I had house rabbits, I bought JML wire protectors, was like a closely twisted phone cable that went round all the wires and kept them covered from chewing. It was tough enough that the rabbit did it no damage if it got chewed on, and kept my wires safe.

Ok I have brought one of those cable tidy things.
No he's not castrated, never occured to me it could be the problem.
Is there a age where it could be too risky to do it? He's 3 1/2, bit concerned he may be too old for it.

I certainly have no intention of making rabbit stew, my poor Gizzy!
Thanks for the help people.

Your best bet is to find a small animal/exotic vets who castrate rabbits weekly. Anaesthetic is the risk during operations, but small animal operations have come a long way in the last few years. I've even had operations performed on my rats (castrations, tumour removals) and my vet routinely operates on other small furies like mice and hamsters. A recent study into rats shows that only 3 in every 1,000 rats have a bad reaction to the anaesthetic - so the odds are in your rabbits favour and it will make him happier.

You should ask your vet questions such as their success rate - this should be around the 100% mark, really. If they say anything less than 98%, I'd not consider them a good option, actually - and certainly any vet who continually puts loads of emphasis on the risks involved and aren't confident that the rabbit is almost certain to make it, I'd run a mile (keep in mind though, no vet can tell you that the operation WILL be successful, for obvious reasons).


Maybe it's worth joining a forum like Rabbit Rehome - maybe they can offer a good vets in your area?