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Forum BEHAVIOR Babysitting baby bunny, help!

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    • bunbunz
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        So my sister left her few months old baby bunny with me while she goes away for 4 days. It was a last minute thing so she couldn’t find a sitter right away so she left him with me. I think I know the basic care instructions it’s just every time I let him out his cage, he pees everywhere! Literally every time he’s out, once in my vent! I understand that this is a new environment so he’s gonna mark his territory and stuff, but I’ve tried putting his poop in his litter and putting some hay on top of his litter. I don’t know if it’s normal but he’s drinking a lot and LOOOVES to eat his hay. I’ve also tried just giving him a little space in front of his door to just walk out but he still finds a way to pee OUT of it. I want to let him out for play time it’s just I don’t want to risk having him pee everywhere. OH I might also add, he’s pooping and even peed everywhere in his cage but maybe ONCE or TWICE in his litter. I have him for about 3 more days and I don’t want to leave him in the cage for that long either Thanks!


      • Benthebunny
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          How old is the bunny? it could be marking its territory. What you do is place a bunch of litterboxes everywhere. I hope that works


        • tobyluv
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            It is probably the newness of your house that is setting off the bunny and causing him to pee and poop all over. Plus, since it’s a baby and not neutered, he is likely not going to use his litter box a lot of the time. It is difficult to completely litter box train a rabbit that hasn’t been spayed or neutered. Even though bunnies need exercise and play time outside of a cage, you are probably going to have to limit his out of cage time while he is in your home, unless you want to be constantly cleaning up after him. If you had an x-pen for him, you could attach that to his cage and spread a blanket out to protect your flooring. You would have to wash the blanket every day, but hopefully your home and flooring would be spared the damage from the pee if you had the blanket.


          • bunbunz
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              He’s about 3 months I believe? Yeah I’ll try to put more litter boxes around just in case! And @tobyluv, that was very helpful thank you! I’ve been giving him about 10 minutes out the cage or until he pees or poops which is why the time is so short. Another question/situation, I’ve been feeding him a lot of hay (Timothy Western Hay to be exact!) in his cage but he constantly asks for more but a lot is laying around his cage, like A LOT. And he tends to poop and pee on it and that’s why I believe he’s not eating whats already in his cage. Do I keep feeding him or let him just finish what I’ve given him?


            • tobyluv
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                Rabbits should have access to hay at all times. They can be picky about it and choose what seems to be the tastiest bits and leave other strands behind. If he has peed on any of the hay, he likely won’t want to eat that. Many people put hay in their rabbit’s litter box, as a way to train them to use the litter box, which I see is what you have done, but again, a rabbit probably won’t eat any hay that has been peed on. Besides putting some hay in the litter box, is there anything you can put it in to keep it more contained, so that it won’t get so scattered around the cage? Hay does tend to get wasted by bunnies, but we try to limit that waste. Maybe you could put out small quantities more frequently. Rabbits tend to like the hay when it smells really fresh and has just been put down. They can lose interest in hay that has been sitting around for a while.


              • bunbunz
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                  Oh okay that explains it! I mean I think I can find a container in my house somewhere that he can eat off of. I give him big quantities when I know I’ll be gone for a few hours or when I sleep. It’s also starting to smell a little like a horse/barn and is that due to him peeing everywhere? And his paws being a little soaked from sitting in his urine? I cleaned up his cage last night and when I woke up it started to smell again. I know to avoid any bathing or washing at all times but I’m tempting to wash his lil feet lol


                • Love4Bunny
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                    If it’s really bad, you can wipe his feet with a damp cloth to get rid of the smell. You know those shopping bags made of fake fabric? (I don’t even know how to explain it). Well, cut two evenly spaced holes at the front, at the base. Fill it with hay and pull some hay through the holes. Hang the bag by the handles above the litterbox. Instant haybag. I have something similar, and it works for my bunnies.


                  • bunbunz
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                      Oh okay, thank you I will try that! He hasn’t peed every time he’s out maybe once a few times now but he’s been peeing everywhere BUT his litter box He uses his litter box as bedding (no other bedding in his cage so maybe thats why) but everywhere in his cage is urine and its of poop. Why is that? Lol


                    • Love4Bunny
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                        Probably marking. That’s my guess. Bunnies (babies) aren’t my speciality, but I still agree with everyone, that it’s hormones. There’s not much you can do for that right now. But you could try cleaning floors with Natures Miracle. The one I use gets rid of the smell to minimise repeated marking. Rabbits don’t really need bedding, imo.

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