Spayed female building a nest

[Maureen Las]

Gloria who is a 5yr old harlequin magpie has been spayed since I adopted her in Nov 2008. She is the only bun housed in the upstairs kitchen and lives alone.
My other 7 buns are all altered.

What could be causing this. :?

She has been running around with hay in her mouth ..moving all the hay from her litterbox to her cardboard box. She has pieces of cardboard and hay in the box.

She has been working all day barely stopping to eat her greens.
any ideas?

 

[Elf Mommy]

Elf did it occasionally when she was cold or when she got a new box to play in. She just liked to make a big nest to sit in.

 

[Maureen Las]

really?
or maybe Gloria is just bored as I have been busy the last few days and not paid as much attention to her.

I guess that she could be chilly
maybe i should give her a towel ?

This is really strange behavior;I have actually never seen a spayed bun do this .

 

[Maureen Las]

Gloria has a fairly new box and instead of taking it apart she is making a house out of it LOL

 

[Elf Mommy]

gotta love a happy homemaker

 

[SweetSassy]

AwwwwLOl.

 

[Happi Bun]

Where I volunteer they had a spayed female that built a nest. It only happened once and was quite interesting. She would go around her cage collecting hay in her mouth and make a comfy nest in her litter box. I have a picture too.

I snapped it while she waited patiently for her litter box to be cleaned.
Even though her nest was destroyed, she just made another.

 

[SweetSassy]

That's cute to see that!! :biggrin2 hay in the mouth)

 

[Maureen Las]

Happi Bun wrote:

Where I volunteer they had a spayed female that built a nest. It only happened once and was quite interesting. She would go around her cage collecting hay in her mouth and make a comfy nest in her litter box. I have a picture too.

I snapped it while she waited patiently for her litter box to be cleaned.
Even though her nest was destroyed, she just made another.

This is exactly what Gloria isdoing

 

[Luvr of Wabbits and Polar Bears]

I think we need pictures of Gloria to get the whole effect of her nest making

 

[Maureen Las]

She stopped doing it today ; i guess that she got so hungry that she ate the hay out of the nest.
it is was a one day 'fad"