Al, Al, Al.
Haven’t you figured it out yet? This is due to the Law of Pet (and child) Perversity. Whatever you buy them for an intended purpose-to play with, chew on, protect them from the rain will be discarded with a speed inversely proportionate to the a)effort it took you to obtain it; and b) money spent on it.
Pur two rabbits have a toy they love very much. It’s not the bell toy shaped like a rabbit, or the mini-barbells, or the rolly ball you stash treats inside. It’s a box from the liquor store that says “Evan Williams Bourbon” on it. They treat this sucker like Coney Island and Vegas all rolled into one. If it’s on it’s side, they slide down the flaps. If they can sit in it, they lounge like indolent European cabana boys. They chew it, thump it and sit on top of it. Meanwhile, the toys are at the bottom of their cage. As are the chew toys, discarded in favor of:
the computer cords
the phone cords
the books on the bottom shelves (which we moved, now they chew the bookcase)
and anything else they can reach.
Squirt gun and habanero sauce have reduced the masticatory propensity, but they’ll still chew anything that doesn’t move-like the frayed bottom cuffs of jeans.
If you were referring to my post, Tevya, then I would have to disagree. “Wascally” applies only to that most intelligent of all rabbbits, Bugs Bunny. Bugs is clever, wily, and nutty. He is not a four legged shit factory in a fur coat.
(Actually, he is not a four legged anything. He always walked about on two legs.)
Once, I was watching TV and one of the rabbits dissapeared around the side of the sofa. A moment later there was smoke, sparks and a poping noise. The rabbit flew, nay SOARED accross the room and landed with his fur sticking straight out, smoldering a little. This was, by far, the funniest thing I have ever seen. Benny has been a little twitchy ever sense. He had chewed threw a power cord, BTW. Interestingly, he doesn’t chew power cords anymore, so it appears that 20MuleTeamBorax was correct.
We had a short-lived bunny do this. Cute, but as dumb as a box of Florida electoral officals. Chewed through the lamp cord while the wife and I are watching TV. Light goes out with a loud POP!, smoke rises, bunny flies across room. Slightly singed, with half her whiskers curled up and smoldering slightly. Had a look on her face like someone on acid who’s been listening to a Stephen Hawking lecture.
She died shortly thereafter because she would eat carboard and drywall. We miss her, but in retrospect, it’s just Darwinism in action.
Current rabbits have chewed/destroyed:
Cord for a ergonomic keyboard that I had installed TWO hours before
First edition of some old book at the in-laws house
the corner of our marriage certificate
covers of copies of “The Kama Sutra” and “Brave New World”
chair legs, table legs, baseboards
the entire cover (consumed and noted in their poop) of my copy of Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book-we can’t figure out if this makes them Communists, Libertarians or what