Why is my litter-trained rabbit suddenly pooping everywhere?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Female | unspayed | 4 months and 18 days old
My rabbit can't stop pooping everywhere. She was litter trained and then she suddenly is pooping constantly, when she hops or runs poop comes out.
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Published on June 19th, 2016
Rabbits can be territorial, and will often leave poop to make their territory. I see that Hazel is unspayed, which would contribute to the problem. Unspayed rabbits mark their territory more than spayed rabbits. If you added a new rabbit to the house, this could account for her pooping constantly. However, a sudden change in toilet behavior from a previously litter trained animal can suggest an underlying medical problem. I would recommend taking Hazel to your vet for a physical exam to see if there is a medical cause behind her pooping constantly.
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Published on October 9th, 2018
Thank you for your question about Hazel. What you’re describing is very common, and often occurs when rabbits are in a larger space. Since rabbits go to the bathroom so often, they will utilize many spaces as a litter box. One thing you can try is to put a litter box in the area where she is going to the bathroom in the play pen. You can put some of the fecal pellets in the litter box as well. For litter, I would recommend using recycled newspaper pelleted litter or recycled paper pulp bedding. Sometimes they will end up laying in their litter boxes - if this occurs, you can provide them with two litter boxes which often helps. I hope that gives you a place to start, and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach!
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