Harpsmom,
It sounds like you are doing everything right. I suspect he may have been teased with food or has gone hungry in the past and that is why he is so "enthusiastic" about his food. My bunnies too will tug on my books, etc., I think it's a way of them saying, "hey, notice me!!!" Then on the other hand bunnies love to chew and I can't tell you how many of my books, some good ones, that my kids have badly mutiliated or destroyed even though they do have an old telephone book for this purpose.

I suspect that Twinkle will continue to mellow out the older he gets. My newest bunny Noah is still under a year old and quite the hellion. The other 7 are all quite a bit older and no where as lively. You might want to appreciate this "crazed phase" while it lasts!

As far as moving his food goes, I would not be concerned about doing that. A bunny will ALWAYS find his food, esp if all you do is move it to just outside the door to his cage. In fact a friend of mine plays hide the parsley, or carrot, etc., with her buns and she says they seem to get a kick out of it.

I have a discipline secret for you.....when one of my bunnies, usually Chocolate, gets out of line, I place the palm of my hand gently on her head and press her head to the floor, said NO a few times and held her down (head only) 5-10 seconds. In bunny language this is a way of saying "I'm the boss" and they do not like it. It does tend to stop bad behaviors. In fact one time was I was really making an effort to keep her in line and she started chasing and biting Miss Emma, I said her name and she skidded to a stop....you could tell she REALLY wanted to go after Emma but chose not to. Of course bunnies don't have a long memory and I didn't keep the head press thing going so she has forgotten all about it, and she no longer responds to stopping at the sound of my voice when I say her name....but it worked for a while! I believe I got this tip from the House Rabbit Society website www.rabbit.org or maybe from one of their newsletters.

Again, best wishes with Twinkle and let us know from time to time how he is doing.