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- 10/11/2025 at 2:13 PM
  adwam
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  Long time since i’ve posted. House rabbit owner for 14 years now.
  
  Our current six-year-old bunny is litter trained, always has been. Occasionally, there’s an accident outside his house on the carpet, but rarely.
  He’s had maybe two suspected UTI before, many years ago, but recently he started weeing a fair amount outside of his house and always in his house whenever he’s eating.
  
  He also started squeaking now and then when in his litter box – a sure sign of pain and a possible UTI.
  
  So he’s been on antibiotics for a week – so far, no accidents outside of his house. But he is still peeing wherever we feed him inside his house.
  
  We’ve been giving him UTI sticks/supplements too before we resorted to antibiotics, so the increase in urinating could be down to those, but it’s just odd how it’s changed.
  
  Any thoughts?
  Could it be a change in behaviour due to age, or something more serious?
- 10/11/2025 at 8:12 PM
  LBJ10
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  Hmm… I’m wondering if some pain management might help. Has he been getting anything for that? How long is the antibiotic course supposed to be? You said he’s been on them for a week already, but sometimes these UTIs can be stubborn.
  
  Is he just eating pellets/veggies in his house? Or is he eating hay in there too? My bunny is pretty good with his litter box, but his hay is in a rack right over the box.
- 10/12/2025 at 7:56 AM
  adwam
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  Nothing for pain. The antibiotics were 7 days and finished yesterday.
  
  He has nuggets in his house at dinner time, veggies outside his house on his blanket where he sits around 4PM.
  His hay is in a rack that’s above his litter tray.
  
  The peeing outside was just random when it was happening, but not little drips like full on pees – which hasn’t happened in 4 days at least.
  
  It’s just the urinating when eating in his house that’s the new development.
- 10/12/2025 at 7:59 AM
  LBJ10
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  Interesting. Well, I certainly wouldn’t want to assume it is just a “new behavior”, but maybe he needs more time. Hopefully the antibiotics were long enough and the infection is gone. In the meantime, you could try putting a washable pee pad under his house.
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