RabbitBears
Warren Scout
Hi All
I don't post much but lurk and learn far more frequently.
I'm looking for a bit of advice. I am a human companion to a somewhat nervous though very loving 5 yr old lion lop called Smudge, who free ranges in my bedroom. I've recently moved house, my new room is larger than my last which I'm hoping he'll come to enjoy. However for now he just seems terrified, and is largely refusing to leave his litter tray. I know he's got cataracts since I last moved, they've been seen by my vet who said at the last check up that he still had some eyesight but possibly minimal. It's been a couple of days, and I wondered if anyone had any advice to help him feel more comfortable?
Things I've tried so far:
Putting the unwashed rug that was in my last room down next to the tray, so it should smell and feel familiar
Putting water and food in the tray so that he has everything he needs and can explore at his own pace
Leaving all food but hay just outside the tray so that he would hopefully be tantalised to leave
Lifting him out (he stays out for a bit, eats some food, hops over to his house, but I come back to find him back in the tray, and refusing to leave again.
Any ideas folks? Obviously I'm still unpacking as well so the room is changing. Would a smaller area to start help? Or just getting on with finishing arranging everything and hoping he gets used to it? He's currently confining himself to the equivalent of a small cage . He was happy to hop about everywhere in my last room but I'm worrying he has worse eyesight than I realised and that was just because he knew where everything was.
I'm hoping to maybe get him a friend in the next year but was recently made redundant so it's not possible at the moment. The room is a totally different size and the door and window are positioned differently, so laying everything out just the same is not possible.
I don't post much but lurk and learn far more frequently.
I'm looking for a bit of advice. I am a human companion to a somewhat nervous though very loving 5 yr old lion lop called Smudge, who free ranges in my bedroom. I've recently moved house, my new room is larger than my last which I'm hoping he'll come to enjoy. However for now he just seems terrified, and is largely refusing to leave his litter tray. I know he's got cataracts since I last moved, they've been seen by my vet who said at the last check up that he still had some eyesight but possibly minimal. It's been a couple of days, and I wondered if anyone had any advice to help him feel more comfortable?
Things I've tried so far:
Putting the unwashed rug that was in my last room down next to the tray, so it should smell and feel familiar
Putting water and food in the tray so that he has everything he needs and can explore at his own pace
Leaving all food but hay just outside the tray so that he would hopefully be tantalised to leave
Lifting him out (he stays out for a bit, eats some food, hops over to his house, but I come back to find him back in the tray, and refusing to leave again.
Any ideas folks? Obviously I'm still unpacking as well so the room is changing. Would a smaller area to start help? Or just getting on with finishing arranging everything and hoping he gets used to it? He's currently confining himself to the equivalent of a small cage . He was happy to hop about everywhere in my last room but I'm worrying he has worse eyesight than I realised and that was just because he knew where everything was.
I'm hoping to maybe get him a friend in the next year but was recently made redundant so it's not possible at the moment. The room is a totally different size and the door and window are positioned differently, so laying everything out just the same is not possible.