Update on their litter box behavior. I think their litter box habits was bad because they tried so hard to squeeze TOGETHER into the tiny kitten litter boxes I had in their cage. After I switched the two litter boxes out with one BIG cat litter box, they stopped leaving pee and poop everywhere. Most of the poop is now in their litter box and they don’t pee anywhere else but the litter box (THANK GOODNESS). I also had to order better litter because the one I have (although paper based not yesterday’s news) makes my room smell funky like spitballs and socks GROOOOSSS. So, I ordered Aspen Supreme and hope it will help with the odor control.
I also made some adjustments to their playpen. Their playpen took up about a lil less than half my room. Since they dont usually pee in their playpen, I figured eh why not expand their “territory” a lil bit. So I rearranged the metallic grid squares I used to make their cages to block off areas to my desk, and drawers (so they don’t eat my cords and get stuck under the drawers). They get maybe a lil then than three quarters of my room now. Ever since the adjustment, they come out a lil more to “explore.” THANK GOODNESS THEY DIDN’T PEE ON MY CARPET YET!! I’m going to hope they never do hahaha, I have urine cleaners and a special flashlight to detect urine on hand just incase they do pee on my carpet.
I am pretty sure they are both females as both the reputable breeder I got them from and the Vet’s assistant checked in front of me (showed me) and told me that they are females….. I’m still having second thoughts and doubts so I think within the next 2 weeks I’m going to take them back to the vet to DOUBLE TRIPLE check and also to make further inquiries on the spaying process (pricing, procedure, etc). I don’t want any litters on my hands. That’d be too much stress on top of my college work and NOT the way I wanted having pet rabbits to go. Either way, I bought 2 rabbit cages (smaller than the one I made them but I have no other choice as my room is too small for another big cage) to separate them as extreme measures of when or IF their hormones push them to fight one another. I bought these two cages before I even got my rabbits after doing much research so I am prepared!!
I tried the yelling, squealing, slight shooing/pushing them away… Doesn’t seem like it does much. So I resorted to using a mist bottle to slightly startle them. I introduced them treats today, so they seem a lil more trusting of me (ignoring me and sometimes comes sniffs my face). I’m hoping I can get some positive reinforcements as I introduce treats and fruits more into their diet.