Stinky pee feet

[Natusha]

I have a problem with my 6 month old mini lops litter habits.
When we first got him, within two weeks he was litter trained. We could let him run about the house freely and he always returned to his cage to do his business in his littler tray. We always used a paper litter, i cant remember what its called, and then changed to a safe wood shaving as we ended up with an enormous amount of it.
Now since moving house, he has decided not to be litter trained any longer.
For the most part he pees in his tray, but then i gave him a soft cave type bed, and he pees on top of that too. But he poops wherever he stands.
He also stands in his littler tray alot so he keeps sitting in his pee, making his feet damp most of the time, and they smell sooooo bad. I clean his littler tray 1-2 times a day because it becomes soiled very quickly but it still becomes wet so quickly.
He doesnt appear to have any skin irritations because of that, luckily. He recently had a vet checkup so thats no issue.
i cant really pick him up because he has wet smelly feet. And i have to keep washing his bed.
Now i dont so much worry about the poo, though itd be awesome to not have to clean poo up frequently. But the peeing on his bed is annoying and also the sitting in his pee is frustrating. I dont want him getting urine scold. and i want ro pick him up, he seems to enjoy sitting in my lap, but i just dont want those stinky wet feet on me.
How can I correct this and stop him sittimg in his wee? Could it be the change of little type??

 

[JBun]

You need to change your litter to something that absorbs pee better, and layer it thick enough that the pee will drain down and not come in contact with your buns feet. I've found wood pellets to work the best.

If he is peeing on his soft bed, you will need to take it away for a while, until his litter habits improve.

It's common for rabbits litter habits to get messed up with a move or change of their environment. It causes a surge of territorial marking behavior, which usually will settle back down after a few weeks, though with some rabbits it can take much longer. Sometimes if there isn't improvement, the rabbits space needs to be restricted to restore good litter habits, then gradually increase the area as the litter habits remain good.

Another problem you might be encountering is if he isn't neutered, he is just at the right age for those hormones to be kicking in and this can lead to excessive marking of his territory. So you may be having a combination of new territory marking and hormonal male marking behavior. If so, it may not stop until you have him neutered.

If you have warm weather, you also need to be on the watch for fly strike. Flies will be attracted to the wet fur. You will need to check your bun several times a day as long as he has wet fur. You will need to dry off the fur as much as possible. But the best thing is to prevent the feet from getting wet anymore.
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[Natusha]

Thanks for the advice.
Ill change his litter back to what we used originally, we didnt have this problem then.
He hasnt been nuetered yet but will be soon. Hopefully i can fix this proble, it must be uncomfortable to have wet feet and a wet bottom.

 

[BunBunz]

Is ExquisiCat naturals pine pellets safe and help with odor? View attachment ImageUploadedByRabbit Forum1434068001.086472.jpg

 

[JBun]

Is ExquisiCat naturals pine pellets safe and help with odor? View attachment 15270

As long as it is just a plain pine pellet with no other additives it should be safe, and should help with odor if you layer it thick enough(one inch or more) and clean it out when it gets too soiled.

 

[JBun]

Thanks for the advice.
Ill change his litter back to what we used originally, we didnt have this problem then.
He hasnt been nuetered yet but will be soon. Hopefully i can fix this proble, it must be uncomfortable to have wet feet and a wet bottom.

If that doesn't solve the problem and he continues to have a wet bum and feet, it would be a good idea to get him checked by a rabbit savvy vet, as health issues like a UTI, bladder sludge, arthritis, etc, can also cause urine soaked fur.

 

[BlazeBunnies]

If his feet and butt continue to be like that I would slightly wet them and dry them as issues can arise because of pee on feet and butt. I once had a rabbit have this we got to it early enough and he is still with us but the vet recommended that I wet them and dry them very good so that he was dry. Hope all goes well with your bun😊