When does the marking/pooping stop? Ever?

[bunnymama]

I’ve got a single bun and a bonded pair. They are allowed in the living room every night at a different time for exercise. My female from the bonded pair and the male some too, are pooping machines everywhere to mark against my single female. Any ideas on how to break the 3 of them from this. The bonded female is the worst.  All 3 ot them are pooping in the living room but this has gone on for almost 3 months mow.  Thoughts, suggestions…it’s like a poop factory over here. I have a poop dish in the room that all 3 use but then they poop everywhere else too.  Help!Thanks.

[mrmac]

It will eventually slow, I have been bonding my 3, they are now bonded and living together and they still do it. I come out to them in the morning and find poos everywhere! The number had gone down a little but still there as lovely as it is! Have you tried more than one litter box?

[PEPPA GEORGIE]

well i have this freaky idea that burning scented candles makes it better ha ha no proof just that mine dont territory poop so much when i remember to burn them lol totally unsubstantiated but worth a try lol but let me know if it works and we can market it he he

[jerseygirl]

Do you plan to bond, or are in process of bonding them as a trio? One theory: The pair may view themselves as a family or warren and the single one as an outsider or rabbit from another warren. They’ll mark their territory pretty heavily against and outside bun.

[Beka27]

As much as I hate to say it, the marking may not stop until they are ALL together or until they no longer have shared access to the same spaces. I know other people who have separate groups of buns and they experience marking as regular every day thing. What are the future plans with these three?

[MooBunnay]

It is pretty hard to stop marking for most bunnies (in my experience so far). When I have bunnies that share an area, I actually put down a really large blanket or bed spread, and use that to cover most of the area. If you are letting them out in a whole room and can’t cover the whole floor, maybe you could get a couple of ex-pens and set them up when the single bunny has play time, and just let her play in the ex-pens with a blanket covering the floor of those ones. In my house, each bunny or bonded pair has their own room to run around in, which prevents the poop wars (for now )

[bunnymama]

Thanks for the replies…I can’t use scented candles as I have allergies to most smells….
Regarding bonding the 3 — don’t think I can. The two females hate each other. Last time we slipped up slightly, they went at each other with paws digging into each others faces through the dog gate (that we didn’t quite move the barrier in front of fast enough). I can’t see them ever liking or tolerating each other. They run into that open shared space and just start to poop in the same places each day when they are each free. I think it might be a family thing against the single. I’ll try a second poop dish out there which I have in the past a few times and that does seem to then focus them on the poop dishes and not the whole room…okay thanks much…

[Beka27]

Can you try relocating your single girl to a different area of your home for her permanent cage and run space?

[bunnymama]

I wish I could move Baby elsewhere but she was my first bun and had full run of the house. Now she has to share run time with the bonded pair. I really have no choice but to continue to do as I have been – letting them into the same room for run time but at different times. I’ll try the 2nd poop dish and see if that helps. Thanks to all again…..

[bunnymama]

Confirmed with vet today while on visit that the marking may never stop….so glad the poop is hard and easy to deal with and does not smell…thanks.

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