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From: Claudine (cache-mtc-ae10.proxy.aol.com -64.12.117.14)
In Reply to: Coupla questions posted by Leslie on August 11, 2006 at 4:37 pm:
Yes, I have 2 bunnies and 5 pigglies! They are guinea pigs though, thats why I call them my little pigglies. My piggies live in three different cages now though, 2 have one second level and I will build a second one for the "dining area" once I get more money. My bunnies have their own castle thats 9 feet long and 7 feet wide in certain places (I posted that picture too!), and the actual house is 4 levels tall. I will probably extend the "play area" another foot or two with tiles soon! I have trained them to use the liter box. They are also fixed which is imparative if you want tame, well trained bunnies. When Sandy was first fixed, she did "mark" her territory for a bit by leaving pellets behind. There are usually a few, but its no big deal. They use the potty well and often go together! I work closely with the rabbit rescue, so I always check on their wellbeing and safety and work with them. Especially since I adopted bunnies which were considered needy, unadoptable (I have to laugh at this one now!), and ones with special needs/disabilities. Now both are doing fantastic and the only special needs they really have is for love and attention. Well, Oliver does have grooming issues still but I'm working through that one too. Pretty much all of my animals were in bad shape before I adopted them but certainly not now! I do have my patio set up with a cubed fence so my piggies and bunny can run around without worrying about the drain holes, etc. This took me awhile since safety comes first before play. So I had to research a lot first to make sure there wouldn't be any problems with going outside. Today the weather was mild finally so it was the first day they got to go out!! As far as potty training goes, check out the House Rabbits Society page. There is good info there on it. Its not hard unless they haven't been fixed. Then there are marking issues........ And sometimes more boxes are needed or they might have a certain potty place that THEY choose. So bunnies are to be respected for their wishes! HTH!
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