emay75
Active Member
Hi guys,
Im really desperate for help here. I've done so much research and so far nothing is helping.
My rabbit Lemon is coming up five years old. He is not neutered.
I've recently bought him into my flat, after he was living at my parent's house in my old bedroom for the summer as a free roam. Before the summer, he was at my friend's house, also living free roam, while i was in university accomodation for a year. Before that, he was with me at my parents house for many years.
After bringing him to my new flat, he has started peeing on my bed every time i leave the room. Today he even sprayed my bedroom walls. I've tried vinegar spray, i've tried putting cloth in his cage overnight and then putting it on my bed to mark his scent, i've tried putting crinkly plastic on my bed to scare him off. he pees every single time.
the confusing thing is i never even sleep in this bed at night as i prefer to sleep in my partner's bed, so it would smell less like me than my bed did when i lived at home.
he has never exhibited this behaviour before, even in my friend's room last year.
im at a loss for what to do here.
he now has a decent sized cage that he is in during the day, but i ensure he gets at least 5 hours roam time every night and even some mornings.
is he suddenly marking my bed because he doesn't like being locked up during the day? is he marking because the bed doesn't smell like me?
PLEASE any guidance is greatly appreciated as if this behaviour continues he won't be allowed any unsupervised free roam time and potentially will have to return to my parents house...
thank you so much
Im really desperate for help here. I've done so much research and so far nothing is helping.
My rabbit Lemon is coming up five years old. He is not neutered.
I've recently bought him into my flat, after he was living at my parent's house in my old bedroom for the summer as a free roam. Before the summer, he was at my friend's house, also living free roam, while i was in university accomodation for a year. Before that, he was with me at my parents house for many years.
After bringing him to my new flat, he has started peeing on my bed every time i leave the room. Today he even sprayed my bedroom walls. I've tried vinegar spray, i've tried putting cloth in his cage overnight and then putting it on my bed to mark his scent, i've tried putting crinkly plastic on my bed to scare him off. he pees every single time.
the confusing thing is i never even sleep in this bed at night as i prefer to sleep in my partner's bed, so it would smell less like me than my bed did when i lived at home.
he has never exhibited this behaviour before, even in my friend's room last year.
im at a loss for what to do here.
he now has a decent sized cage that he is in during the day, but i ensure he gets at least 5 hours roam time every night and even some mornings.
is he suddenly marking my bed because he doesn't like being locked up during the day? is he marking because the bed doesn't smell like me?
PLEASE any guidance is greatly appreciated as if this behaviour continues he won't be allowed any unsupervised free roam time and potentially will have to return to my parents house...
thank you so much
