Stray Poo/House New

[LeVar Bunton]

We recently built LeVar a much bigger living area and since moving in, I’m noticing a lot of stray poop.  He was pretty meticulous about using his box for ALL his business in his last area.  I rarely found a stray poop floating around the pen, which was awesome.  But, now he’s leaving more more mom to clean up. It’s not out of control; the majority are still in his box, but his new, larger area is much more difficult to clean and it can be difficult to get to the strays. I’m mainly posting this out of curiosity as to why he’s doing this and if anyone else has experienced it.  Is he marking his territory?  He is neutered, but definitely likes to claim things through chinning.  Is he maybe so excited about the extra space to run that he randomly poops during his laps and leaps (I’ve seen him do this in his playpen). Or is this a case of, “eh, my litter box is alllll the way over there now and I’m allll the way over here…”

[pinknfwuffy]

If he has been neutered for a while, you can probably rule out hormones. He may very well be marking his new space, as you mentioned. I noticed a similar problem with my bun so I decided to use an expandable dog pen to slowly increase his space (rather than give him it all at once). Every few days I would open the pen a little bit more until I could stop using it. He doesn’t leave any strays outside of his box now. If the space is quite large, you might also want to consider getting a second litter box to see if he really is just being a lazy bun. Silly rabbits.

Also, your bun’s name totally rocks. :]

[LeVar Bunton]

Hmm, a second box might be a good idea.  Thanks!

And thanks for the compliment on his name

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