Litter training 9 week old bunnies

[Princess_Lynda]

I have two 9 week old bunnies that I have a hard time litter training. They just go everywhere! There’s not a certain spot they go in their cage they just kind of poop all over the floor. When I try to move the litter box over to the spot they pee they pee on the opposite side… I’ve thrown their poop in the litter. I even dabbed a tissue with their pee and threw it in the litter. I have a litter box outside of their cages when I let them out for free time and they just go everywhere. Any advice would be really helpful.

[Sarita]

Moving to behavior.

[Beka27]

You’re doing the right thing. They are still young, so they should catch on soon. If not, things usually get better once they are fixed.

[Ellekke]

You are doing the right things! Keep it up! Use the tissues, rip off a piece and put it in the box and just put the rest in the bin.

I used rolls and rolls and rolls of tissue! Yikes!

I had to buy several boxes before they got the hang of it. I placed them in strategic places inside their cage and one big one outside the cage. In total I have 5 of them. But it was a trial and error adventure. Here’s my situation now:

1 square box in their bed. They go there late at night to sleep but don’t use it as a toilet. They keep it clean.
1 corner box on the second floor of their cage. Arya used to go there a lot. Now it’s not really used a lot anymore.
2 corner boxes downstairs on their main floor. I tried switching it with a square one but I have a technical issue with the downstairs floor. There is only a small opening in which I can push stuff through so a bigbox is not an option. I do get two corner boxes in there and they prefer it. I had a square box for in their but Frodo didn’t like it and peed on the floor. They use one of these the most, it’s their main toilet.
1 big square box outside the cage in their playroom. They use this a lot too!

They are young bunnies just like yours! But at 9 weeks they weren’t clean yet. Arya was clean very very quickly though.Then one day, out of the blue Frodo just stopped all the crazy peeing.

Hang on! Tey might still get there before you need to spay/neuter.

I’m dreading the day they get their hormones and lose their good habits again…

Here’s my current set-up. No doubt it will change again according to their needs. PS: I can’t avoid having poops spread here and there.

[Princess_Lynda]

Thank you! I won’t lose hope yet. It’s just I get so anal about their dirty cages I clean both of their cages twice a day. And then I have to crawl around my floor picking up poo and scrubbing pee after their play time. I just see so many videos of bunnies with such clean habits it makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong. I’ll try more litter boxes as well. Thank you so much!

[Ellekke]

I so feel your pain! Good luck and hang in there!!! Keep me updated!

[Germanwolfgirl]

I have the same problem, my mini rex is just 8 weeks and she almost has the hang of it. She poops when she eats, which means that she poops when she eats out of her food bowl.. Any suggestions on how to train her to only poop when she eats the hay in the litter box?

[Sarita]

Welcome Germanwolfgirl – I think you need to follow the same advice given for Princess Lydia – otherwise, you should start your own thread that you feel may be more specific to your particular situation.

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