A block of untreated pine nailed to the skirting board or piece
of furniture will also reduce damage round the home. Clear plastic Perspex from
DIOY shops can be installs up to the stretching height of the rabbit. Use paint
instead of wallpaper.
Buy plastic tubing in various diameters from DIY stores, to protect the wires.
Rabbits rarely chew these plastic tubes, and , if they do, there is time to
stop them before they reach the wire. If you have moulded plugs, split the rubes
sideways to get the wire in. Transparent carpet coverings are also available
from DIY shops. Cover chewed carpet with this. Put clingfilm round the legs
of furniture and then cover with cloth to protect against chewing.
Anti chew sprays sometimes work but are expensive. Check they are safe for rabbits.
Try lemon juice or eucalyptus oil. But check it won’t damage the area.
To stop burrowing behind sofa, buy big cardboard rolls of the kind used to keep
carpets on, or large plastic or earthenware tubing from DIY or builders merchants.
Or take a wool (not nylon) carpet offcut and tape it into a roll with the carpet
inside. Put this behind the sofa so your rabbit can run and hide in it, but
the sofa don’t be chewed.
It you catch your rabbit ACTUALLY in the act of chewing (never before or after
as this gives the wrong message) then clap your hands or stamp your foot or
spray with water. Sometimes this helps. But never shout or smack since the rabbit
will then be terrified by YOU and will never trust you again.