We got her a bigger, new litter box and she is STILL pooping outside!

[Serawyn]

 So Chloe who used to be litter train has now completely forgotten what to do. She still pees inside her litter box, but decides she will poop all over her cage. Every morning, afternoon, and night, I am left cleaning her poops and putting them inside the litter box. How can I litter train her? She already inside a cage with a litter box. When she’s sitting on it, I praise her and give her treats. When she poops outside, and when I DO see her, I’d tell her “no!” Since she’s already in a confined space, I don’t know what else to do. She does have roaming time outside her cage and she also poops on the rug, underneath the couch, on the kitchen floor mats, etc. When she does this, I’ll make her go back to her cage and she poops there instead. She also peeps but never inside her cage, only on the kitchen floor mat (that we’ve put through the wash 3 times!). Please help. I’m not sure how to litter train her anymore.

[BinkyBunny]

When Rucy was alive, she and jack were almost perfect, but every once in awhile, I would have to put them through a littertraining refresher course. Sometimes there were things I knew had set them off – the smell of other animals, visitors etc. Normally territorial poo markings are a reaction to something (especially if the bunny was litter trained before), so if you can identify any changes or anything that may have set her off, that will help. however, sometimes, I couldn’t figure out what made my bunnies lose their habits, so then I just did the “refresher course” which consisted of:

Limiting their freedom completely to an xpen for a week or so. This helped them distinguish THEIR territory from the rest of the house. I also made sure to put lots yummies in their box – like little itsy bits of shredded carrots, or a raisin cut up into 4 little bits. (That way there are MORE pieces without over-dosing on the treats.) You can also put some of their favorite greens in the box too – just anything to encourage them to get into the box.

Then when you do finally offer some freedom, just be persistent with supervision for a while.

 

[jerseygirl]

Do you put her hay in or over her litter box? They tend to poop everywhere when munching on hay. Also, do you offer another litter box when she has time out of the cage?  When did you notice the change?  Had she been ill recently or could it be due to her age?

[Toki+Pumpkin+Elmo]

How old is she? YOu think she’s going through any changes?
When one of my bun (Elmo) turned about 9 months old, he was marking territory everywhere. He had reached his puberty. Also, Toki has one of those days that he just feels like not using the litterbox.

If they could only talk….. hehe

[katie, max & penny]

i’m going to echo jersey. my buns poop outside of their box when there’s hay on the ground. when there’s no hay, no poops.

[RabbitPam]

Also jersey mentioned what I would suggest. A second, outside litter box can be very helpful. I had one in a corner of Spockie’s favorite hang out room, so he wouldn’t have to go very far just to use it. He didn’t like going all the way back into his cage, which also could signal the end of his time out. Put some hay and a bit of urine soaked litter from the other pan in it to get her started.

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