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Forum BEHAVIOR How to improve his litter box habbits?

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    • Miyavp
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        I have a bun around 8months to a year old. He was litter trained when I found him and in the few months I’ve had him he’s done really well. At first he was pooping on the floor in one spot and I couldn’t seem to get him to stop doing that. I read sometimes buns just do that so I let it go and cleaned up after him. At first it was only a little and now he poops a lot and has even started peeing. How do I get him to stop? I tell him no and send him back to his cage where his litter box is and it doesn’t seem to help. Is there anything else I can do? I dont want to get him neutered because he hasn’t been showing any other bad behaviors. Nothing I cant live with besides this. I’m willing to work with him I spend a lot of time with him I just need to know what I can do.


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          I would try putting a litter box exactly in the spot where he is urinating and defecating. He might always need a litter box there, or maybe eventually you could wean him off of it. Hope this helps


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            I know it often the case that un neutered rabbits will mark due to hormones. It may be worth looking into if other things do not work. He could be going to in bunny ‘puberty’ where they misbehave because of more hormones so neutering would lessen or get rid of that hormonal behavior.

            I agree with marshmallow that you should put a litter box there and see if that helps. Make sure you clean the spot well with vinegar & water or something like Nature’s Miracle solution that removes all of the scent. Buns will remark the same place if it still smells from the last time they peed/pooed there. I hope this helps! But I would strongly encourage neutering as a best step in my opinion


          • Peony
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              If he is only doing it in that spot then I agree with mollys and marshmallow.

              The pee spray might get worse keeping him unneutered


            • Miyavp
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                Even if I made the choice to I just dont have the money right now. I’m paying my way for college and I’m still trying to get a permanent job, I was working seasonally. Plus I’m really concerned it would change his personality. If it gets worse I’ll consider it but for now I think I’m going to try a few of those suggestions to see if I can solve it without neutering. I didn’t think of the vinegar, I was washing it with spot-shot but I’ll try the vinegar idea. If that doesn’t work I’ll look into getting a covered cat litter box to put there, its right in front of where my dad sits on the couch so I think that it’d get knocked over but its worth a try.


              • MoveDiagonally
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                  If it’s only in one spot then I think placing a litter box there is your best option. Rabbits often choose their bathrooms and it sounds like he chose that spot. Neutering might help if it’s territorial/hormone related but there’s no way to know until you get him neutered (if you do). For what it’s worth none of my rabbits being altered change their personalities. 


                • Stickerbunny
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                    My rabbits have been using one spot I couldn’t block off and moving a litter box there didn’t help, they just went right outside the box. So, I put a large ceramic plate on the spot. And they haven’t used it since. lol

                    Powders personality didn’t change at all when he was neutered. Well, except for four weeks during the hormone surge recovery period. After that, he was right back to being himself though.


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                      In addition to the litter box, he might also need a smaller space, for the time being, as he relearns better litter habits. I had to do that with my rabbits. I felt bad, but it has been improving their litter habits, and they don’t seem to mind too much, smaller living quarters, as long as they get running around time, regularly, every day.

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