Saudade
Well-Known Member
So I've looked around at most of the litter training FAQs and instructions and 90% all refer to the rabbit being spayed or neutered. Lucy is a pedigree dutch and I feel I will have robbed her of something if I spay or neuter her before she atleast has one litter (is that the right word?).
But in saying that I feel bad because I keep her in her cage for a good 15 hours a day, the other 9 hours are spent outside in a 2m x 2/3m run that's partially enclosed. I enjoy having her out at night with me, but that involves sitting down with her and making sure she doesn't stray off the tarp under her cage.
So far our attempts at getting her to be litter trained have failed. Originally she was allowed free run of our front verandah and picked a single corner to go in. When we put a tray there she hopped in it once and then jumped straight back out. She went around the litter box instead of in it. I tried everything including moving her droppings in to the cage and putting a little bit of the urine soaked bedding from her cage in to the tray. Nothing.
With my current arrangement she urinates in the four corners of her cage, but holds most of it till i put her out in the mornings. She doesn't poo in her cage much, though her coecal (sic?) pellets are left in there. Her bodily functions are mostly carried out outside in her run.
Basically my question is, is there any hope? Even when she's right near her cage she'll still attempt to go on the tarp, and if i let her have free roam of my room she'll shoot under my bed and go there. Will I have to wait until she is spayed and neutered before i have any hope of her being litter trained?
Sorry for the big mess of text.
But in saying that I feel bad because I keep her in her cage for a good 15 hours a day, the other 9 hours are spent outside in a 2m x 2/3m run that's partially enclosed. I enjoy having her out at night with me, but that involves sitting down with her and making sure she doesn't stray off the tarp under her cage.
So far our attempts at getting her to be litter trained have failed. Originally she was allowed free run of our front verandah and picked a single corner to go in. When we put a tray there she hopped in it once and then jumped straight back out. She went around the litter box instead of in it. I tried everything including moving her droppings in to the cage and putting a little bit of the urine soaked bedding from her cage in to the tray. Nothing.
With my current arrangement she urinates in the four corners of her cage, but holds most of it till i put her out in the mornings. She doesn't poo in her cage much, though her coecal (sic?) pellets are left in there. Her bodily functions are mostly carried out outside in her run.
Basically my question is, is there any hope? Even when she's right near her cage she'll still attempt to go on the tarp, and if i let her have free roam of my room she'll shoot under my bed and go there. Will I have to wait until she is spayed and neutered before i have any hope of her being litter trained?
Sorry for the big mess of text.