Moon
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Hello! I very recently (Dec 1st) adopted my very first rabbit. He's a mini rex and he's adorable. Loves running around my living room doing little kicks and sniffing at everything. I've set up his cage according to numerous online sites but I was wondering if I could get more advice on it just in case I'm doing something wrong (sorry for the numerous questions and mishmash of info in advance!) I don't have pictures yet but for reference his cage is about 4' wide, 3' deep & high.
So I've let him explore my living room whenever I've been home, and then put him into the cage whenever I have to leave for work or when I go to sleep. He doesn't seem to be liking the cage and I just want to make sure it's not because I'm doing something wrong. (He was in a much smaller cage with the woman I got him from - who raises rabbits for show).
He's only 2 months old and apparently you shouldn't bother litter training until they're 6 months? He seems to like peeing in one corner of a cardboard box I had put in there because he climbed into it and didn't want to come out. I cut the box so the it only had 3 sides (basically looks like this: |_|) and put the litter in it, thinking he might use it as a litter box but he's been pooping all over the cage (wire bottom w/ mats so he's not resting in it).
I also put a lot of hay on the floor of his cage (opposite side to the 'litter box' as well as a little bit near it because they like to munch while doing their business?) but I'm not sure if he's even eating it.
He has also found 2 places in my living room he likes to sequester himself in. A small nook below a built-in bookcase, and a tiny space beneath a side table. He pooped a bit beneath the side table. Is there anything I should do in these spots? The side table definitely doesn't have enough room for an extra litter box unfortunately.
The good news is there's been no spraying and no chewing so far. He's very well behaved when he's out of the cage. I've yet to find any pee (hopefully there's not a puddle waiting somewhere I didn't think to check...) and as I said, he hasn't tried to chew on anything - wires, furniture, nothing. He's extremely well behaved. I've actually let him roam the living room when I've gone out to do errands (gone about an hour or less) and he simply went to lie down beneath the bookcase.
As of this morning, he still prefers sitting in his little box, but he's pooping in it as well now so I'm not sure if it's a resting place or a pooping place. Surely he shouldn't be laying in his poop? I've made sure to clean out the box whenever I notice poop so that it doesn't get into his fur, but of course can't do that when I'm at work.
Thanks for any help
So I've let him explore my living room whenever I've been home, and then put him into the cage whenever I have to leave for work or when I go to sleep. He doesn't seem to be liking the cage and I just want to make sure it's not because I'm doing something wrong. (He was in a much smaller cage with the woman I got him from - who raises rabbits for show).
He's only 2 months old and apparently you shouldn't bother litter training until they're 6 months? He seems to like peeing in one corner of a cardboard box I had put in there because he climbed into it and didn't want to come out. I cut the box so the it only had 3 sides (basically looks like this: |_|) and put the litter in it, thinking he might use it as a litter box but he's been pooping all over the cage (wire bottom w/ mats so he's not resting in it).
I also put a lot of hay on the floor of his cage (opposite side to the 'litter box' as well as a little bit near it because they like to munch while doing their business?) but I'm not sure if he's even eating it.
He has also found 2 places in my living room he likes to sequester himself in. A small nook below a built-in bookcase, and a tiny space beneath a side table. He pooped a bit beneath the side table. Is there anything I should do in these spots? The side table definitely doesn't have enough room for an extra litter box unfortunately.
The good news is there's been no spraying and no chewing so far. He's very well behaved when he's out of the cage. I've yet to find any pee (hopefully there's not a puddle waiting somewhere I didn't think to check...) and as I said, he hasn't tried to chew on anything - wires, furniture, nothing. He's extremely well behaved. I've actually let him roam the living room when I've gone out to do errands (gone about an hour or less) and he simply went to lie down beneath the bookcase.
As of this morning, he still prefers sitting in his little box, but he's pooping in it as well now so I'm not sure if it's a resting place or a pooping place. Surely he shouldn't be laying in his poop? I've made sure to clean out the box whenever I notice poop so that it doesn't get into his fur, but of course can't do that when I'm at work.
Thanks for any help