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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Small Cage, Need Help!!

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    • JammieHammies
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        I have an elderly rabbit, about 7 to 8 years old. He has lived in a store bought cage for most of his life (I got him at a young age and was not aware of the special care that rabbits need and didn’t know this cage wasn’t suitable) I had recently built a cage for him that was about 6 sq. ft. of floor space for him, but it had to be kept in my room because there was nowhere else that had the space for it and he was refusing to use his litter box, and the smell of his urine wasn’t safe for me (I have asthma) or my other pet that also lives in my room, a dwarf hamster. My parents made me move him back into his old smaller cage in the laundry room because it gets ventilation in there and doesn’t smell nearly as bad. It’s obvious though that he’s unhappy in there, and I know it’s not what’s good for him. I don’t know what to do, how do I make his life better without making mine miserable?

         


      • LongEaredLions
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          Is he neutered? Intact bunnies can be very smelly, as well as the fact that they usually don’t have good litter box habits.
          For a cage, a single rabbit needs 8 square feet as a bare minumum, and that’s with lots of out time. Typically rabbits don’t smell (if they are fixed) unless they aren’t cleaned enough. However, if he isn’t using the litter box, I can see how it could smell. Put some hay in the litter box, wipe up any pee accidents with a paper towel and place it in, and put stray poos in there too. Then, you could you bunny-proof your room and just let him free range in there, either all the time, or just during the day.


        • JammieHammies
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            No he’s not neutered, again because I had no idea that was something people did to rabbits and then when I finally researched and found out that’s what was best he was too old for the procedure to be done safely, I’m moving him to my room again and using a better odor control litter in his smaller cage while I try to get him to litter box train, he’ll be allowed out to free range in my room (already bunny proofed) while I’m home and awake so his small cage will really be only a den, since I’ll be gone for longer periods in the day than I’m asleep I talked my mom into letting me put him in his large playpen we use outside with puppy pads laid down to absorb accidents. Does that sound ok?


          • Beka27
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              You may have mentioned this somewhere else, but how old is he? Healthy rabbits can be neutered at any age.


            • JammieHammies
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                He’s about 7 or eight years old (the person we got him from never told us but we asued he was 2 or 3 when we got him) I’ve been told that once a rabbit reaches six years old it becomes dangerous for them to be neutered


              • gingerg
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                  Jammie, is it possible to try building something again that fits in the laundry room space? Maybe something that gives your guy a second floor or a taller cage?

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