I tried relentlessly to get Ivy litter trained after my Kaytee sand bath potty training didn't work. She peed in the litter 1x then it was back to the bedding in the same general area near her house. No matter where I put the litter or even putting wet bedding in it, she wouldn't use it. That would have saved me a lot of grief with her soaking the bedding peeing almost every 15 min during the day. I grab a handful of wet bedding from today.
On top of that she is deaf, so to get her attention I have to put things in front of her nose. Latte, my elderly robo is deaf too, think I said that on another thread, sounds familiar.
Any idea on how to get her litter trained? I'm using the littler tray with entrance and exit holes, size for dwarf hamsters. With a 1/2 in of potty litter. She must be stubborn or something. I really tried today. She went way out of her way to not use it. Peeing in strange places just to avoid the little tray. That's too bad. So I backed off and it's just sitting in her cage and she continues to pee by it but not in it.
The pet store is giving me a $15 store credit for her ill health plus a vet voucher. I'll get her skin scraped for $20 to check for parasites. The rest of the visit is free. She does some itching but nothing alarming. What a gift she is turning out to be. I was stressed about it today. Thought about taking her back to the pet store but she would have a terrible life most likely if I returned her.
So I'm going to try to take care of her. She doesn't look sickly at this point as she is still young but I expect that to change in 6 mo from now. Every Russian I've owned, except Chloe, has had diabetes. How is that possible?
I called the vet and the vet said to take her back and get a healthy pet. Don't think I can do that though. The store has a 14 day return policy which they are extending that to a month for me in this case. Frustrating
