So today I came home to my little bunbun after another day of work to what looked like an explosion of coco puffs. It seriously looked like Sonny the Cuckoo bird jumped off the walls in my bunbun’s pen and left behind his cherished bowl of cereal. EVERYWHERE. I honestly have no idea how else to explain it.
A little back story. I am pretty new to bunny ownership. Pistachio is my first little one who I adopted back in October of last year. She is currently five months old and will be due for her visit to the Vet some time next month to get the chopchop. ( You know what I mean ). Now we are currently working on her litter training. I would not call her litter box trained as she still has a habit of pooping wherever she is eating but for the most part, she knows that she needs to sit in her litter box as she eats. Thus while the occasion dropping will end up outside her box and somewhere in her pen, she has never gone on a random dropping spree until now.
As stated in the introduction, she truly held nothing back. I found droppings in large amounts and piles spread about her pen. She even peed on her blanket in the middle of the larger of piles. I’m concerned about what may have triggered this. Nothing has changed in the immdiate past that I can think of that would cause this. I am slightly concerned as I wonder if she had ingested something that may be upsetting her and thus in an effort to relieve herself of it, is pooping everywhere? I am not sure what it could be exactly. I did build her a NIC cub bunny condo earlier this month but that hasn’t led to any odd behavior prior. Is this a possible health issue or could this be her simply marking?
For the past few days I have started opening her pen up when I get home to provide her running room while I sit in the pen, as I did before, and either watch or pet. I’m just a bit concerned. I am paranoid to find some health issue.
I realize this is a bit of a ramble but I am truly concerned. Plus I’m tired and its bed time but I am still concerned. Any thoughts or ideas would most definity be helpful. I will probably return later tomorrow to read through this jumble again and attempt to write it up in a more sensible means .