Rabbit Woes Poor Memes

truaymica · Nov 25, 2011

Here I thought I had him trained in a day! I was wrong! He has been going in the box for at least 4 days and now he refuses to! I have cleaned the cage with vinegar, placed the litter box in the corner of his choosing. He was out playing I seen him start to pee so I picked him up and placed him in his litter box he hopped right out and peed in the other corner! I swear he is doing it to test me. His personality has really came out this last couple of days and he's a brat. Spoiled lil bunny! He gets mad and throws his food dishes and water dish... chews at his litter box...I love him to death and he has a lot of time outside his cage. He even peed on me and nipped me for no reason! I think that is strange, my others never did that!
I know he is happy he does the little kicks and bunny flops and lays in the porkchop ways. He grooms me all the time. I just don't know how to handle his fits and the whole litter thing.
I know that you all will give me great advice!!! Thanks in advance!

funnybunnymummy · Nov 25, 2011

Did you clean his litter box? If you clean it too well (especially with vinegar) he may "forget" what it's used for. Especially, because he's still so young. Whenever he pees outside the box, soak it up with a tissue and put it in the box. Ditto pooops. Eventually he should put 2 + 2 together.

Watch the nipping that it doesn't become too hard. Rabbits often nip each other to communicate. But they don't always know how delicate our human skin is. It can mean anything from "I love you!" to "put me down! I need to pee!"

Hope that helps!

Rue

MikeScone · Nov 25, 2011

truaymica wrote:

He even peed on me and nipped me for no reason! I think that is strange, my others never did that!

Every rabbit is different, so you can only expect to carry experience just so far. As you can see from Natasha Rabbitova's blog she used to nip and pee on me when she first came to live with me, and it took several months before she was comfortable enough in her new home to stop. Her personality has continued to evolve, especially since she was spayed, and I'm still learning about her day by day.

Take time, and your patience will be rewarded.

Nancy McClelland · Nov 25, 2011

:yeahthat:

Bunnylova4eva · Nov 25, 2011

You mentioned him peeing on you and nipping you?

Is he fixed? If not, it could simply be his displaying his love and marking you (and his cage by going everywhere). lol