Slowly making my go insane!

[bunbun_crazy]

so CJ was doing ok learning how to use her litter pan but now she refuses to use it and even pees and poos in the mddle of her cageand sometimes even the floor when she is out. I clean the cage and floor with a 50-50 mix of water and viniger and clean the litter pan out, put some hay in there daily but NOTHING seems to be working.. even when i put the pee soaked paper towel in the pan she just throws it out! What do i do??

 

[XxMontanaxX]

When she is in the middle of using the bathroom, try picking her up and setting her in her litter pan.

How old is CJ?

 

[aurora369]

How old is CJ? If she's a young bunny, then you may just have to suffer with the mess until she's matured and spayed.

It can take some time to get buns litter trained. It can be frustrating too. Just be persistant.

If you have access to another bun, it might encourage CJ to use the litter box if it's got somebun elses poops and pees in it. If you have another bunny or have a friend with a bunny, take some poops and dirty litter from another bunny and put it in CJ's litter box. It should trigger her to want to mark that area as hers.

I would keep wiping up any accidents, and just be persistant. It took be about a month to get my two girls fully litter trained. They used to be awful, and would pee in the middle of the cage too. I kept wiping their cage down 3-4 times a day and eventually they got it. Now they have the best litter habits of all my buns.

--Dawn

 

[bunbun_crazy]

she is young, about 4 months now. though this after noon i do see some pee spots an new poops so there is hope!

 

[naturestee]

Puberty! Run away!

This is very normal at that age. Just be persistent and keep up on your cleaning. She will grow out of it. And get her spayed when she's old enough, it helps a ton!

I just watched three rabbits at the Humane Society do this, one by one they each got super messy at the "teenage stage." Spaying helped them a lot.

 

[bunbun_crazy]

ok thanks, i am planning to get her spayed.. how old do rabbits have to be in able to get spayed?

 

[aurora369]

Generally 4-6 months is when you can get a female rabbit spayed. I would look for a qualified rabbit vet and talk to them about when they feel comfortable spaying. I've taken foster babies in at 4 months, and they did fine.

You can look in our vet listing:
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_forum.php?id=9


--Dawn

 

[bunbun_crazy]

thank you very much for the help, i'm going to take her tosee the vet shortly and see what i can set up.