Covered Litter box issue

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- 09/02/2020 at 3:18 AM
  MichiganRabbits
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  Baylor is a 4 mon old non neutered Netherland dwarf. He lives in my room, and I thought it would be nice not to see his poop all the time, so I decided to try a covered litter box. We started with the lid off so that it was not the biggest change, and he used it fine. Then I put the lid on, and he used it fine until he figured out that he could jump on top of it. A few days ago I saw him going poop on it and now he has peed on it. I took off the lid to have it washed and he seems to be using it fine again. How should I introduce the top again? How do I get him to not use the bathroom on it?
- 09/14/2020 at 6:11 AM
  Muchelle
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  He definitely seems to know that’s the bathroom spot and the lid probably has him confused… off the top of my head, the easiest thing I can think of is to slide the litter box under a taller piece of furniture so that it’s not in the open but too high for the bun to be wanting to jump on top
- 09/14/2020 at 9:55 AM
  DanaNM
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  Honestly I’d probably just leave the lid off… pick your battles, so they say!
  
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- 09/15/2020 at 4:20 AM
  Littlemouse93
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  You could try stacking something on top of it? I also use a covered litter box and although my rabbits haven’t tried to jump on top of it (yet), I keep a basket on top of it that I store stuff in. I feel like it’s just tall enough that it deters them from trying to jump up there.
- 09/19/2020 at 6:21 AM
  MichiganRabbits
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  I removed the lid and Baylor is doing fine again. Most likely I’ll just leave it off.
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