TheMadMarchHare
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Hi, All! Just looking for some advice on keeping my almost-one-year-old rabbit!
I have had him for about 6 months, and started in a cage. But, I decided he needed a bigger space, so we built him an enclosure...this didn't work out for long. We put his litter box in the corner he liked to use the bathroom, and he did pee in it consistently for the most part. The problem was the pooping. He poops EVERYWHERE! Even with the hay in the litterbox.
So, currently he is living back in a tub-bottom cage, with "outside time" in a playpen for about an hour a day in the backyard (supervised of course).
I feel really bad that he is spending the majority of his time in a cage though...what can I do? Is there something I can do to teach him to poop in a litterbox? I bring him out to hop around our room also, but again with the pooping...my husband is getting really impatient with this.
I am totally at a loss. This is my first rabbit (but I do know some about them), so I would appreciate any helpful advice!
Thanks,
Kayla & rabbit Haigha
I have had him for about 6 months, and started in a cage. But, I decided he needed a bigger space, so we built him an enclosure...this didn't work out for long. We put his litter box in the corner he liked to use the bathroom, and he did pee in it consistently for the most part. The problem was the pooping. He poops EVERYWHERE! Even with the hay in the litterbox.
So, currently he is living back in a tub-bottom cage, with "outside time" in a playpen for about an hour a day in the backyard (supervised of course).
I feel really bad that he is spending the majority of his time in a cage though...what can I do? Is there something I can do to teach him to poop in a litterbox? I bring him out to hop around our room also, but again with the pooping...my husband is getting really impatient with this.
I am totally at a loss. This is my first rabbit (but I do know some about them), so I would appreciate any helpful advice!
Thanks,
Kayla & rabbit Haigha