Can you potty train a dwarf rabbit?

My last rabbit was litter trained.. We had a litter box behind the couch and he would use the bathroom in that, he was just like my cat or dog, he didn’t have a cage or anything.

ABSOLUTELY! WHEN YOU FIRST GET IT, THE ONLY THING IN THE CAGE BOTTOM SHOULD BE THE FOOD BOWL. I RECOMMEND USING MARSHALLS FERRET LITTER AND A HIGH CORNER LITTER BOX. BEFORE PLACING IT IN THE CAGE WATCH TO SEE WHICH CORNER THE RABBIT URINATES IN. THATS THE CORNER YOU PUT THE BOX IN. IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF TRIES BUT BE PATIENT. PUTTING SOME OF THE DROPPINGS IN THE BOX IS A GOOD WAY OF LETTING IT KNOW THAT THIS IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO ECUSE ITSELF. AND WHEN YOUR BUNNY DOES GOOD, A REWARD IS IN ORDER. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOUR PET IS CIVILIZED!LOL.

I WOULDN’T RECOMMEND A RABBIT AS A PET FOR A CHILD UNLESS THERE IS A WILLING ADULT TO BE THERE FOR EVERYTHING THE CHILD FORGETS TO DO AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL PART OF IT. I, LIKE MANY OF YOU, TRY TO PURCHASE AS MUCH OF MY RABBIT SUPPLIES AS I CAN IN BULK AND EVEN STILL IT CAN BE COSTLY. LAST I CHECKED, MOST CHILDREN DO NOT GET a lot OF ALLOWANCE. EVENTUALLY THAT CHILD IS GOING TO GET TIRED OF SPENDING THEIR “FUN” MONEY ON THEIR PET AND THE RABBITS NEEDS WILL GET NEGLECTED.

LYNDA NYC

yes you can all you have to do is get a litter pan and fill it with bedding. I have 4 bunnies and I am 12 too, 3 girls and 1 boy, they’re so cut and only one of them doesnt have a litter pan, but believe me you will love your rabbit, my buny gives me kisses on my nose.

I had 3 rabbits growing up. 2 dutch, and 1 dwarf. We had them all potty trained. Use cedar chips, it has a pleasant smell, and it absorbs the smell of urine better. We just bought a plasic dish tub, and put some cedar chips in it. We would keep putting the bunnies in so they knew what they had to do. They catch on pretty fast. We never let our rabbits run around the whole house, just the kitchen, & dining area. After awhile when the tub would get full of bunny waste, just sprinkle alittle more cedar chips on top to freshen it up. Rabbits are intelligent, it wont take long before they are litter trained.

Good Luck!

Hey,

I put Bristol board in the bottom of my rabbits cage (hes just a baby) over the wood shavings so I could see the poop and pee clearer. Then I put the litter tin in the corner he prefers to do his duty. Everytime he pooped I would remove the poop when he was watching and place it in the litter. once he peed I wiped it up with paper towel and put the piece of paper towel in the litter box. He is now successfully litter trained! IT TAKES COMMITMENT TO TRAIN THEM you cannot expect to put a tin in there and look in it once a day you have to spend an hour or two with the rabbit watching it if you put it in the litter tin long after it pooped it then it will not understand.

Rabbits will generally poop in one place, which makes them good to litter train. Whether they poop/pee a lot or not, the cages STILL need to be cleaned regularly so they are living in a clean and healthy environment. If you aren’t willing to clean it regularly then you should reconsider the whole idea.

Yes, well my bunny loves running around the place and not to be cooped up all day. We trained him when he was 8 months, we did not have a potty for him as our house was too small to have things laying about, so we had his cage on the deck, his cage was cleaned out every day or two so it did not stink. Whenever bunny made a mess we put him straight into the cage, bunny took a few weeks to realize that he has to go in his cage, and not in the house. So whenever bunny needs to go he waits by the slide door if it is shut and goes in the cage.