Bun Empties Litterbox - Help Please

[Bunman]

I want to get Flops trained but shejust digs all the litter out of the box without using it, &either pees at random or holds it til she's back in the cage...what todo? She is about 9 mos. old & probably was kept in litterwithout a box before i got her in Dec.

In the cage she always goes in her bathroom spot, which is an opening in the wood floor with a box beneath the cage.

 

[bunnydude]

Amber did that alot before she was spayed. Thebehavior even stayed for awhile longer, but eventually subsided.Alternatively, you could design a litter box that doesn't allow her todig out the litter. Here is a great one designed by our very ownPet_Bunny (hope you don't mind Pet_Bunny!)

http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=9548&forum_id=1&page=4
(it's halfway down the page)

 

[Bunman]

Looks promising. Where do i get the plastic mesh?

 

[bunnydude]

You might be able to find it at a craft store.

 

[Bunman]

I need an online source.. searching a bit onlineturned up only very expensive industrial mesh & very smallhobby sizes. No hobby shops near here.

 

[bunnydude]

I found this link on google
http://www.createforless.com/search...-1&source=GOOG&keyword=plastic+canvas

 

[Bunman]

Thanks - however i only see mesh in 2.5" strips - not sure if it's even rigid.

 

[Snowbelle]

Thanks for posting that link, very helpful.

 

[Bunman]

Did i miss something? Did not see anything there like what was used in the litter box.

 

[sfritzp]

Bunman, this was on it - a 13" x 11" piece of plastic canvas

 

[Bunman]

OK, but is this mesh? By description & looks it's a plastic fabric. Just making sure.

 

[Bunman]

Flops just used the box, first time! I used aMarshall Lock-On box which is stable. Daisy had just used it earlier,so when it was Flop's turn inthe run i think she wanted to assert herterritoriality!

 

[edwinf8936]

Bunman wrote:

I want to get Flops trained but she just digs allthe litter out of the box without using it

Isn't that what the stuff is for, to dig out?

ed

 

[Bunman]

She thought so. But she changed her attitude when it came to thwarting a "rival".

 

[Anneliese]

Pet_Bunny's litter tray looks really good. Might try to make something like it.


~ Anneliese

 

[Meganc731]

Here's a link to a post I made a long time ago...

http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=2322&forum_id=1&jump_to=173644

scroll to the bottom because I just updated the link and put in a picthat will show up. This litter box worked extremely well for me, and itwas heavy enough my bun couldn't pick it up and throw it around. Ieventually stopped using a litter box though because I could never gethim fully potty trained.

Megan

 

[FlopsnWills]

another thing that works is to drill a hole ortwo in the litterbox and attach it to the side of the cage with cableties.. in my opinion thats easier.

 

[bunnydude]

That prevents them from flipping it over (which some bunnies do), but not from digging the litter material out.

FlopsnWills wrote:

another thing thatworks is to drill a hole or two in the litterbox and attach it to theside of the cage with cable ties.. in my opinion thats easier.

 

[Pet_Bunny]

bunnydude wrote:

Here is a great one designed by our very own Pet_Bunny (hopeyou don't mind Pet_Bunny!)
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=9548&forum_id=1&page=4
(it's halfway down the page)

Don't mind atall.Gladyou could share it with others.

Here is another idea... I cut the sidesof an old plastic pail to use as a litterbox, because Pebbles kept chewing on the cardboardbox. I kept the sides high enough so she wouldn'tpee over the edge. You can see the two litter boxside by side.

Rainbows!

 

[afromation]

Bumping to see if anyone bought the mesh from the site that sfritzp posted.