How long did it take till your bunny was litter trained?

[stinkybinky]

My bunny is still a baby and I had him for a little more than a month, his progress seems on and off at times. just want to have an idea of how long it might take lol

[Beka27]

Some get it right away. Some never fully master it. For rabbits, “littertrained” means 100% of pee in the box, MOST of the poop in the box. So you may always have stray poops here and there. Some may be left intentionally, some may get kicked out of the litterbox when they hop in and out.

I adopted Meadow at about 4 months, unspayed. Although young, she was not a tiny baby, and had litterbox experience already. I can count on one hand the accidents she has had in 4 years. She took to the litterbox immediately, and even during the height of her puberty, she did not lose her litter habits (she was just really mean.)

Max I adopted at about 3-4 years, neutered. From the moment I brought him home, his litter habits have been impeccable. This was particularly amazing because the rescue allowed the buns to play outdoors during the day, so I figured that would have “ruined” him for indoor training. He had ONE accident during a stressful bonding session. That was it. Sometimes I don’t think he’s a rabbit, because he’s just… too good.

Even during bonding, there was very little territorial marking, just a few poops scattered about. I really lucked out in the litterbox department. Keep doing what you’re doing. He’ll get there.

[LoveChaCha]

About 2 months to fully have the pee in the litter box. I made the mistake of having bedding everywhere, and I stopped that and just put the bedding into the litter box.

I watched which corners my bunny did her business in (I love how bunnies don’t mind us watching them poop.. lol) and moved the litter box to that corner. If she pooped out of her box, I would put the stray poopies into the litter box.

Before her spay, she was spraying here and there… but her poop always remained in the litter box.

She is a spayed rabbit, and I have 2 litter boxes in the apartment – one in her condo, and one in my room. Sometimes, she’ll POOP RIGHT outside her litter box, due to having hay sticking out of her box XD At least it is only poop and easy to clean up. I’m glad she associates hay with poop.

I would toss a lot of hay into the litter box. Rabbits are silly and love eating and pooping. Such multitasking funnies!

[Elrohwen]

Otto used the litter box from the day we brought him home at 8 weeks and has never had an accident.

Hannah marked her territory around our house for over a month, though she was 3 years old already and otherwise litter trained.

So it really varies! Some don’t get it until they’re older and fixed while some get it right away.

Can you describe your cage set up? There are ways to set it up so they’re more likely to succeed and we might be able to make some suggestions (a picture would help too)

[bunnnnnnie!]

Zeus was litter trained in all of 2 or 3 days.  BUT..

– He was an adult bun, not going through his rebellious teenage stage.  .

– I made it pretty simple, he was moved from a bedded cage to a dog crate with bedding ONLY in the litterbox.

– I made sure hay was available in the litterbox.

– I was home for those few days 24/7, so any accidents were IMMEDIATELY cleaned up and put in the litterbox.

[Stickerbunny]

My male was using his box 100% first day home, my girl took about a week. He is probably middle aged she is about 6 months.

[stinkybinky]

I have two litter boxes in there, they are both on the back corners of the cage. So far, he pees in the corner of both litter boxes 80% of the time! The rest of the time he will pee where he isn’t supposed to – like on people and blankets llol but he doesn’t pee too much…
His poop is everywhere!
On the first litter box, I put his paper bedding then hay on top of it and a hay feeder on the side of it, the second litter has a wire or filter over it so his poop or pee goes under into the bedding and there is a water bottle hanging on the side, so if he drinks he has to go on there.
I will take photos if it doesn’t make sense. Both litter boxes are prob avg. size – I use the ones for rabbits not the cat size ones and they are the ones made to go into corners

edit* here’s a pic with his litter box set up in the bg  check out his cute butt

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/109/5822949638656ae6189ab.jpg/

[Elrohwen]

I would try getting one large rectangular litter box, like cat sized. Many buns don’t like the corner boxes and it’s very easy for them to pee right over the edge without knowing it. Otherwise it seems like you have a good set up. Peeing on people and absorbent things like blankets is normal – I would keep him away from those things until he is better with using his litter box.

[Beka27]

I agree with Elrohwen about getting one large cat box. He is too big for those boxes, and the cage. What are your plans for a larger habitat? A bigger habitat, but still confined, can sometimes help establish that one area is for potty, the rest if not for potty.

[stinkybinky]

We (me & bf) made up for the cage by giving him a penned area but there is no litter box outside his cage. Its a pretty spacey area but we plan to expand it soon and give him his own room later or when we get two rabbits and the cage can be something they can just sleep in or we will build a newer one lol.
Should I put one cat litter box outside the cage in the pen area and in the cage? And if I do that should I still keep two litter boxes in his cage or just one cat one? I do think the corner boxes are too small for him but the salesperson told me its just right for the dwarf bunny -_-ughs! oh wells thanks alot for the advice really appreciate it <3

[LoveChaCha]

Dwarf bunnies need BIG litter boxes.

I have a Large sized kitty box for my dwarf. It gives her room to move around, eat hay, and flop if she wants. I don’t necessarly trust a pet store associate.

[inspiring]

I got mines a plastic cat litter box and worried that it was too tall for him since he is tiny I cut the sides so go in and out more easily. It works perfect and at first I thought it would be too big for him but it actually is working quite nicely with the hay… He is pretty good with peeing in his box and only pooping here and there a few outside his cage.. and he’s only 10 weeks!

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