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My rats pee on the felt liners
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I have more than enough litter boxes in thier cage but they insist on peeing on the felt shelf liners i have in thier cage. What can I do to stop this?
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Not sure if there is anything you can do. Most rats insist on scent marking. My boys are pretty much litter box trained and don't urinate outside the cage, however, they still insist on peeing on their fleece. I figure I can't be but so picky about it, I know that it's their natural tendency to do so. Not sure if anyone else would be able to give you more info, as far as I know, most other members have the same thing going on.
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The only thing you can do (and it'll be hard) would be to notice when they're peeing, and put them in the litterbox. Pee isn't as easy to litter train for...especially for scent marking males.
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I think it's something you'll need to learn to live with. It's the reason I put down liners, so that I don't have to wipe pee off the shelves. I can just pull out a liner and put in a new one. Unfortunately our ratties are little piggies.
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That's what rats do!
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Quote from: Scubbs on August 22, 2008, 11:03:17 PM
That's what rats do!
Yep! It's like getting dogs to only pee on only one part of the fire hydrant (supposed to be a joke but doesn't come across that way in text without an explanation...heh). They're not typically "potty trainable" when it comes to urine.
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It's just what they do.
My kids will pee in the box if they're there already, but it's not really something that's trainable.
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