Litter Training a Rabbit

If you adopt a rabbit as a baby, you can begin training him to use a litter box. Once the rabbit is properly trained, he can roam throughout the house just like any other housebroken pet. Some people claim their pet rabbits use a box with more dependability than a litter trained cat. This will give your pet rabbit much more freedom, and he will be much happier than if he were confined to a hutch or cage. Your pet rabbit will enjoy mingling with the family, and you’ll enjoy watching his antics. Litter training a rabbit can be accomplished in three easy steps. With a little patience and perseverance, litter training will be successful, and your rabbit will be able to roam free in your home.

Step One

Litter training should begin with cage training. It’s best to cage train your rabbit as soon as you adopt him. Although an older rabbit can be litter trained, training is the most successful when a rabbit is adopted as a baby. If you want to litter train, consider adopting a pet rabbit around the age of eight weeks.

Purchase a large cage for your rabbit, along with other necessary supplies, small animal bedding, a shallow plastic box, a scoop, and non-clumping cat litter. Don’t place the pan in the cage immediately. Simply line the cage with an adequate amount of small animal bedding. Rabbits are actually very clean animals, and they tend to eliminate in one corner of their cage. After a few days you’ll see where your pet is relieving himself.

When you’ve determined the area of your rabbit’s cage that he’s using to relieve himself, simply fill the cat pan about a third of the way full with cat litter, remove the soiled bedding, place some of the soiled bedding into the training box, and place the box in the area the rabbit was using as a potty spot. Hopefully he’ll begin using the litter box instead of the floor of his cage.

If you want to litter train, consider adopting a pet rabbit around the age of eight weeks.

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