I'm becoming a very frustrated rabbit mama.
Ever since I bonded my two rabbits, who were both litter trained before being bonded, the rabbits have gone completely backwards in their litter habits. My bonded pair both have free run of the house at all times (it is fully bunny proofed), and just have a home base where they have a bed, water, hay, and a litter box. This area set aside for them is an open pen on a laminate floor with foam pads lining the whole pen. They also have a second litter box outside of the pen which they are great about using and wee no where but inside the pen.
But the problem is that one of my rabbits refuses to use the litter box in the pen, she just enters the pen and wees wherever she sees fit inside. And now my second rabbit is starting to catch on and pee wherever he feels like in the pen. Every time I know they are about to wee, or if I catch them midway through, I pick them up and place them in the litter box. If they do use the litter box they get a treat as a reward. But I just don't feel like my girl (Ruby) is getting it. She's not learning and treating the whole pen as a litter box.
I am now at my whit's end with how many hours I have now spent cleaning urine off the cage floor and the runoff that has spilled on to my floor.
What should I do?
Any responses are greatly appreciated.
Ever since I bonded my two rabbits, who were both litter trained before being bonded, the rabbits have gone completely backwards in their litter habits. My bonded pair both have free run of the house at all times (it is fully bunny proofed), and just have a home base where they have a bed, water, hay, and a litter box. This area set aside for them is an open pen on a laminate floor with foam pads lining the whole pen. They also have a second litter box outside of the pen which they are great about using and wee no where but inside the pen.
But the problem is that one of my rabbits refuses to use the litter box in the pen, she just enters the pen and wees wherever she sees fit inside. And now my second rabbit is starting to catch on and pee wherever he feels like in the pen. Every time I know they are about to wee, or if I catch them midway through, I pick them up and place them in the litter box. If they do use the litter box they get a treat as a reward. But I just don't feel like my girl (Ruby) is getting it. She's not learning and treating the whole pen as a litter box.
I am now at my whit's end with how many hours I have now spent cleaning urine off the cage floor and the runoff that has spilled on to my floor.
What should I do?
Any responses are greatly appreciated.