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My rabbit keeps digging holes in the garden. How can I stop it?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Female | spayed | 1.5 lbs

My rabbit digs a lot of holes in our veggie patch and my dad gets really mad, so how could I prevent that?

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Answered By Lauren Kennedy, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on November 3rd, 2018

This is something very natural to rabbits and there is no good way to stop them from doing it unless you don’t allow them access to the vegetable garden. If they are kept outside try moving them to a different enclosure where they won’t be so tempted to dig and eat the veggies.

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