I feel cruel....

cos I've taken away the rabbits straw!

I'm trying to litter train Connie! She will pee anywhere on straw and is making a right mess of the cage. When I cleaned them out yesterday, I thought I'd leave the floor bare and just put straw in the litter trays to see if that worked and it has so thought I would leave it bare again today to try and get her in the habit of using them only! I do feel a bit bad though

Has this worked for anyone else?

Lian x

I have just done the same thing, my boys were going only in the corner where they happily dug all the straw up to :roll: and it was coming out of the cage. So what I did was got some cheap rubber mats and put them on the floor so hopefully the lack of straw to dig up will encourage them to go in either their litter tray or their dig box, I am not fussy which one though so long as it is not on the floor!

I don't know if this is any help but so far all I have noticed is poop but it is Billy after all and he just likes to poop a lot... I felt mean to as they like to make "beds" for themselves, have you put the hay in the litter tray or dig box?? I have done this to encourage them in, enticing plan

I wouldn't feel bad, I mean its not like its cold out.

I found that sprinkling a few pellets in the tray helped as well as a hay topping.

I really wudnt feel bad.....

Thanks guys. They do have rubber matting down so should be fine. I noticed this morning there were only poops about too so a good sign, no wee wee! :lol:

Have been sprinkling herbs and treats down so hopefully it will work.

norrielian said:

Thanks guys. They do have rubber matting down so should be fine. I noticed this morning there were only poops about too so a good sign, no wee wee! :lol:

Have been sprinkling herbs and treats down so hopefully it will work.

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Good plan Bribery!!! :lol: Please keep me updated though, if I fail you can let me know how you succeed?!

RusselRocky said:

Good plan Bribery!!! :lol: Please keep me updated though, if I fail you can let me know how you succeed?!

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Will do :lol:

You're doing the right thing and sounds like you're making progress, good luck!

The thing is, they still get the straw - just not where they're used to it being!

I use hay in my litter box (as I read rabbits eat as they poo!:?) - anyways, this seems to work a treat!

TP