Small Pets : How to Litter Box-Train a Rabbit

When training a rabbit to use a litter box, make sure to use organic litter so that the rabbit won't get any respiratory infections. Find out how to place a litter box to train a rabbit with help from the manager of a pet store in this free video on pet rabbits.

Expert: Ashlee
Bio: Ashlee has been the manager of Pet Planet in Riverton, Utah for the last three years.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• small pets
• pet rabbits
• pet guinea pigs
• pet hamsters
• pet gerbils
• pet care
• rabbit care
• hamster cages
• litter box

[rccahay]

to litter train my rabbit, i kept her in a cage for the first couple months that i owned her so she got used to peeing and pooping in there. then i let her run free around the house like a dog or a cat. i took the bars off the cage (so it was just a tray) and she naturally used the tray to go to the bathroom. i also kept her food in the tray. sometimes she'll pee in certain corners to mark her territory but other than that i've never had any problems with her :).

[mrgoonermate]

litter training is easy, with my rabbit I let him choose where he wanted to go basically. he naturally went tp a corner of the room and pee'd there, so from then on, I put the tray there and he hasn't been to the toilet anywhere else. Just that one accident at the very beginning and that was it.

[bestrickie2]

Very interesting, U know Ur stuff. I used to look after rabbits at boarding school over 30 years ago. I C U hav a Dutch black. One of the nice rabbits we kept was a lovely Dutch blue a boy bought from a pet shop. It's important when litter training to put in the tray a small sample of the eurin & or droppings for the rabbits to get the scent. A very good idea to put hey into the tray. Rabbits usually go to the toilet in one corner as you rightly said. Cheers & all the best with your bunnies.

[MrzSassy101]

I put my litter box in the spot that she goes in all the time and she changed her spot about 3 times! Now she is doing it right in front of the cage door and i cante put the litter box there so i put it beside but still... nothing.

[MissyBunny101]

I have had my rabbit for 3 weeks now and have started litter training him he does do the occasional poo but other than that he's doing fine :)

[KerryCObihara]

Ive had a bunny for a few weeks now and im trying to litter train it, most of the times it will pee in the bocx, otherwise itll do it on the newspaper in its cage, and its again begining to poop in another side of its cage!! very annoyed, it does use it box but it dosent at the same time, it picks and chooses, im using a wood based pellet litter

[masterkeenan21]

My girlfriend and i were planning on getting a bunny together, but we didnt want to cage it up, i was wondering if it were a possibility to litter train it well enough it didnt need a cage, and if the rabbit would be comfortable just roaming the room and sleeping on a fluffy cushion? or would i be better off investing in a smaller cage for when im not around and let it out when i am there? I will be with the rabbit most of my time except during school.

[masterkeenan21]

My girlfriend and i were planning on getting a bunny together, but we didnt want to cage it up, i was wondering if it were a possibility to litter train it well enough it didnt need a cage, and if the rabbit would be comfortable just roaming the room and sleeping on a fluffy cushion? or would i be better off investing in a smaller cage for when im not around and let it out when i am there?

[abbybunny82]

nice video! very helpful! (:

[divagal88833]

i just got my rabbit 4days ago he is 8 weeks old and i am really interested in litter training him he is in and out of the house all the time sometimes he will be in his hutch and sometimes in the house. the first problem i am having is that he doesn't have a corner that he goes in to pee or poo he goes on the couch which is a big problem i really want to know how to get him to pee in the litter box and not on the couch please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aglover100]

@MegaPlanelover its best to buy a cage because if the bunny is going to chew the box and the paint can harm your bunny and it will stink really bad too