As for hay not getting ruined consider a hay box to hold your hay, this way your bun can't pee on it all. Cloverhouse Well-Known Member. There might be some accidents at first but I think it's doable. Maybe put his feed and hay in an area away from the litter box entirely. Has he been neutered yet? Behavior changes as they hit their teen age stage and than again after being fixed. I don't suggest using bedding with rabbits because I think they will get the idea that everything with soft bottom is basically a litter box.
Some people use bedding of some type in hutches, so they have a litter box, but also a lot of straw or loose paper around. In my experience that only leads to bad litter box use, as they simply go all over.
I have had the best results when I have a litter box with only hard surfaces around it. That creates a clear distinction between potty and not potty. If your bunny really likes to nibble hay while in the litter box, then you may just have to put a few big handfuls in it fresh every day, and let that be his hay place as well. But you could try putting the hay and food at least a few hops away from the litter box and see how that works. For his litterbox, I use a combo of pine shavings and carefresh bedding materials.
I don't put bedding inside his cage. It is an extra-large dog kennel but he usually doesn't hang out in his cage as the door is always open. The flooring is obviously hard surface and not wire. But, he spends most of his time hanging out in my bedroom on the carpet. He is neutered and for the most part litter box trained. I have used a hay box. It was attached to the inside of his cage but he always pulled it down.
I have tried putting it in a box, but, if it is too big, he sits in it and pees. If it is too small, he flips it over and piles up the hay and sits in it and pees outside his litter box. All of this is inside the dog kennel. I have not tried putting a hay box outside the dog kennel because I don't want to take a chance of him pulling out the hay on the carpet and peeing on it. Your last statement is basically what I have been doing, putting hay in his litterbox daily.
Blue eyes Staff member. Liquidtravel said:. Odor-free Home [ Tablet users, try the "web" version by clicking on "web" at the bottom of this page for a better, user-friendly format. I was looking over that Flemish link and noticed they suggest using a water bottle. That seems rather cruel to me for such a large rabbit.
Bottles make tedious work of getting water and this often results in less water drinking. This is not healthy for a rabbit. A bowl would be more suitable. Blue eyes - I have been using a water bottle since I first adopted my flemish. I have tried switching to a bowl a few times but he just flips it over as soon as I put it in front of him.
I tried bigger bowls and he tries to get inside of it so bowls do not work for my bunny. He seems to be ok with the bottle and I hear him several times a day getting drinks. So, so far so good with the water. We are also aware of concerns that mites may be present in wood shavings, however, we think this is extremely unlikely; even if they survived the heat-treatment process, mites have a very short life-cycle and there is no host in the packaging to sustain them.
Wood-based cat litter pellets are also heat processed which removes the harmful oils and phenols and therefore do not pose a risk of skin and lung irritation. For the sleeping areas of outside rabbits we recommend that these pellets are used with a covering of straw for warmth and comfort.
Always read the label because at least one brand contains silicon which should be avoided. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Fayo granted us permission to write a synopsis of her work which can be found here: Pine Shavings. Pine is an ideal bedding and litter product, superior to both cedar and CareFresh, cheaper than hardwood beddings, while being essentially equal in quality to hardwoods and other excellent rabbit litter products.
We do recommend heat-treated pine shavings for rabbit litter. We've used it in our nest-boxes for over 30 years. This has not been the case. Hopefully so! I want more info! Yes, Buy Bunny Branola Now!
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