Pregnant bunny eats nesting materials including wool

Rabbit Talk  Forum

Help Support Rabbit Talk Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
go with a simple grass hay, cheaper and I think better. OR till up part of your yard and grow some, I've been thinking of that. Right now I am lucky because a client of mine gives me a bale of nice grass hay for free. I feed them the Oren Reynolds pellets. I also give them nice fresh greens when I have them. It's kinda cold here today and windy 21 farenheit. I stuff their cages full of hay and they seem so happy. They didn't even want to come out for exercise yet. They gotta rearrange that hay hahaha, get it just the way they want it. I love my bunnies. Enjoy your new ones, it's fun to watch them grow and hopefully she will be able to keep them all fed. You are in Turkey? What is your climate right now?
 
She was urinating in the nest box so I made a smaller box but it didn't work, she keeps defecating and urinating in it. Worst than that she keeps putting her fur everywhere but inside the box. I think she thinks the box is her toilet and everywhere but the box is her nest (facepalm)

Just a bit of information - unless you take the time to specifically train the rabbit where to go (not normally done unless it's an indoors rabbit) it's the rabbit who decides where the toilet is. I'd go with the rabbit's decision for now and not stress her by moving the kits back to the toilet if she removes them again. Give her fresh nesting materials if she pulls them out of the box and let her nest where she chooses. You don't want to end up with the kits being constantly covered in urine and feces.
 
first time moms sometimes make mistakes. As long as she cares for them now, it's all good.

Often times if a rabbit is urinating/pooping in a box it's in an area that she wants to use for going potty. moving the box to a completely different area helps. But once the decision in made... it's made. Rabbits can be stubborn like that. :)
 

Latest posts

Back
Top