Pigglebread
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I adopted a new bun recently, she's a mini lop and probably half a year to 1 year older then my 7 month old holland. The bond is going so great that they are already living together in the same cage but I'm still watching closely. She was described as mellow but she perked up insanely the last few days. She mounts my male like crazy and he lets her so she is definitely the dominant one and he's submissive.
She was said to have great litter habits and always keeps her space clean. She's not bad about peeing, she seems to do that well in the litter box but I can tell she's scattering a poop here and there all over. I wake up and there's about 12-20 poops scattered and sometimes a small pile throughout the cage and outside the cage:sweep. During playtime outside the cage she does small binkys, swishes her tail and then proceeds to drop a poop in random spots.
I'm assuming this is her marking her territory or a so called "poop war"? My male is still great with his litter habits since the change, makes all his goings in the box which I'm thankful for. Will this poop scatter die down after time when she settles in more and then do her business in the box more? I know you can't tell me for sure but is this a common a phase with bonding new buns? I'm pretty OCD about keeping my room and things clean so I'm constantly scooping the new ones up and placing them in the litter box.:litterhealthy:
( to add, yes they are both spayed and neutered )
Also can I ask one more thing, about feedings.. She's a very quick eater so when I feed veggies she eats her portion up first and then proceeds to go and try and eat the rest of Claudios ( my male ). I supervise and don't let her eat his but do most of you who have bonded buns just feed veggies on one plate and have them go at it?
She was said to have great litter habits and always keeps her space clean. She's not bad about peeing, she seems to do that well in the litter box but I can tell she's scattering a poop here and there all over. I wake up and there's about 12-20 poops scattered and sometimes a small pile throughout the cage and outside the cage:sweep. During playtime outside the cage she does small binkys, swishes her tail and then proceeds to drop a poop in random spots.
I'm assuming this is her marking her territory or a so called "poop war"? My male is still great with his litter habits since the change, makes all his goings in the box which I'm thankful for. Will this poop scatter die down after time when she settles in more and then do her business in the box more? I know you can't tell me for sure but is this a common a phase with bonding new buns? I'm pretty OCD about keeping my room and things clean so I'm constantly scooping the new ones up and placing them in the litter box.:litterhealthy:
( to add, yes they are both spayed and neutered )
Also can I ask one more thing, about feedings.. She's a very quick eater so when I feed veggies she eats her portion up first and then proceeds to go and try and eat the rest of Claudios ( my male ). I supervise and don't let her eat his but do most of you who have bonded buns just feed veggies on one plate and have them go at it?
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