2006-12-19 05:57:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
My rabbit is litter box trained. I was actually surprised at how easy it was. When he was running around, I would watch him. As soon as I saw that he was lifting his tail to pee, or was beginning to leave a dropping or two, I would stick him in the litter box.
Of course I made sure to keep him in an area without carpet until he was trained.
If he would leave a mess on the floor, I would pick him up and make him smell the urine or droppings (Sorry, but it works!), say "no", and then place him in his litter box.
He caught on rather quick. If the rabbit it still a bit slow, you could try the above steps, and then put him back in his cage every time after his accident until he "gets it".
My rabbit will now seek out his litter box wherever I put it when he is out running around if he has to go. He also uses it inside his cage, although he does like to bang it around sometimes. Silly guy!
Rabbits are naturally very clean and like to go to the bathroom in specific spots, so training them is usually fairly easy.
2006-12-19 11:12:26 · answer #1 · answered by reginachick22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they can be house broken to use a litter box. I start them in a Bathroom with tile floor and keep door closed. IF, it go on the floor, put the marbles in the Litter Box and clean the area to remove the smell. In time it go to the Box where the smell is. I keep it hid behind the Toilet best I can. Once the Rabbit learn the box, I let it go to other areas slowly, blocking off rooms, until it learn it's way around to return to the Box. Once I have let the Rabbit leave the Bathroom, It has never gone anywhere, but, back to the bathroom.
2006-12-19 14:05:12 · answer #2 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK first it depends if hes in the cage or free. If he is in the cage you see where their pooping most then you put the tray with litter or somthing else and you put a few poops in their and thery might get it.If it's out of the cage then you do mostly the same thing but where ever she is the most. But this does'nt work with all rabbits. It depends on their personallity. MY one rabbit uses it perfect but dumps it over somtimes. My other one just does'nt like it. And the babies they had together use it sometimes and sometimes go where ever.
Hoped i've Helped. :) :P :D
2006-12-19 16:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with beh, my rabbit doesnt have a cage either and we quickly realized that she did not like her discrete litter box area in the den...instead she prefers a corner in the kitchen. She never has pee pee accidents, but she does leave a few other "droppings" around her litter box area every now and again...apparently a way of marking her territory. Hope it works for you!
2006-12-19 18:34:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I litter trained my rabbit, he was not caged, so we paid attention to where he would have "accidents" and put the litter box in that area. When rabbits are in a cage, they usually pick a corner of their cage as their "bathroom" so if you pay attention to that, just put a litter box (usually a corner design) in their "bathroom" and they will generally start using the box on their own.
2006-12-19 14:04:37 · answer #5 · answered by Belle75 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/litter.html
The above link really covers everything. I've used it on three different rabbits with great success. Spaying/neutering is key to the whole process, along with having access to multiple boxes.
2006-12-19 14:19:51 · answer #6 · answered by Monet_Star 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
doesnt work will all of them, i had such trouble trying as well, but i still love my wabbit :)
2006-12-19 14:07:52 · answer #7 · answered by smokingstonersweetheart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋