Typical litter habits?

Hello Everyone,

I've got kind of an odd question, but how well litter trained are your rabbits?

Brynn has always been very good, and after her spay she did improve. I've really noticed how "good" her litter habits are now that I'm in a new place. I'll probably jinx it by saying this, but she has not had one accident outside of her cage (not even ONE poo)... and she has free roam of the place anytime I'm home (so she is out a lot). Obviously, this is a very welcome attribute considering my flooring and furniture . Now, as I'm preparing to get a second bunny, I'm wondering if Brynn is the standard or an exception?

Especially for those of you with indoor rabbits, how "well trained" are your rabbits? and... do you think, when I introduce a second bunny Brynn's litter habits will change (long term)?

Thanks as always!
I suppose I should get off Happy Hoppers and go to work now!....

Hi

I do think that Brynn sounds very well litter trained (not one poo? Wow, clever girl! ). From my own experience bunnies will normally wee in their trays all the time but may leave a few poos scattered round about their living area, usually near their tray. But spaying does help enormously, as you've discovered with Brynn.

You might find introducing another bun will make her leave a few more poos outside her tray for a little while, but then again she may be fine.

Rosie is very good really - she always wees in her tray. So much so that in her younger days when she used to go outside, she would never wee on the grass - she would hold it in until she came back inside and go straight to her tray to relieve herself!

Wow, Brynn is a smart bunsta!
Berts always wees in his tray(s) - he has 2 indoors and 1 in his summerhouse outside.
In his bedroom, all the poo goes in the tray, in the lounge, about 50% of it in the tray and the other 50% surrounding it. I think he uses it to mark his patch.
Once he's done that, he stops poooing outside the tray, as soon as we clean it up, he does it again Bless

Fuzz is very well trained, but bonding has made him go a little crazy with the poo markers! I'm hoping he'll go back to only pooing in his tray shortly, and teach Petal to do the same!

Piper is very well trained, I can't recall her ever having an accident out of her litter tray besides the occasional poo. Alfred isn't quite as good as Piper, he's had a few accidents here and there. I think it's mostly because he's too lazy to go and find his litter tray when he's chilling on the couch with me If I put his litter tray wherever he is he uses it.

Sanford, on the other hand, is horrible with accidents! Although she isn't spayed yet so I'm sure that has something to do with it. It's like she is a rebellious teenager and is just doing it to make me mad!

Gloria and Wolfie are outside buns and have a very defined corner where they go to poo and wee. They don't leave poos or wees anywhere else in their compound and will get up and move to that area to do their business.

During the night they use their litter trays and apart from the odd poo in their living area, they leave a little pile of poos in their beds.

Felix is the same.

Briony and connie all wees go in litter tray and a good amount of droppings.

Rosie Rabbit wrote:Rosie is very good really - she always wees in her tray. So much so that in her younger days when she used to go outside, she would never wee on the grass - she would hold it in until she came back inside and go straight to her tray to relieve herself!

Aww! Bless her! When Tori visits my parents and is allowed outside she will scratch at the door to be let IN so she can use her litter box!

hanspan wrote:Fuzz is very well trained, but bonding has made him go a little crazy with the poo markers! I'm hoping he'll go back to only pooing in his tray shortly, and teach Petal to do the same!

Let me know how it goes!

Thanks to everyone for the feedback! Very helpful!