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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Small Pee Spots on carpet

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    • Shannon
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        Hi! I am brand new to this site. I am the momma of a spayed holland lop named Bob (yes, she’s a girl haha).

        She has had impeccable litter habits since she was only 4 months old or so and got spayed around 11 months. She is about a year old.

        The past couple of months, I have noticed she sometimes leaves the tiniest pee spots on the carpet (as in it barely touches one or two fibers). They are orange in color, probably because I don’t see them right away against the off white carpet so they have oxidized.

        Anyways, she’s a sweet good bunny and I see her hop into her litter box to pee so I don’t think it’s intentional. Shes never had a downright accident on the carpet.

        Does this behavior sound like maybe she has incontinenc issues? Has anybody had this problem or know if it can be corrected?

        Thanks!


      • BinkyBunny
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          Welcome Shannon! (and welcome to the lovely bun gal, Bob!)

          Dribbling around the litter box can be an indication of a UTI (easily treatable by a rabbit-savvy vet), but it could also mean something startled her while she was in the middle of doing her business. Might want to put a cat mat (rubber mat that is used for outside of cat boxes). I use those as my bunny has impeccible litter box habits except when she jumps out and takes a stray poo with her)

          I think the most important clue is what was her regular behavior…and then seeing a change. If she is not one to be startled out of her box and leave a dribble, then is is new for her and it might be a good idea to have her checked out my a rabbit-savvy vet. Do you have one? If not, it’s always a good idea to get established with one and this might be a good time to start.

          Again, welcome and keep us updated!


        • Shannon
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            Thank you so much for the response.

            So, I have seen 0 pee dribbles after I waited about 2-3 weeks after she got spayed. Maybe she really was marking!

            I also set up a couple extra litter boxes in her roaming area because I blacklighted the area and found she had picked a corner! I cleaned it up and then put a litter pan in that corner.


          • flemishwhite
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              All Rabbits are different.

              Our previous rabbit, Bunny, was a very young but adult rescue rabbit. We turned her loose in the house as a house rabbit.  Initially it was obvious she was peeing and pooping in her litter boxes.  But she was peeing here and there.  Typically it was a tablespoon or so of pee. Luckily we have leather furniture and mostly hardwood floors, so it was not a problem.  She would jump up on our bed and leave small amounts of pee on where our pillow was.  This was pretty stressing since we’d have to launder everything.  We started covering up our bed with a plastic sheet when we left the house.   Fortunately after two or three months, she stopped this peeing problem.  For the last many years of her life, we only had one litter box in the house.  No matter where she was, she would always run to the bedroom where her one litter box was for a pee. All her poops went into the litter box..a few drop outs within a foot or so.  Such a great little lovely animal.

               I hope our two Flemish rabbits can become as much house compatible.  At 8 months old, they’ve made good progress to being house rabbits.  They still need to get a little bit better with getting all their pee in the litter box..they’re pretty close to being 100%.  Actually, our biggest problem with Flemmish baby rabbits (BIG BABIES) was chewing.  They did a lot of initial chewing damage to furniture and drapes.  Chewing problems at the 8 months of age stage have pretty much disappeared.  (Our furniture and drapes are pretty old and needed to be replaced anyhow…maybe the rabbits knew this!) 

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

               

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