Is my rabbit comfy?

[boot-snoot]

My Tilly has a blocked off corner about 4 feet by 4 feet in my room. She would have free rein of my room, but she’s not litter trained, she’s more “soft stuff” trained. Instead of using just her litter box, she will pee or poop on anything soft (including MY bed and MY fresh laundry!!) regardless of what it is, and refuses to use the bathroom on the hardwood floors or anything not soft. The problem is that she sleeps on the hard floor against the bars of her barricade, and it looks so uncomfy. She has a litter box with soft bedding, but o don’t think even a rabbit wants to sleep in its own waste. I could get her a cat bed, but it’d be soaked in less than 2 days. How can I make sure she’s comfortable without her peeing all over her comfy things? Could she even remotely be comfy on a hardwood floor?

[Rabbitpossm]

It might be best to leave her with this setup until she is litter trained. I think it will be easier to teach her what is and isn’t for litter first and then introduce soft things so as not to confuse her what is and what isn’t okay. Perhaps you can get one of those foam mats, like those puzzle piece mats? I have some for my bunny just so he has grip to run around on the floors. But maybe that will be just something slightly softer than the ground but not so soft that she thinks its litter.

Either way, I think she’ll be fine on the hardwood until she gets trained. My rabbit often chooses to flop down on the hard floors instead of his soft bed or the foam mats he has. For the summer he’s even pushed his soft blankets off of his bed and sleeps on the wood instead. (I assume it’s because it’s cooler, but he clearly doesn’t mind that it’s harder.)

[Nutmeg]

Hmmmm Is your Tilly spayed yet? Rabbits are harder to litter train when they are not fixed as their hormones are all over and they are marking their territory… the reason I ask is it sounds like she’s marking her sent by going to the bathroom on things that smell like YOU … not the best way for her to try and claim you as hers hahaha.

If shes not spayed the other reason you should look in to it as 70 to 80% of all unspayed females will develop uterine cancer by the age of 5 (and as they can live to 10 to 13 years that is hardly middle age)

Once my rabbits where fixed they were way easier to littler train after – read the section in the “Bunny Info” area of this forum.

Oh and my bunny loves to lay on the hard plastic part of her cage lol. 

[kurottabun]

Have you litter trained her before? I know it may seem like a stupid question but some people just put a litter box there and expect the bunny to use it.

That said, it’s quite normal for bunnies to pee on soft things – many bunnies love soft things I second using something like puzzle foam mats but make sure your bunny doesn’t chew or ingest it. If she likes laying on the hard floor then you could always leave a space for that while covering the remaining area with mats. I do that with Kurotta since he loves the tile flooring, but for his own good I do line most of the room with puzzle foam mats or rugs.

Like Nutmeg said, spaying would help a lot with litter habits too.

[LittlePuffyTail]

I think she would be happy enough with a big litter box (big enough to lay down in) with lots of fresh hay on one side. Buns love to munch and “go” at the same time and she would probably like laying on the hay too.

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