strange litter accident

[Louiethebunny]

last night my bun has pooped on my bed, so I placed him in his xpen and shut the door, which I don’t do because he is free roam, but I didn’t want poop or pee on my bed. about half an hour later, he escaped the xpen, so I just opened the door and let him free roam as usual, because there wasn’t much I wanted to do last night. he is neutered and litter trained, which is why I found this so strange. this morning when I went to go clean his xpen, he had pooped everywhere in it and peed outside his litter box for the first time I’ve had him. it was a very dark orange, but I cleaned it up and removed the scent with vinegar, and when I was cleaning out his litter box, there was red and blue residue in addition to the usual orangey pee stains. is this a reaction of the baking soda and vinegar I usually clean with? it was a very strange night, so I’m a bit weirded out.

[Bam]

The red and blue residue sounds like a rea tion to the vinegar. You can try to recreate it by dripping vinegar on a pee stain and monitor how the color changes. Red is not abnormal for bun pee, but I’ve never come across blue rabbit pee.

It seems like your bun was overcome with an urge to pee- and bookmark his territory  starting with the most important place, which is your bed, of course. Have you been hanging out with any other animals? It doesnt have to be rabbits for a bun to react to the unknown scent. (It’s not about scents that our noses could pick up on , buns have a much, much more sensitive sense of smell than we have).

Another theory would be that he’s not feeling entirely well. Poop everywhere is not health-wise worrisome, but peeing outside the box can sometimes be a sign that sth is going on, like a UTI. Is he drinking like normal?

[Louiethebunny]

yes, he’s eating and drinking normally, the pooping on the bed is probably just territorial marking because it’s new to him and probably has a very strong “me” scent. I also think it couldve been the fact that he things any soft area is a litter box. sometimes he does poop outside of the litter box when it is getting a little soiled and it is time to clean it and this might just be the same with the peeing even though I’ve never experienced it before. he recently turned six months so he could just be going through some hormonal behaviors even though he is already neutered.

[pinkiemarie]

My bunnies get very dark gross colored pee, especially if they’ve eaten carrots but I’ve never seen blue! If he’s otherwise acting, eating and drinking normally then he’s probably fine, but keep an eye on his poops and make sure he keeps making them.

[Louiethebunny]

I found out the blue was a reaction from the dye in the paper in was using for liner. Glad to know he’s all healthy though.

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