Thread: Pooping in the bath? why?

Chester is almost 4 months old and he's been with us for 2 weeks now. He brings us great joy, but there's one little dilemma....

In the past 48 hours, he has 'pooped' in the bathtub twice. Here's what I can tell you about it

* he has pellets in his litterbox
* we flush the poos down the toilet after he's finished scratching around
* his litter gets fresh litter added to it each night
* his litter box is completely emptied and replaced after 3-4 days
* he scratches furiously in his litter tray, spraying it everywhere
* he loves jumping in the bath (when no water is in it)
* he loves scratching around in the bath like it's a litter tray or he's pawing at the bottom of the tub and sides for fun

The first time he pooped in the bath (saturday):

* he didn't have much litter in his tray as it had just been replaced
* it wasn't smelly or too soiled
* he'd moved his litter all to one side, ran into the bath and pooped in the bath

The next time he went to do poos (sunday night), he did it in his litter box as per normal.

Today (monday) he did a wee in his litter and then pooped in the bath-tub less than an hour after that. His litter was completely changed earlier that morning and it was like it was on Saturday - not heaps of litter in it, wasn't too smelly.

If you have any ideas why this is happening or what we can to do prevent it, I'd appreciate your thoughts.