We've the Twinklebutt since June and have been doing all of that. He's calmed down a lot since his neuter, but he is still a character. He has decided (operant conditioning is amazing) that when I sit on the floor, that is his cue that snack time is coming. He'll approach and ask for pets (he purrs when you stroke his cheeks!), but he really wants his carrots and greens. We don't argue about being shut in the cage for the night when there's carrots and greens to attack. When I've sat on the floor with a book he comes up and bites the book. I can't tell if he just wants to chew on it or if he wants to take it away from me.

I might try moving his food dishes out of the cage, but where he stays in the cage overnight (he's otherwise not ever locked in there), I'm reluctant to move them out completely. Especially when the way we get him in the cage in the evening is salad.

It does seem to help if I make a conscious effort to make sure he sees my hand when I reach in with hay. But he's still been known to attack the hay hand. Twinks never just eats, he attacks his food. BTW he nearly always has hay available and its a kind he likes, so I know he's not starving. He just thinks he is. And he's still gaining weight according to the vet's scale -- he's up to six pounds.

Our Twinkles is quite a character and I can talk/brag about him somewhat endlessly. I'm sorry for him that his previous owner didn't realize what a goofball he is, but I'm glad for us that he came to us.[IMG]m:\pictures\twinklesresting.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks for your willingness to help bunny parents.