Rabbit training

Of course you can train rabbits! My DS had one, I so miss her, she died a year and a half ago. Yes, they have little corner stations. She did like nibbling cables, we just hid them.

DS got her when he was 12, and he has a Den outside that was made from an outbuilding. It's fully furnished, so we were worried about all his computer stuff and carpets and he also has a bed out there for when we evict him for visitors, but we had very few accidents. When he went to Uni I brought her in here with me for the winter, it was like having a little dog. She would sit on DBH's feet in the evenings. Her favourite place though was on DS's lap while he played games on his computer.
My herb garden suffered though. She had an outside hutch, but in the heat of the summer preferred to sleep in a burrow that she made in a shady corner. She would even come when we called her.

Ours GDDs rabbits are trained to use the corner toilet but they are kept outside and during the day they are in penned area and don't need one. We looked after them for 2 weeks in June and it was really hard work. They have a fresh diet and apart from grass and dandelions they eat lettuce and carrots. You have to buy those with the green on. It was a lot of work and they got free twice and we were chasing them around. The largest was killed by a weasel the week after we had left. All that caring and carrot chopping for nothing!

My friend's daughter has two house rabbits and they do their business in a designated area - in much the same way that cats use a litter tray. However, I wouldn't want rabbits permanently roaming around indoors because, if hers are anything to go by, they bite doors, flooring and wires.

We had a couple of rabbits when the children were young but the first one was the best - it was an Old Englsh rabbit and she had beautiful markings - looked as if she had eye liner on! She came into the house every Saturday evening and as DS had a habit of lying on his tum to watch TV she sat on his back and watched the whole of the Black and White Minstrels without moving. When it finished she got up and washed herself and then went to the door and waited to be put back in her hutch! Never had an accident - always went to the door and we put her in the hutch (which we kept in the utility room in the winter) and as she could get out of the hutch she sometimes came back in again but usually just settled down for the night.

I forgot to say that he was allowed to run free range in the garden and would come in when called!

As a child, my friend had a rabbit that lived in the house with two cats. He always used the newspaper that was placed under a table for his loo and would sleep curled up with the cats. He was an indoor rabbit because foxes had despatched the previous pet.

Why would anyone want to have a rabbit living in their house!!??

Rabbits are intelligent little creatures and it is very sad when the novelty of owning one wears off, and they are left in a hutch at the bottom of the garden all day, just being fed once or twice.
Our rabbit was found in DD's horses' field, with four of her babies, having been dumped from a car.

Rabbit litter trays are triangular corner ones, as that is where they choose to use them for a wee. I took on GCs' pair for a while when I felt they were being neglected, then sold them on when they stopped even asking after them. A tray is useful in the hutch too, much easier for cleaning out, but it needs to be attached to the corner, or they will chuck it around! Good luck.

When the darling kids were young they brought their pet rabbit (Jane) and guinea pig (Peter) into the house. The guinea pig was quickly banned, but Jane and her successor Pep came in frequently. Neither ever made a mess but waited until they were back on their run.

I know a lady who has two or three house rabbits (she's a bit 'unusual'). They use a cat litter tray and sleep in cats beds. She notes where they 'go' and puts the litter tray there. They always use the same spot. Don't forget that rabbits eat and re-digest the first wet poo. Only clear away the dry poo.

Most evenings during the Winter, our rabbit is allowed into our lounge to sit in front of the wood burner with her best friend, our cat. They both stretch out and enjoy the warmth.
We make sure any cables are out of her reach, otherwise they get nibbled.
We have a bit of carpet off-cut that we put down in front of the stove, we call it The Rabbit Rug, ,and she has learnt to do her poos on that. They are easily swept up.
She normally wees when back in her hutch, but if she has the odd accident on the rug, I just scrub it with a wet-wipe.
Rabbits can be trained to use a litter tray, but we got Rosie when she was fully grown and harder to train. Lots of people have indoor rabbits.

jing your posts always make me giggle!!!

Anymore than I can spell the word....

You can't train rabbitts.

Thank you all.Will look on you tube.Not sure if it's a good idea or not.

Just looked, there are indeed a few videos

I've never tried but it's said you can train them to use a litter tray. I would assume the method is the same as cats. Although I've never had to train a cat, they do it by instinct.
Try Youtube, you may find a video.

I house sat once for a friend who had a house rabbit. It was awful!
The darned thing ate everything, chewed through the television cable,
ate my socks, scratched my hands to bits when I tried to pick it up and deposit it in it's cage outside. And pooed absolutely everywhere.
I don't think rabbits can be house trained....

I find it is particularly good with carrots and onions.

There us only one place in the house for a rabbit....I won't go on!

A nappy?!