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Forum BEHAVIOR bunny pees on people and beds

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    • Taysmama13
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        Hey everyone,

        So because my boys are far from bonded I have split my house in half with a large solid wood fence. Kittei gets 2 bedrooms and the hallway, D.o.g gets the living room and kitchen. Its equal space for both. I can’t put D.o.g in the bedrooms because he LOVES wires, chewing clothes and eating the closet doors so Kittei has that side. Kittei does not chew wires, only “fluffs” our clothes and has no interest in the closet doors. With that said, Kittei pees and poops ALL over my husbands side of the bed and on his pillows. He has never peed or pooped on my side. We cleaned and flipped the mattress and still he knows which side is my husbands and just lets go. When he is blocked off from my room, he will pee on my daughters bed, and it’s a lot of pee. Like, soaks through the comforter, sheets, 2 inch foam mattress pad and into the mattress itself.  He also has zero issue peeing on people. If you lay on the floor with him he will hop over, sniff you and pee directly next to you or on you. It will 100 percent happen if you hold him. He doesn’t flail, or try to get down, he just gets comfy and then pees.

        -The smell- Oh my!  On my bed and on people it smells like oniony bitter pee. On my daughters bed and in his litter box it smells like normal bunny pee. On my bed and on people it’s very dark yellow but in his box and on my daughters bed it’s light yellow. What gives? He was litter box trained very well but now he only uses it when he feels like it. Any suggestions are appreciated!!

        Thanks!!


      • litheandgraphic
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          First question would be: is he / either of them neutered? How long have you had them?

          It sounds to me like territorial marking – marking his territory and you as “his”! This is extremely common behavior and is most easily solved by not letting him on the bed at all. It’s difficult to stop, because they will smell the people scent and want to mark there. If he’s not neutered, this behavior could be quelled by getting him neutered, especially the peeing on you, but it won’t be an instant fix, and that’s still no gauruntee that it’ll stop entirely.


        • Taysmama13
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            Yes they are both neutered. Have been for almost a year. Does territorial pee smell different than normal pee? I asked the vet about it and she said the onion smell is him marking his area, but that 6 to 8 weeks after his neuter he wouldn’t do that anymore, and it wouldn’t smell so pungent. As I stated, it’s been almost a year now. I had him checked to make sure that the neutering was complete. How would anyone suggest I go about preventing the urinating on people or re-training him to not pee on people? Thanks again.


          • litheandgraphic
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              You can try and discourage this behavior in a few ways. The first would be that when he starts to do this or does do it, you can clap your hands loudly and say “No!”. Or, you can even use bunny language to tell them it’s not acceptable and turn away from them and/or walk out of the room.

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