Self-Grooming

Bunnies are "supposed" to be clean animals. I say supposed cos mine doesn't seem to think this way. Anyway, she does groom herself even if she steps on any of her own pee or poo. Only in places where she's not able to reach, I will need to help her out weekly. This is when a companion will come in handy. A bunny partner will help to groom the other.

Here are some pics of her grooming and some thoughts that came to mind when I saw them.

Oh yes, I do pray that she pees at the correct place and it is really a headache trying to figure out how to train her. Even though I tried reducing her playpen area to half, she still pees twice a day! Always at standard times of between 11plus to 12plus. I wonder why. If I let her out during the day for a longer period, she will also pee at a particular spot which is between her playpen grille and the wall. Sigh.

Misty: Don't ask me why.

(Re?) Training in Progress

I've decided to try to train Misty on her toilet habits. Took her to a vet about 2 weeks ago. I thought that she possibly had fungal infection cos there were bald patches at the inner sides of her hind legs as well as her butt area. Fortunately, vet said that it was probably due to her grooming cos those fur were matted. He also mentioned that she has bad toilet habits since young, much like not having parents to teach her where to pee.

Misty: Kiss my dirty butt!

So I wanted to get her out of her bad pee habits. At first, I tried to put her into her old cage to constrain her within a smaller area. She was terrified by that and stuck to her litterpan 100% of the time, eating and sleeping in there. I tried nudging her butt to get her off the pan but she hopped back soon after. One day of that, and when I came back in the evening, yes, she was on the pan. So no pee on the cage base. I had to put her back into the cage else she might just forget how to hop. Haaa.

Anyways, next morning, yes 2 pools of pee again. So this attempt failed. I'm now reducing the size of her playpen by placing one panel midway into the square such that she has a much smaller area. Let's see how this works before I move to panel back to a bigger area.

Misty: Don't cage me please...