piles of poo

[bijoux]

My Bijoux is making little piles of pills in his clean cage, any idea what this means?

I've moved it recently and I think it confused him, is he making sure he finds it?

Oh, I guess I should mention heruns free in the house all the time, the cage just iswhere his litterbox, food and water is.



Thanks,

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

First of all, are they going where they normally would go?Are there different smells in 3 days of litter? If you restrict the areas, are there more likely there will be oopsys?

 

[Maureen Las]

he probably thinks that the whole cage is a litterbox
When I found my first rabbit and did not know anthing

I used a thick square of nespapers in a corner as a litterbox and she was free roam. That was the best litterbox i every had as she used it continuously and only left a stray poop here or there.
She drank out of the dog bowl (yes the dog loved her)



I think having more than one makes them territiorial

now ihave 7 and one shelter bun and everything is always a mess

I did buy large plastic boxes , bigger than any litterbox made and that has ended peeing over the side .

 

[bijoux]

My question I guess is more; is there a significant meaning when a rabbit leaves a pile of poo as opposed to just random pooing.

Thanks

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

It depends, if they poo out of their pan and you try to correct it, that is way less envasive than say, go in your cage, you just peed on the floor.:shock: LOL

You can use their own passages to train, I know, it sounds wrong, but it works. Let us know your specific issue.

 

[JimD]

bijoux wrote:

My question I guess is more; is there a significant meaning when a rabbit leaves a pile of poo as opposed to just random pooing.

Thanks

Running around and leaving random poops is usually a sign of them marking and remarking the territory.

I have a couple that will run up and down in front of the other pens and leave a little pile (maybe 3 or 4)in front of each.

A larger pile of poops usually means that they've decided thatit's their new litter place....especially if theypoop and/or pee in the same spot repeatedly.

Two of mine have "alternate" poop spots ... (long strory in a different thread)

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Yep, sorry, I neglected to mention that. I guess sometimes I think everyome knows that, haha.

Seriously, though, the marking of territory is a big one, especially if the bun isn't altered. I also slightly misspoke regarding territory, if made bigger could result in whoopsies, not "reducing it" that is what works. Sorry about that.:shock: