right now he is pooping a lot over the furniture
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u would train it the same way u would train a kitten
You don't. Rabbits go when the urge strikes. They are not litter trainable.
you cannot train a rabbit not to poop everywhere. it's a territorial thing. As for teaching him to pee in a litter box, you can place the little box in a corner where you find he pees alot. If he doesn't have one, scoop some shavings from his cage that are soaked in pee (ewwww) and place it in the litter box. When he smells it, he will pee there again.and again.and again. He will eventually catch on. Also, but him in the litter box often like a cat.
The sooner the better. As the old saying goes, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." (which is not true lol) it is MUCH harder to train a mature rabbit than it is to train a bunny.
sneak into it's den one night, bounce about and then poo in it's straw! Look that critter right in the eye and say "there! see how you like it dude :("
I've been told that the only way you can litter train a rabbit, and yes it is possible, is to get the rabbit fixed. They will also be a lot less agressive. I had a friend that had a house rabbit and she got him fixed and trained him to use a litter box. I would think you have to just keep putting them in the box the same way you would a cat.
Oh my..well you have a problem! I had a baby bunny and he pooped and peed everywhere. However! He followed my cat around and decided he liked her litter box..but he still did "his thing" whenever he wanted to. Good luck. Oh and btw..i know how bad the smell is..even tried to walk my rabbit on a leash.didn't work..sorry.
Young rabbits can be a bit harder to litter box train than older rabbits- think of them as toddlers learning to be potty trained. My current bunny was also a baby when I got her and it took her some time to learn, but she is wonderful about it now.
The easiest way to litter box train a rabbit is to set the box in the corner of the cage that the rabbit uses the most to urinate. Unlike other animals, rabbits will eat near where they poop so you can encourage your rabbit by hanging a hay rack next to or above the litter box. Clean up any accidents the rabbit has in other areas of the cage, but you do want to leave some dropping in the box until he catches on. Some rabbits can take a little longer, so don鈥檛 be discouraged.
Spaying or neutering is also highly recommended for rabbits. Many people swear litter box training is easier because of it, as males tend to mark their territory if they aren鈥檛 neutered and hopefully neutering should reduce this. My last rabbits were both spayed and were near perfect with their litter box- even when out of the cage.
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You can absolutely train a bunny to use his litterbox. I admit that it is easier once he is neutered, but our boy was great with his litter box always.
Watch where he likes to go in his room/cage and put a litter box there. Be sure to fill it with hay to entice him to go in and eat the hay. Rabbits are very efficient and they will eat the hay and poop at the same time. Until he is using his litter box regularly, I would not let him have the run of the house. When he uses his box, praise him and tell him he is a good bunny and give him a treat, like a sprig of parsely.
If he is not neutered, part of the pooping is to mark his territory and that will stop for the most part once he is neutered.
Here is a link to many articles on litter box training that I found very helpful:
http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/r.
That site has plenty of useful information.
I've written a small article on toilet training bunnies -
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunn. -
Yes, rabbits can be toilet-trained 鈥?whether in his hutch, or free in your home, you鈥檒l notice that your bunny usually pees in the same corner. So, get a flat tray - we cover Pookie鈥檚 litter tray with a couple of pages of newspaper and more wood shavings - and put the tray directly where he鈥檚 peeing. He then begins to associate the tray as the toilet. (Just a word of warning - NEVER use mineral cat litter, because if a rabbit ingests this, it can swell in his stomach and he will die. Much better are wood shavings or shredded paper.) The trick is really to put the tray where you observe him peeing, rather than try to get him to go wherever you place the tray 鈥?that will not succeed! He will eventually associate the tray with pooping as well, but this is relative to the individual bunny 鈥?some bunnies are easier to toilet train than others, and you must remember that, from a rabbit鈥檚 point of view, depositing a small pile of droppings, and their regular corners where they pee also, reassures your bunny that this is his territory, and that no other pesky renegade rabbits are going to try and claim it as theirs. Anyway, bunnies鈥?pellet-like poop isn鈥檛 very offensive, and is easy to sweep up! You can gather up the pellets which bunny deposits around the room, and place them on his litter tray - this will encourage him to recognise the tray as the place to deposit them in future. But rabbits can indeed be toilet trained because, to reiterate, they like to go in the one place 鈥?so when you find the place that they like to go, that is where you place the tray, and they will learn to associate the tray with their toilet. If they鈥檙e also peeing in a different spot, especially in a large enclosure or a big room, you simply place another, second tray in that new spot too - so bunny may have two trays, in a larger enclosure or room.
Hope my info helps, and best of luck to you and your new family member!
just get a litter pan an conatantly show them that their kinda like cats but catch on quicker just put the litter pan their fav. place to go i use 2 one with red cedar bedding thats the one my female likes to use an the other with kitty litter that my male uses good luck hope i helped
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