mae9406
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We have2 femalebunnies thatare both free-ranging andlitter trained. We have one litter pan in our bedroom(where their "area" is set up- it's not a cage but it's as close to a "cage" for them as we have) and one litter pan in our dining/living room area and both are cleaned every other day at the least.
We got the 2 1/2 mth old about 2 weeks ago and now our older, 6 mth old bunnyhas started to piddle and poop everywhere! She used to be super with the litter box. We only everran into a little phase abouta month or two back where she was marking our bed at night when we were sleeping, but we began putting up a baby gate at nights so she could no longer get into our room and eventually we began letting her back into our room again and she has since left our bed "pee and poop free" which was great.
Anyways, now the problem is thatsince bringing home the little one Ruvy is now peeing and pooping everywhere: the floor by their litter pans, the carpets, my couch, even ME! And it's not even really "peeing" because they are just little spots and piddle in a stream(which I am assuming is her marking?). Not to mention that whenshe managed to pee on me it was when I was cleaning up their area and she came over,kicked out her back legsin a semi-hop jesture and "sprinkled" my arm with her urine. I love my bunnies but I was disgusted to say the least.
She's not agressive in anyway, and just LOVESbeing handled and loved on by us. We weren't even going to get another bunny if she didn't want a companion. But she just loves Maxi (we brought her with us when picking outthepossible new bunny). There's never seemed to be a problem between them.Of course, they did do the whole establishing who's theboss thingwhen we first brough the new one into our apartment, but since then the two have had no other "differences" between them. They aren't quite "inseparable" because Ruvy goes off and does her thing during the day and so does Maxi, but they don't like not being able to have access to one another if they want to be close.
I've learnt this because I have been blocking the new baby off at night thinking maybe it was her possibly, but it's not. It's Ruvy.Ruvy alsohas found a way to "break into" Maxi's night area so she can cuddle with her too if she wants too. And the past couple of nights, her being able to "break into" Maxi's inclosure hasn't been enough, she's felt the need to "break Maxi from the joint" as well. I woke up this morning with Maxi and Ruvy peeling off down our hall way playing with one another. It's cute and I hate to have to contain either of them but I can't stand this peeing and pooping everywhere! Nor to I understand why Ruvy is doing it now especially if she doesn't have a problem with the new addition? And how can I go about stopping this behavior? :?
I'd also like to add that I tried blocking Ruvy out of the bedroom again to deter her because she started doing it again only in our bedroom at first,but she now jumps over our baby gate so it's completely useless. I have also put her inour dog's crate one night to see how she did in there and she completely freaked out and flipped her litter pan over andpeed all over her blanket I had in there for her.
Should I try to contain her where Maxi is too? Do I need more litter boxes? Would spraying Ruvy with water when I catch her deter her? I've tried scolding her but she just comes up and rubs her head on me like she did nothing wrong. She's so lovey-dovey, and I don't want to wreck that in her by doing something that will traumatize her but I can't handle this behavior either. It's gross! :grumpy:Any help or advice would be grealy appreciated.
We got the 2 1/2 mth old about 2 weeks ago and now our older, 6 mth old bunnyhas started to piddle and poop everywhere! She used to be super with the litter box. We only everran into a little phase abouta month or two back where she was marking our bed at night when we were sleeping, but we began putting up a baby gate at nights so she could no longer get into our room and eventually we began letting her back into our room again and she has since left our bed "pee and poop free" which was great.
Anyways, now the problem is thatsince bringing home the little one Ruvy is now peeing and pooping everywhere: the floor by their litter pans, the carpets, my couch, even ME! And it's not even really "peeing" because they are just little spots and piddle in a stream(which I am assuming is her marking?). Not to mention that whenshe managed to pee on me it was when I was cleaning up their area and she came over,kicked out her back legsin a semi-hop jesture and "sprinkled" my arm with her urine. I love my bunnies but I was disgusted to say the least.
She's not agressive in anyway, and just LOVESbeing handled and loved on by us. We weren't even going to get another bunny if she didn't want a companion. But she just loves Maxi (we brought her with us when picking outthepossible new bunny). There's never seemed to be a problem between them.Of course, they did do the whole establishing who's theboss thingwhen we first brough the new one into our apartment, but since then the two have had no other "differences" between them. They aren't quite "inseparable" because Ruvy goes off and does her thing during the day and so does Maxi, but they don't like not being able to have access to one another if they want to be close.
I've learnt this because I have been blocking the new baby off at night thinking maybe it was her possibly, but it's not. It's Ruvy.Ruvy alsohas found a way to "break into" Maxi's night area so she can cuddle with her too if she wants too. And the past couple of nights, her being able to "break into" Maxi's inclosure hasn't been enough, she's felt the need to "break Maxi from the joint" as well. I woke up this morning with Maxi and Ruvy peeling off down our hall way playing with one another. It's cute and I hate to have to contain either of them but I can't stand this peeing and pooping everywhere! Nor to I understand why Ruvy is doing it now especially if she doesn't have a problem with the new addition? And how can I go about stopping this behavior? :?
I'd also like to add that I tried blocking Ruvy out of the bedroom again to deter her because she started doing it again only in our bedroom at first,but she now jumps over our baby gate so it's completely useless. I have also put her inour dog's crate one night to see how she did in there and she completely freaked out and flipped her litter pan over andpeed all over her blanket I had in there for her.
Should I try to contain her where Maxi is too? Do I need more litter boxes? Would spraying Ruvy with water when I catch her deter her? I've tried scolding her but she just comes up and rubs her head on me like she did nothing wrong. She's so lovey-dovey, and I don't want to wreck that in her by doing something that will traumatize her but I can't handle this behavior either. It's gross! :grumpy:Any help or advice would be grealy appreciated.
onder: ) when she started marking, and that spaying her wouldn't change anything; that it was very uncommon for a rabbit to be spayed or neutered! I then was told by some of the people on here to look into the Humane Society 'cuz apparently some do rabbits for cheap too? But the ones near me don't. I checked their site for my areas, and the only ones that show rabbits on their list are like an hour or two away. :in tears:
