Litter training, why do I keep trying?

[chicky82]

Well, here we go again :roll: I've been trying to litter train my boys since I got them and I'm determined to do it!!! They are almost 10 months old :wrong:
So I rigged up a litter box this past weekend and I scrubbed out their cage today and laid down a baby blanket in their cage so it would seem different and put their litter box filled with their regular bedding and some soiled bedding in it so it smells like a litter box oop: and put it in the corner where they tend to leave their droppings but not 5 minutes later I checked on them and there was poop in another spot so I dutifully picked it up and put it in the litter box and I intend to put them in the box. Am I crazy to keep trying to train them? :lol7:
My boyfriend said he'd bet money that I couldn't train them, any advice to prove him wrong? k:

I'll show pics later

Edit: here are the pics sorry about the size

the litter box I made, I secured it to the side of the cage with velcro

part of the cage, sorry about the darkness, my guys hate the flash

another part of the cage

The whadda want now? pic

And the special soup day, yum

 

[MumsyRat]

I have 3 boys who I thought would never be litter trained. Then one day I added a little wire basket to their cage with the intention of it being for them to sleep or play in. Next thing I knew not only was it full of poop but it was the only place in the cage that was peed and pooped in. I was totally surprised. They've been using it ever since for their toilet duties. So it was a matter of the right type of container in the right place at the right time. Who knew??

 

[user 78]

All of my rats thus far have figured it out within a couple of days. Maybe it's just a girl thing.. or maybe it's my OCD rat Penn.. Either way, I've had success with doing the same thing you're doing.

I also have several litterboxes, not just one. So wherever they like to go, put a litterbox. I have one in the back corner of the base, and then 2 on the middle level on either side. Other than a stray pile here and there, they're very good about it.