agnesthelion
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Okay, so curious if anyone has any insight to what is going on here.
Agnes has had near perfect litterbox habits since I brought her home. When I then brought Archie home, she lost her poop habits temporarily. She would poop along the border of Archies cage and her cage. Totally normal. Totally expected. That stopped after she got used to Archie.
Archie has had near perfect habits too! He was a stray so I thought that was great! He had maybe one pee accident since I've brought him home and he was a little worse on poop habits than Agnes.
So a couple weeks ago they were officially moved in together to the same condo. It went great! Litterbox habits were good. No fighting. Couldn't be better
About a week ago they BOTH started pooping outside the box, right in front of it actually. And ONLY at night.
So here's what's weird. They have free run during the enire day. They poop in their litterbox during the day. Like I maybe find 2 or 3 poops between the BOTH of them all day that are out of the litterbox. That's it!
Then at night when they are officially "locked up" they poop in front of the litterbox. And again, only there. Even in the 3 floors of their condo there are zero poop accidents. They pile it up right by their litterbox??
So thoughts on what is going on? Is this marking territory again? Oddly enough it is the spot where Agnes pooped right when Archie was brought home. I also can't move their litterbox there because it's by their step and food bowls which are attached so won't fit.
Phew, sorry this was so long. Just want to be thorough. Any thoughts? It's not the end of the world because it's just poop. Pee is still perfect. But what are they doing????
Agnes has had near perfect litterbox habits since I brought her home. When I then brought Archie home, she lost her poop habits temporarily. She would poop along the border of Archies cage and her cage. Totally normal. Totally expected. That stopped after she got used to Archie.
Archie has had near perfect habits too! He was a stray so I thought that was great! He had maybe one pee accident since I've brought him home and he was a little worse on poop habits than Agnes.
So a couple weeks ago they were officially moved in together to the same condo. It went great! Litterbox habits were good. No fighting. Couldn't be better
About a week ago they BOTH started pooping outside the box, right in front of it actually. And ONLY at night.
So here's what's weird. They have free run during the enire day. They poop in their litterbox during the day. Like I maybe find 2 or 3 poops between the BOTH of them all day that are out of the litterbox. That's it!
Then at night when they are officially "locked up" they poop in front of the litterbox. And again, only there. Even in the 3 floors of their condo there are zero poop accidents. They pile it up right by their litterbox??
So thoughts on what is going on? Is this marking territory again? Oddly enough it is the spot where Agnes pooped right when Archie was brought home. I also can't move their litterbox there because it's by their step and food bowls which are attached so won't fit.
Phew, sorry this was so long. Just want to be thorough. Any thoughts? It's not the end of the world because it's just poop. Pee is still perfect. But what are they doing????