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Forum BEHAVIOR Peeing and pooping outside litter box

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    • Nicolene
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        So, our first bunny was a perfect lady, never leaving a poop out of place. Then we got her a hubby. He was wayyyyyy more messy, pooping EVERYWHERE. That calmed down significantly as he got used to his new surroundings. And I don’t mind poops, it’s just a matter of picking up a couple of “cocoa puffs”. But recently they (I say they because I don’t know if it’s one or both of them), have started peeing on their bed. Like, a lot! Some days I pick up their bed (it’s a memory foam bathmat, which they love and adore!) and it has pee dripping from it.. SO gross!

        They still use their litter box too, but there is a lot of pee on the bed and occasionally right next to the litterbox. They are on laminate and the pee leaks onto out “fake wood” floors and has made a few seams swell up (UGH!!) and so I put a large thick sheet of vinyl under their laminate for now to catch any urine and it’s working. We’re in the process of building a 2 story “furniture style” cage, so the configuration will change.

        Here’s the KICKER. I decided I had to do something in an effort to retrain them, so I removed their cardboard castle and their bed and only left them with their litter box (the one from BusyBunny, HIGHLY recommend it!) and their toys. I felt horrible for not giving them a bed, but 2 days later we still didn’t have any stray poops or pee. Then I gave them half their bed (it’s big so I only stuck half into the cage) and they immediately peed on it!

        So here’s my dilemma, they can’t not have a large bed, Carmela has bald hocks that will become inflamed if she’s not on soft surfaces. I guess I can try something else, but darnit, that bed is just SO PERFECT; size, it doesn’t move around, washes up easily, and they have never loved any bed I’ve given them as much as this one.

        Here’s some other facts. I moved the cage to another part of the living room, but kept the cage configuration the same. I wash the bed with a shot of Odoban, which does a miraculous job of removing any and all odors. And we have 2 foster rabbits in our kitchen, which they recently discovered when we were out and they tore open their NIC and found the others in the kitchen (they weren’t supposed to find out).. Can that be what’s making them pee on the bed? Why aren’t they peeing on the floor when there is no bed?

         

         

         

         

         


      • Juli
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          I am not positive but I am pretty sure that it is probably because they just want to mark their territory. They want to keep the other rabbits off of it. You may have to separate them. One thing you can do to try and get them in to use the litter box is just pick them up and place them in it every 20 minutes when you’re home. You may also want to try to get the pee oder into the box. Maybe lift the mat over the box and let the pee drip into the box. Perhaps if they smell it they will be encouraged to pee in there.


        • LoveChaCha
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            Juli – Once rabbits are bonded, you do not want to separate them. It can cause extreme depression.

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