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- 08/08/2016 at 8:50 AM
  narkut
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  Hi! I have 2 bunnies, a male and female, both nearly 5 months old and both spayed/neutered. They’ve been bonded since birth and are cage free. They own the living room!
  
  They’re both litter trained and never wee outside of their litter trays. However, recently they have been leaving piles of poo just by the entrance of the living room (there’s only 1 door/entrance to the room). What could be the reason for them doing this?
  
  I’m assuming this is territorial marking? Although I am surprised because they’re spayed/neutered and there are no other animals around they could possibly be smelling! I thought another reason could be that the bunnies have learnt that I keep their pellets outside of the living room. Could this be a reason? Has anyone noticed their buns poop near to where their pellets are stored?
  
  Unfortunately I cannot put a litter tray in the area they have now chosen to poop in because it’s in the middle of the entrance and in the way. I would rather find out the cause of it and deal with that.
  
  I look forward to reading your thoughts x
- 08/08/2016 at 1:02 PM
  Mikey
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  Sounds like territory poops to me. My three will all poop by the front door. We dont really get visitors, but they will leave 2 to 5 territory poops each when they are let out. I dont really know why they do it, but its not hard to clean up by any means so i dont see it as a problem
- 08/08/2016 at 1:22 PM
  narkut
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  Seems to be quite normal behaviour then. I thought territorial marking was meant to dissappear after being neutered/ spayed so I was surprised. Made me think it could be a bad sign, but you’ve all put me at ease. Thank you.
  Cleaning is not a big problem, goes with the territory I guess. (Mind the pun)
- 08/08/2016 at 1:22 PM
  narkut
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  Seems to be quite normal behaviour then. I thought territorial marking was meant to dissappear after being neutered/ spayed so I was surprised. Made me think it could be a bad sign, but you’ve all put me at ease. Thank you.
  Cleaning is not a big problem, goes with the territory I guess. (Mind the pun)
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