My boyfriend rescued two bunnies and kept them for a month and now they’re with me.
At my boyfriend’s place, as soon as they got a litter box, they knew to only pee there. There was one time where one angled himself so that he peed outside the cage while he was inside but besides that, no ‘accidents’. My boyfriend let them roam free in his small studio apartment and they never peed, only pooped.
My boyfriend’s litter box was empty. He didn’t have any litter or hay in there. It’s a plastic tub with a wire metal cover so the bunnies can hop on and off.
When they moved in, I had all of the bunnies’ belongings.
But I did change some things.
– I bought bunny-safe wood pellets and put it in the litter box
– I bought a hay rack and hung it over the litter box. A LOOOOT of hay falls into the litter but there’s nothing I can do because it’s cut hay. I can’t find any rack with small holes… I looked at a bunch of DIY stuff but I still think the hay will fall through since it’s been pre-cut. Previously, my boyfriend just put a pile of hay in their cage.
Whenever I let them out they pee every where! I looked up a bunch of litter-training tips so i made a makeshift area for them to play in. Still pees everywhere. Added another litter box in the play area. Still pees everyone except the litter box. I make the space smaller again. More pee.
My boyfriend suggested to take out the litter and have an empty litter box like how he did. So I did that. I came home and found that they pooped more in the litterbox than before, but then they peed inside their cage!!! My boyfriend says this didn’t happen in his home. He then suggests to lose the hay rack and leave it on the floor of their cage. Now I’m wondering if they really didn’t pee in their cage or if they peed and the hay just absorbed it…
I’m really struggling. I like these bunnies a lot but I work 8 hours and have a 3 hour commute a day (1.5 hours each way) and then I have a lot of work when I get home. Honestly, my boyfriend is just as busy but my situation is better because I live alone whereas he has a roommmate and the roommate didn’t like the rabbits.
I tried to watch them carefully and I heard that they lift their tail when they pee or poop but one of my bunnies don’t do that. Pee literally appears as he his binkying around. The other one kind of lift his back legs and front legs (like makes a tent with his tummy… hope this makes sense) and makes the most hilarious facial expression as he pees. But he pees too fast!
I tried to pick him up and put him in the litter than soak up the pee with a tissue and put it in the litter to show him but it doesn’t work. Now he stares at me, pees, and quickly runs into the cage to avoid being picked up. He doesn’t like to be picked up. The other bunny doesn’t mind being picked up so when i do the same thing, he doesn’t care or see it as a punishment.
Sorry for the long post!