Using the potty over the litter box?!?

[jazminrae]

My rabbit Oedipus Rex ( a 7 month year old lionhead) is "litter trained" however he seems to pee over the litter box corner constantly?and we don't know what to do anymore? does anyone have a solution to this problem? or does anybody else's rabbit do this? thank you guys! We have also tried to use a variety of different litter boxes but each time he pees directly over it but yet still is on top of it?

 

[whiskylollipop]

Use a box with sides taller than his rump, even when filled with litter. Then it's impossible for him to pee over it. Rabbits like to back up against something to pee, so he'll back up against the corner of your litterbox, and if the sides are too short, the pee stream will just fly right over.

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

:yeahthat: great advice! I think a taller litter box would definitely help!

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Spike used to do the same thing--he'd get in his pan and his butt would hang over and he'd hit the floor. We put his pan in a cardboard box with a small cut out in front. Raising the sides kept him inside. Guess he meant well but the execution was definitely off.