TVs, power cables & electrical equipment

How to stop your house rabbit chewing power cables and making your TV stereo & other electrical equipment safe for your pet bunny rabbit.

Rabbit like to have a clear run around the edge of a room which can cause problems because your TV stereo and other electrical equipment is likely to be positioned directly in their path. The natural crawl spaces where we often hide electrical cables can prove very tempting for an unsuspecting rabbit and It can be hard to prevent their instinctive need to explore. Rabbits have a formidable set of teeth that they use in the wild and the soft plastic of an electrical cable offers no resistance compared to the tough fibrous materials they naturally chew on such as the roots that grows into their burrows or across their runs. As you rabbit skirts around the room it can prove very tempting to chew into the cords and cables across their paths as they have no sense of the danger they could be in.

It is important to your rabbit’s health and happiness that you share lots of time together. For most people this involves watching TV, listening to music or playing a games console when there rabbit is roaming freely. Unfortunately you can’t expect your house rabbit to stay away from the power cables and other dangerous electrical equipment in your home. Even if you think you can keep an eye on your rabbit it only takes a moment of distraction for a tragic and avoidable accident to occur or some damage could occur that could lead to expensive repairs.

The soft plastic insulation around a power cord offers no protection from a rabbits sharp teeth and serious even fatal harm can be caused if the wires inside are exposed and the crawl spaces around the back of your TV or stereo centre can be especially dangerous for a curious rabbit that can come to harm struggling amongst the sharp metal edges.

One of the most important bunny proofing jobs you should do make the electrical equipments and the spaces around them safe for your rabbit. You may need to move some of your furniture around to cleverly hide power leads or invest in some plastic tubing to wrap around exposed cables. The crawl spaces around the back of your TV or stereo need to be blocked off to prevent harm. By following some simple bunny proofing measures it is possible for you to relax and allow your rabbit can roam freely without having to unplug everything first.

Cable tidies

It can be tricky to protect low voltage electrical cables such as games consoles or mobile phone rechargers from damage caused by your house rabbit chewing them and still leave them flexible enough to use. Cable tidies, the spirally tubes of plastic you slip a number of leads into are ideal to guard against the wanted attention of a house rabbits but still leave enough movement for everyday use. Wrap the cable tidies around the all the exposed areas of phone leads, mouse cords and other low voltage cables your don’t want your house rabbits to chewing.

Wall conduit

You can’t take any chances that your house rabbit will chew your power cables which can be fatal and a permanent solution needs to be installed in your ensure safety. Plastic conduit mounted on the wall is an ideal way of permanently protecting electrical cables and preventing the danger of electrocution to your house rabbit from chewing your power leads. Install plastic conduit wherever the power cable is exposed to permanently hide it from your rabbit. Lead the cables up the wall to keep them out of reach from chewing.

Split length tubing

Sometimes it is hard to avoid areas where power cables need to stretch across leaving them exposed which can be dangerous, even fatal if your house rabbit chews through them. Split length tubing can be used to permanently protect power leads and the hard plastic is adequately to stop the most tenacious chewing activities of your house rabbit. Cut the tubing to the correct length then slip the tubing over the lead making sure none of it is exposed. If you can secure the end with some tape in case your rabbit tugs at it.

Arrange furniture around plugs

It can be useful to have access to the plugs and cables in your home but this also means you rabbit can get to them and chew the power cables which can be very dangerous. You can improve the safety for your house rabbit by re arranging the furniture in your room to limit the amount of exposed power cables Move furniture with electrical items on them in front of the plug and push it tight up against the wall to hide the leads making sure they can't be accessed from the floor.

Hide cables behind furniture

In an ideal world you wouldn't have any power leads visible in your home, when you consider how dangerous this is for a house rabbit you see why hiding them is more of a necessity. The only way to stop your rabbit chewing on power cables is to hide them and a convenient way to do this is by using your furniture as a natural shield and protection from damage. Trail power cables that cross your room behind book shelves, cabinets and other furniture to prevent your house rabbit from chews on them and electrocuting itself.

Block access

Rabbits love to explore and you are going to find it very testing keeping them out of areas like the hub of power cords and extensions behind you TV or stereo which can be incredible dangerous. It can often be simpler to block access to the whole area to ensure it is safe for your house rabbit rather than try and cover the individual cables. Perspex sheeting or a couple of section of a pet pen can be used to cut off access from your house rabbit roaming where exposed power cables could be chewed and damaged.

Wall mounting your TV

Rabbits don't get TV, It's probably just a bunch of loud noises and coloured light to them but they will notice you spending hours staring at it which will make them curious as to what's so interesting. Although in recent years the materials TV are made of such as the plastic screens are more easily damage then the old ones it does mean they can be easily wall mount them putting the problem out of reach from your rabbits sharp claws and teeth. Find a permanent way of hiding the power leads that stretch to you TV such as plastic conduit or split length tubing. Audio visual leads can be protected with some cable tides.

Place audio visual equipment and games consoles out of reach on a shelf

Anything your interested in is also going to be interested to your rabbit which when It comes to electrical equipment can be dangerous or lead to expensive repairs. The best way to leave access to your electrical devices but prevent your rabbit getting to them is simply to If you can stack up the home entertainment units you have off the floor on a shelf or on top of a cabinet then this is the simplest way of keeping them out of harms reach. You then also have the advantage of only having to protect the single lead of a multiple adaptor up to the equipment.

TV centre cabinets

You probably have a load of electrical boxes such as TV decoders, games consoles, Blur ray players that you don't want your rabbit to get near for safty reasons and to prevent damage. The simplest way of removing these electrical devices is to house them all in a cabinet that will shuts them off completely. Cabinets with glass doors are great as you can still use the remote, Avoid doors with complex mechanisms that your bunny rabbit could get trapped in and hurt.

Remote controls

One tell tale sign that a house rabbit lives in a home are the little chew marks you find as they try out materials with their teeth and the buttons on remote controls seem irresistible. It only takes a moment for you back to be turned and the next thing you know you have a pile of neatly shaved on buttons making changing channel more of a memory game. Find a permanent place to leave you remote that's out of reach and get in the habit of putting it there when you not directly using it.

Speaker stands

Anything at you rabbits level could be damaged by shard teeth and strong claws and speaks can often lay directly in the path of such destruction The soft martial's speakers are made of can be irreparably damaged and the expensive cables can be sliced through in seconds. Place your speakers on a solid set of stands and protect the cables with some cable tidies. Make sure you don't place things on top of them that could fall if they are nudged. If you can't put them on stands then you can screen them of with some section of pet pen which wont effect the noise.