problems with my bun

[stephiemarie78]

Ok so we brought our Rabbit in from being in the outside hutch about a month ago he was losing lot of weight and pulling his hair out. He's doing so much better now. I relized now that he was over turning his food bowl and out side he was in a bottom less hutch i never noticed that he was doing this. His hair has started to grow back and he's put on alot of weight =) but the problem i'm having now is that i put a pan in his cage but he still goes out side of it. So i took the pan out and just been putting the litter in the bottom of the cage. Now he moves the litter out of his way to lay down and he has turned is igloo house over and lays in it. I'm afraid maybe he needs more room so I feel I should put him back outside. Since the main reason i brought him in was he wasn't eating. I don't really know what I should do I want him to be happy.

 

[Snuggys Mom]

I would keep him in and try to make adjustments. It's so warm now and going from inside to the hot outdoors might be too much for him.

Does he get much playtime outside the cage?

There's a lot of info here on litter box training:

http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=12213&forum_id=17

 

[naturestee]

All this stuff is new to him. Give him more time in the house. He must have been very stressed outside if he was pulling his fur out.

Does he use any particular spot for his potty? Put the pan there. If he uses more than one corner, put a litterbox in each spot. Also, put some poo and some urine-wet litter or paper towels in the boxes to give him the idea. Hay in or hung over litterboxes helps a lot too, because rabbits like to poop while they eat.

Also, I agree with Laura that putting him outside now might be too much for him to handle. It's probably a big temperature difference, even if you don't have air conditioning.

 

[stephiemarie78]

no he goes everywhere, when i had the pan in i tried to make it where it had to be in the pan to eat but he'd still go out side of it. I let them out when i get home from work till they go back in there cage.

 

[manda]

Alex was like that. he wouldnt poop anywhere near food, so i moved his food directly across from the litter box but on the other end of the room

 

[Spring]

Is he neutered? Neutering will help him with all the marking (Usually rabbits only go to the bathroom in one or two spots). How big ishis cage? Just keep moving the pee in the litterbox and cleaning where you don't want him to go in vinegar and he'll soon get the message, hopefully!