Hey there! 

First of all, thank you so much to the Binky Bunny forum! You’ve answered so many of my questions over the past few months even though I wasn’t a member. In August last year I adopted a tiny, believed to be two to four month old bun who I later named Gatsby (because he insists on being fancy). He’s an incredibly sweet little guy who follows me everywhere and sleeps next to me every night. Despite being the size of a grapefruit when I got him home he immediately jumped up on my bed and his favourite activity is climbing. He initially had a puppy pen area to sleep in and immediately took to litter training but only in regards to peeing and has always merrily pooped wherever he sees fit in my bedroom. Over several month he became completely free roam and now has run of the whole house. 

Unfortunately, despite being so lovely,  he has decided since day one that anywhere in my bedroom or bed is ‘his area’ and marks and poops over the bed. He will happily use a litter box but only if it is on the bed. I have tried all of the usual tactics of moving him to a smaller area and letting him select a toilet spot, rewarding him for good behaviour, removing all droppings or ‘accidents’ immediately, getting comfortable litter that he likes, ensuring the litter box is never too clean or too dirty and was finally able to get him neutured two weeks ago. Due to his tiny size (a believed to be holland lop cross now 11 months-ish, he still weighs only 1.0 kilogram) the rabbit specialist had me fatten him up a little before anaesthetic and wait until he was at full health as he’s been prone to problems. The surgery went perfectly (thank goodness!) but he is still producing droppings and markings all over my bed and bedroom. He doesn’t poop or pee AT ALL outside of my bedroom. I have tried keeping him back in his puppy pen but he’s so social and until I can get him a friend (when we’re hormone free) I feel terrible keeping him there. 

I feel awful complaining about him because he really is so incredibly affectionate and lovely but I’d appreciate any help on how to convince him that my bed is not his toilet and being able to not have to keep an emergency litter box on hand at all times. Unfortunately, due to his insane hopping abilities he is able to reach the bed from the floor and I can’t block it in any liveable way. Is it a case of being patient after the neutering or has any one encountered a bun who has chosen a very inconvenient spot as their litter box? I would love any advice! Thank you!