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March 9th 2006 at 10:27 am in I was checking my site-statistics when I noticed this Google query that brought someone to this website:
- preventing my rabbit rattling the bars of his cage
Although I don’t know whether that person will visit this site again in the future, I did want to let people know that rabbits like playing with noisy toys, throwing things about.
I’m not aware of the full situation, nor am I a vetenarian, but when your rabbit is rattling the bars of its cage, it is highly likely that your pet just wants some attention.
Rabbits are animals that like to have a certain ‘rhythm’ to their way of life. If your rabbit has gotten used to getting out of his cage every morning, it will definitely make some noise the moment you forget this. If I oversleep, I usually get awakened by a noisy rattling rabbit because he is used getting some greens every morning.
It doesn’t necessarily mean there’s something wrong with your rabbit; it can just mean your rabbit likes you (or the attention / greens it gets).
I don’t think you can prevent this. (Honestly, I don’t think people even should.)
This is normal rabbit behaviour which you shouldn’t want to prevent. Maybe he is a bit bored though and wants something challenging to play with — rabbits are more intelligent than most people think and their minds need to get stimulated unless you want to end up with a sad, bored, unhappy rabbit.
Incidentally, we bought a coconut a couple of days ago. I split it up, gotten rid of the white coconut-stuff inside (unhealthy for rabbits) and they really enjoy biting it and throwing it. It is fun to watch and maybe it may point his attention to something else than the bars of the cage.
If your rabbit really loves making that sound it will continue though. Please let him. 
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