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Bug is 3 years old and I adopted him a four days ago. I was assured that he was litter trained, but he keeps pooing around the house (1-3 poo pellets). I blocked off my bedroom (after a couple instances of peeing on the bed, I decided it was going to be a no-go) and I let him pretty much roam free when I’m home. When I’m not home, he has the office to himself. He doesn’t pee anywhere but his litter box but leaves about about 20 poo pellets around the house (over the course of 9 hours), and particularly likes pooing on the carpet. He doesn’t chew or destroy anything. He’s such a good boy, I just want to know if he will ever get better at his litter training so I can either accept it and block off the living room carpet, or try harder to train him?
P.S I have very recently sprayed perfume on the living room carpet and it seems to help a bit with keeping him off of it in general.
P.P.S Also, the person I got him from said they didn’t know if he was neutered or not. He seemed to have been passed around a bit.
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Congratulations on your new bunny!
I would say he is litter trained but what you are seeing now is him marking new territory. As scattering of poops as he hops around the place. You’ll be happy to know this is normally short lived.
I don’t know if you’ve has rabbits before, but their poop really doesn’t smell. But when they do territorial droppings, those can smell. Have you noticed a funky smell at all? There is a slight sheen on them and its that coating that produces the smell. (This is different to the ultra glossy cecatrope droppings that they reingest).Some things that might help is limiting how many areas his allowed access too, only allowing smaller areas at a time. Then increasing space over time. Also, popping some extra litter boxes around would encourage him to use those hopefully. I really do think this will naturally abate though. It may take a week or two.
Have you found yourself a vet with rabbit experience as yet? It’s a good idea to know your options so you’re not caught out when a pet falls ill. Maybe get him in for a wellness check and the vet can let you know if he has definitely been neutered or not. At 3yrs old, you should be able to see the testicles but rabbits can trick us by pulling them back up into the abdomen.
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