New, second bunny in a pair peeing everywhere!

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- 04/04/2016 at 8:16 PM
  Lyss
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  Both are spayed/neutered. We had Neelix for 6 months before we took him to our local rabbit rescue organization and had him bonded by the pros at another house in a neutral territory. While they were gone we threw out all of Neelix’s old stuff so they had as neutral territory as possible to come home to.
  
  Now they’re home and Neelix is being his usual tidy self, but Mackenzie (new one) keeps peeing (and pooping, but not the big issue). They live in a puppy x-pen. We started with a jumbo litterbox and added a second large litterbox in the first spot we caught her peeing, but she just started peeing next to it, and then in a second spot. I spray the areas down with vinegar every day or two but that doesn’t seem to deter. We also vacuum up their cage a few times a day to make sure she can distinguish between the clean cage bottom and the litter-filled boxes. We’re only letting them out a couple times a day for 10-20 minutes at a time until she gets better, but when she’s out she doesn’t mark at all. She goes in the boxes sometimes,but it seems only when it’s more convenient.
  
  What else can we do? Because she’s new I don’t even know how much is marking or just not knowing how to use a litterbox.
  
  Thank you!
- 04/05/2016 at 12:06 AM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  I think you are doing everything right-the small space, keeping it clean, multiple litter boxes. I’d give it a couple of weeks-annoying but I know your doing the right thing and she’s spayed. So I think she’ll figure it out. The cleaner you keep it the better.
- 04/05/2016 at 2:43 AM
  Bam
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  I too think you’re doing it right and I do think it’s marking, not that she doesn’t get the idea about the litter box. Bunnies generally do understand about litter-boxes, but if they feel they have to mark their ground, they do that and that’s not about expelling waste-products from the body, it’s about spreading information (so to speak). She’s still pretty new with you and it can take a while for a new bun to get settled in.
- 04/07/2016 at 6:02 AM
  Lyss
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  Thanks. We also added a hard plastic pan (the bottom to a smaller puppy crate) into the cage and she hasn’t peed since we put it in there. It’s not a permanent solution because it takes up so much of their livable space, but we’re going to leave it in for a couple more days and then see how she does when we take it out.
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