TheLottiediarys
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hi guys,
Just lately my cat Koda has been behaving really naughtily, he’s weed, Pood and vomited (not really his fault but unpleasant) on our bed, he scratches us in the process (which is happening in the middle of the night), jumps on us from the headboard and generally behaves very annoyingly during the night.
Because our rabbit has to live inside now, due to health problems, she is living in the living room. So during the night and while we are out at work the living room door is closed.
Now, because he has been peeing on the bed, the mattress/duvet/sheets/pillows and such we also have had to close the bedroom door to protect the bed. So poor Koda is stuck in the hallway all night and while we are at work.
I feel awful about this, he is obvious struggling with stress and this is making it worse, but by behaving so badly he is making it hard to let him in the bedroom at night and during the day.
I’ve tried everything I can think of to rejig the living arrangements,
Our rabbit can’t move to the bed room which is the obvious solution, there isn’t enough space.
The animal room is full. So either we reduce everyone’s space which isn’t really fair to the rabbits or GP’s. Or the living room door is closed...
We’ve just tried to reduce Floppsy space and add a lid to her cage but it just doesn’t feel safe enough to protect her from cat attacks while we are out.
So now we are thinking we will have to live with him peeing on the bed till we can stop him doing it but he’s relentless.
Does anyone have any ideas? Any tricks to stop him peeing on the bed?
How do you juggle everyone’s needs?
I’m thinking of putting a plastic sheet like those children who wet the bed use to protect the mattress during the night and the whole bed during the day so they can use the bedroom at night and during the day
I’m at my wits end here.
My mums solition was To rehome some of my animals but that feels wrong, like I’m giving up on them, there must be a solution
Just lately my cat Koda has been behaving really naughtily, he’s weed, Pood and vomited (not really his fault but unpleasant) on our bed, he scratches us in the process (which is happening in the middle of the night), jumps on us from the headboard and generally behaves very annoyingly during the night.
Because our rabbit has to live inside now, due to health problems, she is living in the living room. So during the night and while we are out at work the living room door is closed.
Now, because he has been peeing on the bed, the mattress/duvet/sheets/pillows and such we also have had to close the bedroom door to protect the bed. So poor Koda is stuck in the hallway all night and while we are at work.
I feel awful about this, he is obvious struggling with stress and this is making it worse, but by behaving so badly he is making it hard to let him in the bedroom at night and during the day.
I’ve tried everything I can think of to rejig the living arrangements,
Our rabbit can’t move to the bed room which is the obvious solution, there isn’t enough space.
The animal room is full. So either we reduce everyone’s space which isn’t really fair to the rabbits or GP’s. Or the living room door is closed...
We’ve just tried to reduce Floppsy space and add a lid to her cage but it just doesn’t feel safe enough to protect her from cat attacks while we are out.
So now we are thinking we will have to live with him peeing on the bed till we can stop him doing it but he’s relentless.
Does anyone have any ideas? Any tricks to stop him peeing on the bed?
How do you juggle everyone’s needs?
I’m thinking of putting a plastic sheet like those children who wet the bed use to protect the mattress during the night and the whole bed during the day so they can use the bedroom at night and during the day
I’m at my wits end here.
My mums solition was To rehome some of my animals but that feels wrong, like I’m giving up on them, there must be a solution
