Litter training- she peed.

[Ana]

Uh-oh. So my bun does a few territorial poos here and there– no biggie, I clean ’em up, she doesn’t seem to mind and I don’t either as long as she keeps it in her pen.  She’s great about not doing anything out of her pen, it’s all kept in the pen parameters.

I noticed the other day she peed on the rug.  Any ideas why or what I can do about this? I cleaned it and haven’t noticed anything new, but…

[Beka27]

my girl pees outside of her litterbox a day before she goes into mild stasis. that’s the only time it has happened (since she was first brought home), and like clockwork, the next day she’ll be a grumpy, bloated bunny. how is she eating and pooping? is her behavior normal?

[Ana]

I’ve never noticed anything odd about her eating or pooing habits. I’ve noticed nothing change, except an occasional urine mark. I think it might be a territorial mark, but I’m careful about letting her pen be private and when I clean I try to leave residue (to a clean extent) so she’s doesn’t feel it’s totally wiped of “her”. I also don’t use any strong smelling chemicals at all. :/

[Beka27]

is the rug in her pen or outside? if outside, had she been out for a long time, does she have litterbox access outside of her pen? is it possible she overshot the litterbox? if it’s an isolated event, i would probably not fret about it. they are imperfect (as are we!) and it might have just been a mistake.

[MooBunnay]

I agree with Beka, if it is just one isolated event she just may not have had time to get back to her litterbox – does she usually have a litterbox that is easily accessible while she is running around?

Also, did you recently have any company over or someone like a work man come over? Sometimes the smell of someone new in the house can trigger a bunny’s instinct to mark their territory. It may have even been something as small as someone that visited pet a dog before they came over and brought a new animal smell into the house.

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