Smudge Is So Awkward!!

Smudge ... I have tried litter training himm a billion times but everytime he starts to use it he wil move a bit further down his hutch.

im not at home for sum of theday so its hard to keep an eye on him constantly.

Anybody got any suggestions... Much Apreeciated x:wave:

Has he been neutered, its a million times easier to litter train if he has been neutered.

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No He Hasn't Been Neutered.. I Have Been Thinking About It, I Wouldnt Have Thought That Would Help Me :roll: Thakns xx

unneutured bunnies are alot harder 2 litter train! if hes neutured he will much easier 2 trin 2 use the litter box xxx

Claude was a nightmare before he was neutered used to pee and poo everywhere now hes a very clean boy

I was adivsed that rabbits only go to the toilet where the hay is. I changed my corner trays to rectangle ones that fill the bedroom and only put hay in there. They are a lot better now with only the occasional spill over the side of the trays.

Bunnybuddies said:

I was adivsed that rabbits only go to the toilet where the hay is.

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Thats what I was told as well but it didnt quite work that way with Pumpkin. He would wee & poo wherever his litter tray wasnt until 1 day I took his hay out & hey presto one very clean hutch & one very wet & dirty tray

yeah they are all different - my 7 (2 have since died) all took to litter trays straight away from never having any, even though they were all adult and 6 weren't neutered.

then after about a year, Maa and Benny both decided they wanted to keep their litter tray (a big underbed storage box with their eating hay in as well as absorbent litter) as a bed, and started to use the floor as a toilet :roll: I added an extra box to each of their hutches, and all was well for another year - then Maa decided to keep both boxes clean, and started using the floor again :roll: I managed to squeeze a small, empty kitten litter tray into the gap she was using, wedged it all with bricks, and she became once more perfectly litter trained for months - until a bit of hay got into her 'toilet tray' :roll: She then decided she couldn't go to the toilet in the hutch at all, and started holding it all night, which soon was the death of her

I would rather they make a mess on the floor than become so obsessed with being clean that they make themselves ill - I have heard of other rabbits holding it like Maa did too, so it's not unusual.