Litter training unspayed Bunny?

[Zero]

We live in a remote area with no one offering the service of spaying my bunny. I’ve called everywhere. Just wondering if anyone has has luck with training their unspayed bunny. My bun will be 6 months old in a couple weeks. She was doing amazing at first but now is not using the litter box as often. Looking for any suggestions and advice. Thank you.

[Serenity]

Hello, Zero! Yes, I have two unspayed females that use their litter boxes perfectly, so don’t give up. Try buying more litter boxes (however many will fit in her cage) and taking up more room in her cage with litterboxes. That way wherever she goes will be IN the litterbox and she will hopefully get less lazy. When she gets the memo try gradually taking out litter boxes until there’s only one left and that should fix your problem.

[sarahthegemini]

You need to find a vet that will spay her. For health reasons. It’s really not negotiable. You may need to travel a distance to find someone competent and experienced,

[Olive and bean]

My vet wouldn’t let us spay until they where 1 year for liability and safety reasons. It was that hard to litter train them, you just have to be diligent. Every morning when you wake up sweep up any poops and dump them in the litter box. If there is any pee clean it with 1/2 vinegar 1/2 water solution. Then do the same thing every few hours, if your in school just do it when you get home. then do it before bed and any other time you can. Eventually they will figure it out. You should move their hay racks near the litter box because rabbits like to eat hay when they use the litter. And make sure you use no-scented paper based cat litter. Not the clumping kind that looks like sand.

[Zero]

Thanks serenity!

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