Friday, November 23, 2007

Rabbit Care Training Part 1: Litter Box Training

So I decided to start with something thats not too hard to explain, because I'm very tired tonight and don't feel like writing a long entry. :)

Rabbits are very clean, and they don't like to sleep where they go to the bathroom usually. You could either just put a litter box in your rabbit's cage (just make sure your rabbit still has plenty of room, though) or you could use a litter box outside of the cage if you leave your rabbit's cage open alot, or you could do both! Sometimes when litter-box training your rabbit, its very difficult at first, and sometimes its not. It just depends on your rabbit. :)

You should probably buy a few litterboxes when your beginning your training. If they have a full run of the house, try to find an enclosed room to train your rabbit in. Place a few litter boxes in different places around the room, and put some hay or something in the litterbox that your rabbit can eat. (Hay is reccomended, though because it helps your rabbit go to the bathroom). See where your rabbit goes, and if your rabbit doesn't go in the litterbox right away, don't worry. It takes time and perseverance. Just try again, and try to notice where your rabbit went and put the litterbox there. Sometimes they just like to go in a certain place. lol
When your rabbit is just about litter-box trained, take away the extra litterbox and just leave one out (unless you have on in the room and one in the cage or something like that lol). Whatever you do: DO NOT HIT, SMACK, KICK, HURT, YOUR RABBIT WHILE LITTERBOX TRAINING OR ANYTIME!!! And DO NOT dicipline your rabbit if they don't go to the litterbox (especially while your still training them).

NOTE: It is SO much easier to litter box train your rabbit when your rabbit is spayed/neutered. Also, if you have a younger bunny it might be a bit harder to train them then an older, calmer rabbit. :)
-If you have any questions or comments feel free to tell me in the Comments section. Good luck training your rabbit! :D

~Grace~ <3

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