Litter Training (UGH)

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- 05/17/2018 at 3:51 PM
  Sheila
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  Bear is apx. 5 months old and she was doing soooo well with litter box training. Then…..it stopped. I was told on the forum it’s because her hormones kicked in. Great. She’s getting spayed next month but I need to figure out how to get her to stop peeing outside of the litter box before then or I’m going to pull out all of my hair.
  
  She has a huge two story hutch. Then she also has a huge “front yard” that I will leave open to her while I’m at work. The plan used to be she gets access to the front yard while I’m at work and then I let her out around the house when I get home. She started peeing when I let her out around the house, so I no longer let her hop around (forum said to minimize space). Now she will pee in the “front yard” so I will put her in her hutch. I can’t just leave her in her hutch all the time and that is my largest concern. But the second I let her out she pees. I tried to correct that behavior by placing her in the litter box and cleaning her urine up with a paper towel and placing it in her litter box (which she destroys btw).
  
  So I’m officially like WTH, I want her to be able to hop around the house but jeez, it seems hopeless now. Thoughts? Suggestions? Comments? She’s lucky shes cute….
  
  P.S. Moving in a few months and she will have a grass yard…thankfully.
- 05/17/2018 at 5:18 PM
  Mikey
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  You really wont be able to stop her until her hormones die out, unfortunately. You can restrict her space (but not too much) and clean often, but outside of that, nothing you can do but wait. It can take two to six months for hormones to die out for females after being spayed.
- 05/19/2018 at 6:32 AM
  Daisy
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  I agree with Mikey. She has hit puberty a.k.a PEE AND POOP ON ALL THE THINGS. If you’re REALLY unlucky they will spray (think super soaker and yellow walls + clothes) as well, even does. If she isn’t doing that, I hope you may find some comfort in knowing that it could be worse?
  
  She should get cleaner again after the neuter.
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