Need help with litter training

[marshmallow]

Sorry for the lengthy post!

I recently brought home a 1 year old rabbit and her previous living conditions were pretty bad. She was kept in a cage with wired flooring, had long nails, etc. She had many tangles in her fur and so. Her previous owner mentioned that she did not have time to interact with her bunny due to her work and hence I believe that the bunny had very little human interactions. She was also given a small litter pan, those you find in the pet shops which are way too small for the bunnies.

After I brought her home, she got comfortable in the playpen I placed her in but I realised that she has been avoiding places that she’s not familiar with. I recently expanded her playpen but she stays within the areas of the previous playpen area and refuses to explore the new areas. I provided her with a litter box which she will NOT set foot into. I placed hay at the other end of the litter box so that she’ll have to step into the litter box, but she rather starve than to get into the litter box. 

I found a small litter pan which I gave Marshmallow ages ago when he was still a baby (hence the size was alright for him at that time), and she loves it. The problem is, it’s too small for her. Even though she’s able to poop in it, her pee just comes flying out, hahaha. 

Is there any way to train her to get into the litter box? (P.S I don’t think she likes treats I have so I’m unable to lure her in).

Also, she doesn’t eat vegetables, is there a way to make her interested? 

[Sir Ollie]

If she had a bad home life before you got her, it’s probably going to take her a while to adjust. I don’t really have experience with this problem but maybe if you leave the litter box in there she will eventually feel safe enough to explore it and will start using it. For the veggies question I had this problem when I started introducing them to my baby bun. Since he’d never had them before I honestly don’t think he knew it was food. I ended up putting little pieces in with his hay so that he ate it almost by accident. Now that he knows what they are he loves veggies. He still gets confused with new ones though sometimes because he doesn’t recognize them. It sounds like your bun probably hasn’t had veggies before so you need to make sure you start slow and only introduce one at a time in case she doesn’t react well to it. About one a week and start with only a bite or two and gradually increase the amount if she tolerates it well.

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