Hi guys, my rabbit Lucie is 2 years old, free roams, and spayed. I love her to bits and recently my bedroom has became her main base where all her hides, toys and litter is. For the past 4 days, I’ve been having issues with her pooping everywhere.
The story is: She was fully litter trained but I didn’t like how her litter tray was right next to my radiator now that it’s winter so I bought the ikea hol and turned it into a bunny hide. I thought it was a good place to conceal her litter tray while also acting as shelter for her, but she didn’t like this change at all and kept pooping and peeing where her old litter used to be. To tackle this, I reduced her space by using a pen. But this didn’t stop her… she just kept popping outside of the hide. So I’ve reduced the size of her pen AGAIN. I can’t help but to feel guilty seeing her in such a small pen… but I read online that reducing the size of their space helps teach rabbits to use their litter. I also have been sweeping up all her mess and putting it in her litter to try and get her to go where her scent is. She does lay in the hide so the issue isn’t that she doesn’t like it, I think she’s just being stubborn?
I’m wondering if the pen in the photo I’ve attached is way too small for litter training, how long she should be in this size of pen for and any tips on how to help litter train her again
by jnverted