We adopted our rabbit from a local rescue and later fostered another who we also adopted and they are now bonded.
Our second by lou was in awful condition she surrendered. The rescue had him neutered and then we bought him home for some tlc. He was very skittish and extremely underweight, very fearful of men and unlitter trained. His now a very happy friendly little guy although still underweight, his been to the vet and his on a diet and exercise program as his leg muscles are very underdeveloped.
We fell for him and so did our rabbit, so once he seemed litter trained we built them a storage cube cage and let him roam free with her. He had a a few accidents right by the litterbox at first, I read it might be that he didn’t understand sharing litter/or wasn’t clean enough. We clean up after him pretty obsessively and I have replaced the boxes a few times but it seems like he has a good week and then bad.
At first it seemed to be just by the litters, now it’s anywhere in the cage or in front of it, or the fridge or the cupboard their food is in. We took care of a skinny pig for awhile and he began marking in that room and didn’t really stop marking any carpet so I had to limit their access. This has made my original rabbit act out I think and I now actually have to put them in the cage when I can’t supervise them as she destroyed the baseboards while I was at work.
I never wanted to have to cage them and maybe that’s where I went wrong with lou? He wouldn’t come out of his cage for the first 3 weeks we had him because I don’t think he ever was so maybe it was all just a bit new a confusing and quick. We are moving at the end of the month to a place big enough for them to have a fenced off playpen area and we would really like a fresh start so that eventually they can roam free again.
Any advice you guys can offer as to how we can achieve this would be appreciated.
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