Guess you can tell I’m new to this!  Gulliver (male) is 2.8 yrs old & Lainey (female) is 2.5 yrs…at least that is what the shelter told us.  They were not bonded and it took us about a week but they are unseparable now.  Lainey’s bathroom habits are great, she just likes to chew & dig & is pretty fiesty.  Gulliver would be happy being petted (NOT picked up) & constantly grooms Lainey.  I thought it must be a territory thing ’cause of the changes we recently made.  We use to have them in our family room & at night they would stay in a sectioned off area.  Other than that, they go out back during the day periodically & play in their boxes & tubes.  We just set up our back bedroom which has a sliding glass door to our side yard which they love, but so far haven’t gone out that way.  They appear to have adapted well to their room and have hallway & entry way access all the time with part of every day out in the family room with  us.  This new peeing thing has really bummed us out.  Any tips would be appreciated.  Looks like everyone on this site really understands bunz & has alot of good information to share.

Unfortunately, he isn’t picky…both areas & anywhere in betwen as well.  He does go in his box at times & tonight, 4 hours in the family room & no pee.  Both him & Lainey hung out in their boxes by the heater but they were out for a good part of the afternoon (it was 73 degrees today) & probably tired.  

Good news…not so good news.  Well Gulliver has not been peeing in his room for about 2 1/2 weeks now , however, periodically he still goes in the family room.  Seems to have 2 favorite spots.  He went yesterday morning when I was in the back room & I cleaned it up, spot cleaned the area, sprayed with a vinegar & water mixture & covered the area up.  About 2 hours later he went AGAIN right next to the spot I covered .  It has been quite quiet lately & they have got all the attention they “request” so I’m a bit perplexed again.  My brother brought up an interesting question…we clean their litter boxes with vinegar so is he relating the vinegar scent we spray to his litter box?  We started putting down a pad with plastic backing by his litter box in their room & once in awhile he will use that which is OK with me compared to hitting the carpet or hardwood floors.  Sure wish I would have read up on rearranging and adding new furniture before we did it ’cause it was SO nice when they both were accident free!  Oh well, could be worse.

Now that you mention it, I did have that thought awhile back – I’ve never tried anything different so that IS what I’ll do…let you know!  Thanks

Actually, yes we do have one in the same location it was when they were out here all the time.  Day before yesterday, he hopped right over there 2 times…yesterday not so much.  I keep getting optimistic & then he slips up…they sure keep you in anticipation ALL THE TIME.  I think that is what is so cool about bunnies, you just never know…hehehe!  Thanks for your advise .

UPDATE:  NO peeing in ANY room – 5 days now .  I think we finally resolved (hope hope hope) Gulliver’s peeing issue.  The last area he was still going to was in the corner of the family room.  Their litter box in the family room was about 20 feet away & kitty-corner from their daytime area but where it has always been since day one.  I was reluctant to move it because it was out of direct eyeshot should we have company…BUT…I did and NO ACCIDENTS!!!  I definately would rather have it out in the open than constantly cleaning up pee on the carpets.  He must have just gotten lazy?!    Just a bit weird ’cause he use to go over to the other corner all the time before we rearranged the rooms.

Now, one more question & then I can close out this topic.  I see that many people use pellets.  When we got the bunz, the shelter said to use hay for their litter which we have been doing.  Then I noticed that many members use pellets.  I like the concept of absorbancy to fend off the urine smell so I bummed some pellets from a friend that had some & put some pellets in their litter boxes & hay on top.  They don’t appear to even notice the difference.  Do we use just enough to cover the bottom, or 1-2-3-4-5 inches..???  We do plan on continuing the hay on top as well…Lainey loves to sit in the box when eating hay although Gulliver sits outside of it to eat.  Also, how often do you clean out the litter?  Wondering if you clean it less often or not (wouldn’t that be nice!).  Thanks in advance for your input…

Thanks Jerseygirl.  We went with a couple inches of pellets with hay mostly on one side since we use an under-the-bed container for their litter box so that works well.  There is no way we could use liners – Lainey will chew most anything.  But with the new set up & change of litter, so far, so good…he has also come out of his shell recently and been a TON of fun.  I need to video him & Lainey…it is hysterical when they get playful together!