[Gpdd] [MISC] Litter box training...

[Lydia Boland]

Hay is what encourages our piggies to use their litter boxes the most.  
They tend to poop while they eat.  We put a layer of Trader Joes 
version of Feline Pine on the bottom and then a nice layer of hay on 
top.  Then we add some fresh hay everyday.  Once a week all of the 
litter boxes that the rabbits and pigs use get completely changed out.  
I notice that they also poop and pee around their food bowl and water 
bottle.  While some pigs may be great at being neat I think most pigs 
aren't.  But our pigs love to hang out in the litter boxes sleeping on 
the nice soft hay when they aren't eating it.  To be honest the pigs 
have been better about using the boxes than the rabbits since we are in 
process of bonding bunny Hazel to bunnies Polly and Sophie.  The buns 
all feel as though they need to mark their territory.  Hopefully it 
will get better once they are bonded.

Lydia

On Jun 10, 2005, at 6:29 AM, Tenetylo, Jenna (RMS) wrote:
>
> I have a question - my two piggies each live in a 4 foot by 4 foot pen 
> type
> thing... the flooring is these carpet squares I got from Home depot 
> and they
> both have two litter boxes each.   At first they used their boxes -
> relatively alot.. now they are both becoming VERY lazy and pooping and
> peeing on the blankets - etc I have set up in the cage...  does anyone 
> have
> any suggestions on how to encourage their use of the litter box at 
> part of
> the time!?  I know they are not going to use it all the time.. there 
> will be
> accidents etc, but these two have become LAZY!    let me know if 
> anyone had
> a similar situation or has any suggestions...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jenna, Fuzzy, Louie, and max the bun
>
>
>
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