Bunny (litter tray) advice please

[dlee]

could anyone give me some hints on how to get our bunny to use his litter tray we have got a square one and a proper bunny one and he wont use either

[sooz22]

Start by placing it in his cage in the corner which he uses to deficate. If he poo's where he pleases choose the corner which he urinates in most frequently. Fill it with sawduct or cat litter and place some soiled bedding (preferrably urinated) and a few droppngs into the ltter box.

 

Keep him like this until he starts to use the litter box, you may find he urinates in it all the time but occasionally leaves droppings else where.

 

Once he is using the litter box you can begin to increase his roaming space. Limit him to a small room or a small area of a larger room and place the liter box in a corner. If he choses to deficate elsewhere move the box to that spot. It is most important to get him urinating in the box as rabbit droppngs are ten times easier to clean than wee, and dont stain your carpet.

 

If he continues to use the litterbox you can slowly enlarge the space he has to roam in and he should continues to use it as he has been taught. Natural cleanliness makes rabbits ideal candidates for litter training.

 

If you reach a stage where he stops usig the tray then you have expanded his roaming space too fast, and you will need to go back to square 1 ie: the cage.

 

Hope that helps.

[dlee]

thanks for your help i will follow your advice:thumbsup:

[sooz22]

also read this link, it has a lot more detail than i have time to type:

 

http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/litter.html#age