toyabrooke
Well-Known Member
Hi Everyone,
Horatio has been doing very well. His toilet training is still coming along - He has found 2 spots in his crate that he LOVES to go in which have has pads cut up and put there since I noticed him like those spots a few weeks ago. He now ONLY goes there though! He will soak the pads and even do a few piles of poops on them too! The thing is though, he won't go in his tray with pads which is really where I want him to go. I know this is probably a good step though, but I am not sure whether he knows he is going on the pads and that's why he goes in those places, or if he just likes to go in those places and even if I moved the pads away he would still go there. Each morning though I take the soaked pads and put them in his tray I want him to go to, and sweep all the poos from infront of his food bowls away and put some in his tray.
He also has been good when he is out - Most of the time he won't even go at all in a whole hour out and seems to save it for when he is back inside. He does though do little wees near me sometimes when I am sitting by the pen wall that stops him from going any further into the study. I put his tray there after he makes the mistake, and then put him in it. He doesn't seem to want to go in the tray at all though and seems to aim to do it on the border of his play pen on purpose. They are really tiny wees though most of the time. I also clean everything with vinegar, and today after he did this 3 times in a row I sprayed all around the boarder of his play pen with vinegar.
My questions are:
1. Is this weeing by the pen walls a territorial thing? He is only 11 weeks and shows no signs of hormonal-ness at all. He is the calmest, tamest and loving little thing you will ever meet. He doesn't seem to wee though when I am not in that spot. If I am up at my desk not sitting with him in his pen I have't seen him do it.
2. What should I do to get him to actually go in the tray in his crate rather than those little areas he likes? They are in little nooks by his water bowl and by his food bowl, so the tray wouldn't fit and wouldn't cover both favourite areas.
He has stopped going in his house now since I decorated it, and now LOVES to sleep in it all the time rather than his tray. Can rabbits tell if you put more effort into their houses that then they should care about it too and like it? It was so strange - the second it went back into his crate after I made it pretty he was in it in a flash! So cute
I just really want him to toilet train ASAP so he can get more time out. At the moment I struggle to juggle all my uni work and normal work with him having enough time out but also having to be supervised the whole time. I get up an hour earlier now every morning to make sure he has an hour out before I start my days, and then he comes out as soon as I get home but then I have SO much to do that he isn't out as much at night as we would love, but I also don't want to give up and just have him roam the study because then it will take longer to toilet train him. He doesn't seem bothered though - he is more the sleeping kind of bunny than the active type
Any advice would be great!
T
Horatio has been doing very well. His toilet training is still coming along - He has found 2 spots in his crate that he LOVES to go in which have has pads cut up and put there since I noticed him like those spots a few weeks ago. He now ONLY goes there though! He will soak the pads and even do a few piles of poops on them too! The thing is though, he won't go in his tray with pads which is really where I want him to go. I know this is probably a good step though, but I am not sure whether he knows he is going on the pads and that's why he goes in those places, or if he just likes to go in those places and even if I moved the pads away he would still go there. Each morning though I take the soaked pads and put them in his tray I want him to go to, and sweep all the poos from infront of his food bowls away and put some in his tray.
He also has been good when he is out - Most of the time he won't even go at all in a whole hour out and seems to save it for when he is back inside. He does though do little wees near me sometimes when I am sitting by the pen wall that stops him from going any further into the study. I put his tray there after he makes the mistake, and then put him in it. He doesn't seem to want to go in the tray at all though and seems to aim to do it on the border of his play pen on purpose. They are really tiny wees though most of the time. I also clean everything with vinegar, and today after he did this 3 times in a row I sprayed all around the boarder of his play pen with vinegar.
My questions are:
1. Is this weeing by the pen walls a territorial thing? He is only 11 weeks and shows no signs of hormonal-ness at all. He is the calmest, tamest and loving little thing you will ever meet. He doesn't seem to wee though when I am not in that spot. If I am up at my desk not sitting with him in his pen I have't seen him do it.
2. What should I do to get him to actually go in the tray in his crate rather than those little areas he likes? They are in little nooks by his water bowl and by his food bowl, so the tray wouldn't fit and wouldn't cover both favourite areas.
He has stopped going in his house now since I decorated it, and now LOVES to sleep in it all the time rather than his tray. Can rabbits tell if you put more effort into their houses that then they should care about it too and like it? It was so strange - the second it went back into his crate after I made it pretty he was in it in a flash! So cute
I just really want him to toilet train ASAP so he can get more time out. At the moment I struggle to juggle all my uni work and normal work with him having enough time out but also having to be supervised the whole time. I get up an hour earlier now every morning to make sure he has an hour out before I start my days, and then he comes out as soon as I get home but then I have SO much to do that he isn't out as much at night as we would love, but I also don't want to give up and just have him roam the study because then it will take longer to toilet train him. He doesn't seem bothered though - he is more the sleeping kind of bunny than the active type
Any advice would be great!
T