Hi everyone!
I'm in desperate need of some advice. My 3 and a half year old Netherland Dwarf (called Guinness) has recently lost all his litter habits and has started pooing and spraying all over the house but mostly in his room which he shares with his new bun friend - a Himalayan cross. They have fully bonded now (it's been 3 months) and they free range their room together and get let out to the rest of the downstairs when supervised. He lost his habits when Fenty (the new female, a rescue, 5 years old) came on the scene. She is much bigger than Guinness, she pees and poos more, and generally leaves more of a smell which makes me wonder whether Guinness is trying to out-do her by going somewhere that he can still be smelt? I thought it would settle down once they were fully bonded but I believe they have been for about 2 months. They lick each other and cuddle in together. Absolute zero signs of fighting or prying for dominance now. He had great litter habits before her. She picked up where to go straight away and has been fantastic ever since.
I'm in dire need of help - I have a chronic health condition and although I am 100% able to care for both rabbits regularly, the constant hoovering (twice a day now) to keep on top of things is getting too much with no end in sight. To show him where to go i've tried moving his poo into the litter areas, both where Fenty goes and in other trays i've put down beside this to give Guinness more options. I put hay in all these places and nowhere else. The sporadic poo gets set down EVERYWHERE but large litter area in their own room and all over the living room when he gets the chance. I've increasingly caught him peeing in the living room too and on top of chairs which he had stopped doing pre-Fenty.
Any help would be so appreciated. I love my new rabbit and I am so happy to have been able to rescue her from what was an awful life but I never expected it to be this difficult. Between her super levels of peeing and Guinness' change in habits i've taken on about 5 times as much work for myself.
Thanks for reading!
I'm in desperate need of some advice. My 3 and a half year old Netherland Dwarf (called Guinness) has recently lost all his litter habits and has started pooing and spraying all over the house but mostly in his room which he shares with his new bun friend - a Himalayan cross. They have fully bonded now (it's been 3 months) and they free range their room together and get let out to the rest of the downstairs when supervised. He lost his habits when Fenty (the new female, a rescue, 5 years old) came on the scene. She is much bigger than Guinness, she pees and poos more, and generally leaves more of a smell which makes me wonder whether Guinness is trying to out-do her by going somewhere that he can still be smelt? I thought it would settle down once they were fully bonded but I believe they have been for about 2 months. They lick each other and cuddle in together. Absolute zero signs of fighting or prying for dominance now. He had great litter habits before her. She picked up where to go straight away and has been fantastic ever since.
I'm in dire need of help - I have a chronic health condition and although I am 100% able to care for both rabbits regularly, the constant hoovering (twice a day now) to keep on top of things is getting too much with no end in sight. To show him where to go i've tried moving his poo into the litter areas, both where Fenty goes and in other trays i've put down beside this to give Guinness more options. I put hay in all these places and nowhere else. The sporadic poo gets set down EVERYWHERE but large litter area in their own room and all over the living room when he gets the chance. I've increasingly caught him peeing in the living room too and on top of chairs which he had stopped doing pre-Fenty.
Any help would be so appreciated. I love my new rabbit and I am so happy to have been able to rescue her from what was an awful life but I never expected it to be this difficult. Between her super levels of peeing and Guinness' change in habits i've taken on about 5 times as much work for myself.
Thanks for reading!
I wish you luck.
