diff --git a/src/entities/livestock/rabbit.rs b/src/entities/livestock/rabbit.rs
index 29bf26e..f6d4cbc 100644
--- a/src/entities/livestock/rabbit.rs
+++ b/src/entities/livestock/rabbit.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-use crate::config::GameConfig;
+use crate::config::{GameConfig, TileRegistry};
 use crate::constants::ITILE_SIZE;
 use crate::constants::TILE_SIZE;
 use crate::constants::*;
 use crate::entities::shared_components::Ambulatory;
 use crate::game::SpawnDelay;
 use crate::world::tiles::visibility::TileOcclusionEvent;
-use crate::world::tiles::{TileChangedEvent, TileMap};
+use crate::world::tiles::{FloorTileData, TileChangedEvent, TileMap};
 use crate::world::VisibleGameEntity;
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy_rand::prelude::*;
@@ -169,6 +169,24 @@ pub fn rabbit_dig_system(
         );
 
         let removed = tilemap.remove_floor(&below_pos);
+
+        // Replace the dug tile with air. The slot must become passable — if the entry
+        // is simply absent, ChunkData bits remain 0 (impassable), and is_standable
+        // returns false. Air has can_stand_in=true so entities can fall through it.
+        if removed.is_some() {
+            let air = TileRegistry::global().floor("air");
+            tilemap.insert_floor(
+                below_pos,
+                FloorTileData::new(
+                    air.id,
+                    air.can_stand_in,
+                    air.can_stand_on,
+                    air.transparent,
+                    air.astar_weight,
+                    [0; 8],
+                ),
+            );
+        }
         println!(
             "[DIG] remove_floor({:?}) => {}",
             below_pos,
diff --git a/src/world/tiles/tilemap.rs b/src/world/tiles/tilemap.rs
index 092ceff..7a456c5 100644
--- a/src/world/tiles/tilemap.rs
+++ b/src/world/tiles/tilemap.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,27 @@ impl TileMap {
 
     #[inline]
     pub fn insert_floor(&mut self, pos: IVec3, tile: FloorTileData) {
+        let chunk_pos = world_to_chunk(pos);
+        if let Some(chunk) = self.chunks.get_mut(&chunk_pos) {
+            let (lx, ly, z) = ChunkData::world_to_local(pos);
+            if z >= -(Z_BELOW as i32)
+                && z <= Z_ABOVE as i32
+                && lx >= 0
+                && lx < CHUNK_SIZE
+                && ly >= 0
+                && ly < CHUNK_SIZE
+            {
+                chunk.set_floor_tile(
+                    lx,
+                    ly,
+                    z,
+                    tile.id,
+                    tile.can_stand_in(),
+                    tile.can_stand_on(),
+                    tile.astar_weight,
+                );
+            }
+        }
         self.floor_tiles.insert(pos, tile);
     }