If you own a rabbit and aren't quite sure what to
do with him or her why not train him. I will show you step by step how to litter
train your pet rabbit. Within a few weeks, your rabbit will be trained to use a
litter box both in and out of his cage. Don't worry, its not that hard to do, I
did it with my six year old daughter.
Here are three things you should do before you
start to actually train your rabbit.
1) Make sure you have a proper cage for your
rabbit:
His cage should be big enough for him to have a "living" area and a "potty"
area.
2) Let your rabbit exercise everyday.
You should have your rabbit out to exercise 1-2 times a day for 30-60 minutes.
3) Feed your rabbit
You should feed your rabbit a combination of fruits, vegetables and dry food
three times a day. You will find that your rabbit has one or two favourite
treats which you will use when you begin to train him.
OK now that you have spent a some time getting to know your rabbit and have
become friends its time to start training.
Litter Training Your Rabbit
This should be the first thing you teach your rabbit to do. It is a fairly easy
task to do plus it will eliminate having to clean up after him while you are
training him other commands. You will need a litter pan about 4 inches high and
either hay or nonclumping rabbit litter to put in the litter box. DO NOT use
regular cat litter. The dust can cause respiratory problems for your rabbit.
Place the litter box in the room where you have been letting him exercise.
Remove some "rabbit pebbles" from the bottom of your rabbits cage and place them
in the litter box. Put your rabbit in the litter box and use a command like
"rabbits name, go pebbles" or "rabbits name, go potty ". Don't worry if your
rabbit hops out of the box, let him hop around for 10 minutes then place him
back in the box and repeat the command. When you see your rabbit go potty in the
box, praise him by scratching his nose or stroking his head and say "good
rabbits name" or good boy/girl". DO NOT give your rabbit a treat for going
potty. Do this everyday for a week. By the end of the week your rabbit should
hop in the pan and go potty whenever you have him out of his cage.
