litter training and behavior

[AllisonAbbie]

I just got a new 6 year-old bunny. She IS litter trained, but now she won’t pee in her litter box. This has been happening for a few days now, and I just don’t know what to do. She lives in my room. It’s fairly big and now she has found a way onto my bed. She peed on both my blankets, a few of my stuffed animal as well. This is all without me in the room. I give her a shoot glad of rabbit pellets in the morning, I change her water, then let her roam for the rest of the day. Usually in the afternoon, I give her a few different veggies such as parsley, romaine lettuce or green lettuce, carrots (with the tops), and strawberries or banana. At night veggies. She likes to be out of her cage, so at night to get her in hat cage I give her 3-4 treats. That’s our daily routine. I also change her litter daily. I am a new rabbit owner, so this is all new to me.

[Peony]

Well there was something i red on the site, I am not sure if it fits but:
http://language.rabbitspeak.com/

Finally, there is the all-out nuclear weapon of insults, reserved only for the most offensive, utterly unacceptable, good for nothing individuals and behavior: urine. And if you’ve ever had to clean up a pungent puddle of bunny pee, often bright yellow, orange, or even red, and more than a little odorous, then you know just how powerful this weapon really is. Note that urine used for marking territory and ownership is another story entirely. But when your rabbit pees on your pillow (yes, it happens), you have obviously qualified as the lowest of the low. If you respond in kind, then you probably deserved it.

But I would say careful on the treats, it sounds like you are giving too much. (carrots, pellets, really just about anything not “green” pretty much counts as a treat. I give my rabbit about 1 and 1/2 cups of greens for dinner and breakfast and a 1/8 inch of a banana that i cut up for training, then there is the Papaya enzyme. once a day. Other then that she has unlimited timothy hay, the most important part. )
Why the peeing, I am not sure, are you spending time with her? it might fit the quote if she is the type that wants attention like petting and not getting it.

[LittlePuffyTail]

Do you know if she is spayed?

[Sarita]

Peeing on the bed and couch are normal rabbit behaviors – I don’t agree that you deserve this and have qualified as the lowest of the low – that’s not right. It’s simply that those places usually smell the most of humans or you that is all and it’s just the temptation to pee there. Your only hope is to keep her off the bed or couch.

Also as LPTS asked – is she spayed?

[AllisonAbbie]

Yes, she is spayed. She was spayed around 1-2 years old. 

[Peony]

Posted By Sarita on 12/31/2013 07:34 AM

Peeing on the bed and couch are normal rabbit behaviors – I don’t agree that you deserve this and have qualified as the lowest of the low – that’s not right. It’s simply that those places usually smell the most of humans or you that is all and it’s just the temptation to pee there. Your only hope is to keep her off the bed or couch.

Also as LPTS asked – is she spayed?

Why would that cause them to pee there?

[Beka27]

^^^It’s a marking behavior. Beds and couches smell most strongly of us because they’re (usually) soft, absorbent fabric. Bunny wants to claim the space, so they mark to get their smell there. There are also buns that will pee on anything soft: blankets, towels, pet beds, laundry, etc. This behavior is sometimes “fixed by fixing”, but not always. Some buns can never have unsupervised access to comfy spots.

[Peony]

I see, i wanted to see what might happen if I put my bunny on my bed, what to expect and why, thanks

[AllisonAbbie]

Okay that makes sense. Thanks for the help!

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