Do you have a long haired rabbit? Otherwise you should not trim your rabbits fur. Even long haired rabbits should just be brushed or combed.

As for baths, you should not give rabbits baths at all.

If he’s stinky you can buy some ‘no bath shampoo’ for rabbits which is a scented coat conditioner/shampoo that you spray in and then rub off, it cleans the fur without having to put them through the trauma of a bath. You just towel them off after spraying and then brush them. Has a wonderful ‘clean baby’ scent. It’s for rabbits and found in petstores, and not expensive -I’d really recommend going that route.

I would *strongly* recommend not bathing in your situation for a couple of reasons. One, he was abused, so take time and win him over-bathing him would set you back in that. Two, even if he likes water, it’s not natural for them to be completely wet and it will upset him. Three, he hasn’t gotten into anything (that you’ve mentioned) so he really doesn’t need a bath. And four, once they get wet, they are wet for HOURS after, and get very cold. It’s hard to keep them warm after a bath, it’s winter, not a good idea.

Anyways Welcome here!! We’d love to see pictures of your bunny!!

How does the fur get stinky? Is he urinating on himself? If that’s the case then he might have a urinary tract infection.

I *think* he just means if/when? Maybe stinky from the petstore?

Rupert was actually very stinky and grimy when we got him home from the humane society (And had a huge pee matt) and he did need a bath…

You can try zip tying his litter box to the cage to keep him from dumping his box over.

He sounds like a fun little rascal!

Awww sounds like he has tons of personality. Very cool!

Can you try attaching his litterbox better so he can’t dump it out? Maybe use zip ties and then just trim them when you take the litter box out to clean and zip tie it back on again?

I bet he’d love to destroy a phone book or two as well!

LOL Sarita-you know what they say about great minds thinking alike!

J O -I just read the first post again-many members on here have horses and dogs too! You must share pics of all your fur family when you can-we’d love to see them

If your bunny has short hair you should never trim its fur, some long haired breeds can be trimmed with caution, but a short hair should never need a trim. 

Is your bunny spayed/neutered?  If not, that might help with some of the bunny attitude you are seeing.  Bunny hormones can turn them into little monsters!  There are many posts on here showing that while people dread the surgery day- they can’t wait to be have their bunny back on the road to settling down!  I went thru this myself with my first bunny Cotton, I dreaded gong thru a raging hormonal bunny again, so the second bunny I adopted was already spayed.

Could you describe or post a pic that is similar to the cage you have? The litter box looks like it has 2 “lip” clips that clip over the wire – is that right? Maybe if we know what the cage looks like we could help come up with a non-permanent way to secure the box. It seems such a shame that he has such great litter habits only to have a tantrum and get all dirty!! If you can prevent that happening, bathing will not be an issue.
As K&K said, maybe give him a phone book or something he can take his frustration out on………..Little Rascal!