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- 09/26/2008 at 11:15 AM
  Ana
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  How do you know when your bun is fully potty trained? I have roommates, two of whom are not particularly fond of Evie, but tolerate her fine. I don’t want her pooing in the living room. She is fine in her pen, and only has the occassional stray poo. How do I know when she won’t leave stray poos all over the apartment?
  
  Thanks.
- 09/26/2008 at 11:31 AM
  Sarita
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  There is never any guarantees that she will not leave stray poos all over the apartment. Usually you will see one or two with most rabbits but she should be using her litter box the majority of the time for this.
- 09/26/2008 at 11:54 AM
  Beka27
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  there is no guarantee like Sarita said. i’d start slooooowly expanding her run area. the better she shows she is with the box, the more space she will be allowed. you can increase her success by putting an additional litterbox in the room she’s in.
  
  i will also say that when a pottytrained bunny does have an accident, there is sometimes an underlying health reason. it can be an infection, or a couple times my bunny has peed outside of her box (usually right next to it) and sure enough, within the next 12 hours we had a small stasis scare.
- 09/26/2008 at 1:30 PM
  Sage Cat
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  I think additional litter boxes in other rooms you allow he in are going to make all the difference.
  
  Across the house or apartment can be a looooong way for a bun that needs to go potty!
- 09/26/2008 at 1:33 PM
  kralspace
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  No guarantee, but they can get pretty dependable. I have a litter box in every room and yet I’ll see Pringles tearing through the house to run up 4 flights in her condo (by-passing 2 smaller boxes) to get to her big live-in litter/hay box)
- 09/26/2008 at 1:52 PM
  MarkBun
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  Remember that a bunny leaves poops to mark their territory. It can take a couple of weeks before they stop leaving stray poops on the rug. All you can do is use a dust buster after them. Their poops are no big deal. Even if you step on them in your bare feet, it just feels like squishing a piece of dirt – they’re not very wet. The main thing is the peeing.
- 09/26/2008 at 2:57 PM
  KatnipCrzy
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  If you get a dog you don’t have to worry about stray bunny poops….LOL. Our dogs are more interested in our bunnys rear end than the bunny herself. They occasionally even nose under her to check for hidden “treats”. Yes, I think it is disgusting- but they started this habit out in the yard eating wild bunny poo even before we got the bunny.
  
  But after going thru housetraining with our bunny- even without our expert bunny clean team (2 Australian Shepherds) I would take a random poo or 2 over peeing any day.
- 09/26/2008 at 11:41 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Get a dust buster; Then just zip up the poos as they happen; That’ll help discourage her from leaving them and keep your room mates happy!
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