Hi all! I have an assumed 3+ y/o spayed lop. She’s a very sassy girl and I’ve had her for 2 years now. I’m concerned because as of the past couple of weeks she’s been laying in her litterbox at least once a night, usually around this time actually. Prior to this, she would assumably only ever lay in her litterbox when in pain/during stasis. So of course, now seeing her do this daily, my anxiety is on full blast and my mind immediately goes to thinking she is in pain.

I’m also an exotics vet tech, so rest assured she sees her vet more than average. I did full bloodwork and X-rays on her about 6 weeks ago and also removed an anal polyp. Everything was deemed within normal range, except that she was overweight and developing the onset of arthritis in her hind limbs. So, I put her on a limited pellet diet as of 2 weeks ago, but increased her leafy green intake and added different types of hay to encourage her to continue eating.

I can’t imagine that  2+ years in she would only now think it’s comfy to lay in litter boxes? The only other thing I can think of is that she sleeps mainly the entire day or at least from noon-9 or so and doesn’t eat much nor hardly poop, and then wakes up, lays in her litterbox and there’s always a little pile of poops after that. Perhaps her lack of daytime eating slows down her GI Tract and makes it a bit uncomfy to have her first poop session at night? Lmao, I’m reaching for whatever I can here. Anyone else been through the same thing with their bun?