{"id":551,"date":"2010-11-13T00:43:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T23:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/?p=551"},"modified":"2010-11-13T12:39:46","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T11:39:46","slug":"rabbit-willlow-chewsticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/13\/rabbit-willlow-chewsticks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbit Sticks"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is nothing like Scamp’s antics for making you feel better so I thought it was time for something fun. Scamp has been enjoying decimating the willow chew sticks he received with his press release about the RSPCA Survey<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Four Willow Chew Sticks (chewed)<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve posted before that his favourite way to chew sticks<\/a> is whilst you hold them for him. I don’t mind holding his stick for him but I can’t do it all the time – how would I type? Sticks left on the floor seem to get ignored by rabbits – Scamp included. So I thought what I needed was a stand in stick holder.<\/p>\n

He already has a vegetable holder. It’s just a a metal skewer with a hook at the top and a screw end that you undo, push skewer through the veg and do up again. It works great for chunky things broccoli stalks and carrot, but would it work for sticks, which, whilst great for chewing, are not as exciting as vegetables.<\/p>\n

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Small animal vegetable holder (about \u00a32.50 - try in the bird section if you can't find it under rabbits).<\/p><\/div>\n

First step, the sticks needed some holes. As I haven’t yet got Scamp to chew accurately on command I had to resort to a drill.<\/p>\n

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Clamp the sticks in a vice to hold them still then drill holes.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’re having a go, check the drill bit is slightly bigger than whatever you’re threading them on to it stops you having to drill twice (oops).<\/p>\n

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Willow chew sticks, now with holes. Don't they look tasty!<\/p><\/div>\n

Then it’s time to try them out:<\/p>\n

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I chose to hang them in the corner as he’s had a bit of a go at the skirting there, and hanging something in the way of a favourite chewing spot is a great way to stop rabbits chewing something they shouldn’t. Hopefully he won’t go back to the skirting until he’s got rid of those annoying sticks dangling just in the way, so, as long as I keep replacing the sticks, the skirting should remain intact – that’s the theory anyway!<\/p>\n

I might try a few more sticks hung in different locations to see if he has a preference. I only have one vegetable holder but I think string will probably work too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chew sticks often get ignored in favour of less suitable wood like furniture and skirting. Hanging up chew sticks where your rabbit likes to chew is a great way to distract them and save your woodwork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[11,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":570,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions\/570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}