Is Retraining Possible?

[Firsttimer]

Pepper was well trained when it came to using her litter tray and then we got Dylan.  Dylan trained really quickly and once they were boned they were put together in their new NIC cube home.  Since then Pepper’s habits have been getting worse and worse so that she now drops the odd pellet anywhere – although she still uses the litter to pee.  It’s been six months now and this week I seperated them by putting them into two cages next to each other and trying to retrain Pepper and Dylan all over again.  Is this possible?  Having seperated them I now know that Dylan is just as bad at dropping pellets anywhere in his cage.

[Sarita]

Well, if they are bonded I would not separate them for any reason. How many pellets is she dropping? It’s possible that she might always be a little territorial. Also many rabbits just leave the odd fecal pellet here and there – it doesn’t mean they aren’t litter trained though.

[Sage Cat]

I’m with Sarita on this.
You should always be able to retrain Pepper, though.

[Beka27]

i noticed this with my two. both were perfectly trained, then once bonded they were dropping stray poos, but *only* in the pen, never out during their run-time. i figured out that they were mostly centered around their hay container. i repositioned the hay container so they have to sit in the litter box to eat hay, they can’t reach it otherwise. the problem immediately corrected itself. also, once they were bonded i took out the second box and they were only using one. i don’t think they liked this, so i’ve added the second box back in.

like Sarita said, some bunnies always will drop territorial poos. the major thing is that the pee is in the box. if the stray poos are bothering you, be very diligent and pick them up as soon as you see them and toss ’em in the box. and i agree, once bonded, bunnies should not be separated unless you want to risk losing the bond and starting all over.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Ditto, don’t think you should seperate them

Take stray poos and put them back in the box. The cleaner you keep the surrounding areas, the cleaner they will be. Also, don’t empty the box as often, try once a week

[TARM]

The cleaner you keep the surrounding areas, the cleaner they will be. Also, don’t empty the box as often, try once a week

Um…someone needs to whisper this to Tank and Ranger. They don’t believe me when I tell them.

[Balefulregards]

I have one of those little whisk brooms and pans that I take care of the odd bunny poop or two.

Coco gets @ 90% in the litterbox, and never pees outside the box, so the dry droppings don’t bug me much.

If only cat poop smelled like rabbit poo, I would be in heaven in the winter…..

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