netherlands house training

[Dave]

We have an adorable Netherlands white. We have had her around 3-4 weeks now
and she is around 12weeks old. She is beautiful to look at, but
unfortunately, has a long way to go in the house training stakes. She poops
in the house and seems almost to reserve her actions until she is hopping
around the house. We have a house cage which she will sleep in, but not much
poop there.
Has anyone any suggestions how we can make this wonderful animal even more
adorable by helping her to housetrain?
Any comments welcome.

[Nona]

Dave,

My greatest housetraining success seems due to two main factors:

1) Positioning the litter box where the bunny most likes to go

2) Lavish praise when the bunny goes to the litterbox and "performs."
Though the bunny may not show much reaction, it does register.

Most bunny owners sem to agree that punishment, yelling, etc., is more
or less completely ineffective with rabbits (though I'm sure you'd never
do any of those things).

Have you tried www.rabbit.org? It's a goldmine of helpful hints on all
kinds of bunny issues.

Nona

[Cddlebunni]

>She poops
>> in the house and seems almost to reserve her actions until she is hopping
>> around the house.

this is normal bunny behavior... they leave their poopies to mark their
territory... she's making the house hers... since her cage is already hers,
that isn't such a big deal to her :) she will learn to use the litter box but
will occassionally still need to mark out her territory... vacuum cleaner,
small broom and dustpan and lots of patience will make it all better!!

Melody, Cuddles, Koko, Traycer & Hunnybun...
http://www.angelfire.com/pq/melodyzg/bunny.html (linked to Links page)
"Everybunny Loves Somebunny Sometime"
Dean Martin (paraphrased)