I just use pine pellets with a pile of hay on one side. That's a really good idea, though! Because she loves digging around in the fluffy bedding. I'm going to do that.
We do the same. Especially since we have 2 baby bunnies who pee and poo alot. It does help keep them dry. I do think I need a bigger litter box for my babies.
Mine too. Maybe because here its hot all the time that why mine like to sleep on the floor. I tried giving him a bed, towel, small carpet anything, and he wouldn't even look at them.
I use horse stall pellets aka compressed/pelletized pine wood pellets as a thin layer on the bottom of my bunnies' litterboxes and since they don't like the feeling of poky wood pellets on their feet, I put a small amount of hay on top. Their litter boxes eventually get more and more hay on top of the wood pellets, and then I clean them out every few days.
Yep, hard, flat, cool surfaces are what rabbit's like best. The bunnies I've taken care of love cool tiles to lay on and sleep. Great insights here and good topic to introduce to new rabbit owners. You and Ellie are the best.
I use plain white bedding in her litter box only. I clean it every 1-3 days. She free roams my house. I was so worried for a second when I saw the title.
Oh my goodness. I can’t imagine not using bedding in my buns litter box. Having to use a towel or sheet every time I clean the liter is way too much work and washing. My buns lay/sleep on blankets, not the bedding. They are completely liter trained, and cleaning it just a matter of dumping it in a large trash bag and that’s it. I guess to each their own on this one.
she does say in the video that litter is the exception! this video is more about using the litter material for rabbits to sit and sleep on. i wouldnt recommend using a towel as litter either haha
And thank you for addressing the pine and cedar . Not apt of people know it causes problems I argues with someone at the pet store bc they said it was “safe” and my info was wrong
Thank you for sharing these ideas! Much appreciated! I have a cardboard box that they use to go in hide in if they want (I have two brothers) and they sometimes sleep on top of the box, which is much softer than the floor, so this is their preference. I'm going to also get them a hammock. One of my bunny brothers is an adventurer, so the hammock would be an adventure for him more than just another place to sleep. Although they both get plenty of adventure. They sleep and eat inside in a very large cage and then every day we either bring them out to the porch or an outdoor grassy run we created so they can run around and do binkies. We bring them outside around 6pm when it's cooled down outside but before the mosquitos come out. We also have chicken wire as a roof for the outdoor grassy run because we have hawks. Thanks again and God bless!
I give my bunny a little cushion which js very soft but he still sleeps on the cages surface, well yeah i put him in the cage at night as he isnt potty trained yet and we havent bunny proofed out house too so ye once that is done he will sleep on the carpet
Okay so here is my rabbit's litterbox ..uh...*ingredients*: Cream colored cat litter box 2 sheets of newspaper as liner at bottom A handful or two of safe shredded paper litter A handful or two of fresh hay spread around in the litter box A sprinkle of oats in the hay to make it attractive *Thank Me Later!*
I have been going through that realization for months. When I first got my rabbit we use the bedding, but like you said, he just ended up digging it out. Now there’s a towel if he wants to use it, and I just use that bedding for litter. I find it works really great for that. And I know it’s been said before, but God your channel is so underrated I have learned so much from it probably more than any other resource, and I have used quite a few resources over the last months.
I use it for litter. It's easier to get than the other stuff you mentioned recycled paper cat litter. Plus I clean it out every other day. I don't have the luxury to use towels ( I can only do laundry on weekends). Plus he likes to chew on them and I can't keep them in his cage without fear of him eating it. As for where mine sleep, he likes a dog bed. He uses the edge as a pillow. Mostly during the day I'll find him in his hut laying on the bed. At night he'll sleep on the hard floor. He also likes grass straw mats to sleep on.
I buy cheap $6 40 lb hard wood pellets to absorb my bun's urine and to prevent the smell. And it's not bad. I would agree that other bedding brand gets soo expensive.
Funny you bring up rabbits pushing out their bedding so they can lay down. My bunny Luna has been doing that, even when I just clean the cage she'll push it all out. Today I'll be trying to use a towel lol.
Hi Amy I love your videos I've got two rabbits that are free roam and they are my kids every week your videos confirm something else about the way I treat my rabbits Ricochet and Maggie have a litter tray in the corner. And your right about them preferring to sleep on hard surface. I sleep on the rug with them and every night. They always move to the edge on the hardwood floor.. Lets me know I'm doing everything right for the last 2.years. Btw Elle is awesome and you are to freaking adorable. Stay Hoppy!!!!
Is the point not to use "bedding" or a form of litter altogether. By the end of the video you mentioned a litter product. My main concern is something to absorb the moisture/odor. Bunny dad for over 20 years but always willing to learn more :)
Just the shavings in the bottom of a cage. You can, and should, a litter box. Keep the litter box nice and clean. I save money by using free newspapers as a litter bottom with local barn hay as a topper so they don't sit in their pee and get urine scald.
Our rabbit used to use the litter box but now she destroys her cage by moving her litter box and peeing or pooping on the rubber based mats we have. It’s not a daily thing we have to strip her pen of the mats ash everything. Any advice?
Does this advice apply to outdoor bunnies as well? We are in winter time right now in the Pacific Northwest. I currently use hay on the top layer as bedding and straw on the bottom layer. I feel like I want to keep something down for them. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
My bun has a large Xpen, he's got a litter box and half the pen has a rabbit safe mat and the other half is just our homes cool tiles, great for warm days and cooler days he gets to chose lol
Hi Amy, I’m curious about using paper bedding for a digging box as an enrichment toy with other toss toys. Would paper bedding be a good choice with easy cleanup (using a shop vac or broom) or is there a different option you would recommend?
I didn't even listen to this whole video right away. I read the title and then and then I clicked on it. I think I made it to 50 seconds when I paused the video and then dumped out all of my rabbit's bedding. I spent about 30 minutes cleaning out all the bedding from his enclosure and then vacuuming my floor. After that, I put my rabbit back in the enclosure with his litter box. I won't be buying bedding ever again. Now that that's all done, I will finish watching the video.😄😄
I don't know of what im doing is ok. I use normal wood shavings for bedding for my two baby buns. My dad made the wood shavings for me from wood blocks, and my buns tend to chew on it. I don't want them to have any health problems, so I want to know what could cause health concerns.
for wood shavings, it's best to stay away from aromatic woods, like cedar, but I think shavings that you created yourself from wood blocks would be fine.
@@TheBunnyLady thanks for the advice! I also want to give my bunnies a pine cone that fell on the ground and I want to dry it and clean it the proper way, but I do not want to take any risks giving it to them
🐇🐇🐇🐇🚨🚨HELP BUNNY LADY!!!🚨🚨🐇🐇🐇🐇 My neighbours have a pet dwarf rabbit they keep in a cage on their front lawn in the FREEZING frosty cold. I built her a warm house (they placed in the otherwise empty cage) she doesn't use, either cause she doesn't know how or she doesn't like) Please tell me what I can do to keep her warm requiring zero input/maintenance from her owners. I don't know what type of housing rabbits are most likely to utilise
I am trying to locate bedding info for baby rabbits, no fur yet. Not a breeder. I found them in a shallow nest. Seems they would have drown with the rain we've been having.
I was a bit confused bc I use hay and bedding and a pee pad only in my rabbit’s litter box. I don’t use it outside of their litter box or any of that. I clean her box each week cause she doesn’t soil it very fast. I just have a mini dog bed, a shirt of mine, and a blanket from my rats one for comfort and two to get used to our smells. Otherwise I let her have the cold floor nice and open for her to hop, lay down, binki, stand on her hind legs etc. she sometimes dogs in her litter box but out of the month I’ve had her in a playpen, instead of a hutch (which I will never put her in again) she’s only dug in her box 2-3 times. It doesn’t bother her, it’s one of her favorite places to be in her pen. So I wasn’t sure if you meant don’t have bedding for the pen and everything else or just the pen? If you could clear that up for me, that would be awesome!
What about the pine pellets from Tractor Supply? I have been getting good results with those pellets but now I am getting worried they could be bad for my bunny. I recently bought 2 bags
I use paper based litter for my boys. Then put shavings on top. They were neutered 2 weeks ago and spend a lot of time pushing around the contents of the litter box (particularly after changing) and are still leaving a couple of poops outside of the litter box. Does anyone have any experience of this behaviour? Does anyone know if this is them saying they don't like the shavings? or is it just their hormones haven't finished dropping?
I bought my 2 new bunny (bought them yesterday) a hiding house made from hay. And i set up a larger cage for them on thesame time today. Not even 20min passed and there were bunch of poop inside. :( im sosad. Anyone know how to fix this?
I have some completely unrelated questions I haven’t seen answered yet, though maybe I’ve missed them…. 1) I really *want* my bunny to be a free roaming house rabbit, but I have concerns about stepping on him. Whenever I’m in his room, he nearly kills us both by going exactly where my feet are going. If I give him the whole house, do you think he’d still be compelled to get under foot?
I have my bunnies in a cage and I use bedding should I use a litter box? they are always in there I feel mean keeping them in there all day but they are up stairs and I also have a dog and he stays down stairs I'm afraid that they will fall down the stairs 😥 please help me!
Wait so ur saying you want me to put piss ridden towels and or mats into my laundry machine? Hell no! My clothes go in there. Rabbit piss is like bleach to fabric.
My bun has a small fleece blanket that she sometimes lays on but most of the time she just likes the floor. She HATES bedding. Her litter is wheatgrass pellets.
of course this helps most definalty!!!! donot worry I still watch subscibe and save or love these videos and post .. saves book mark and remeber titles and learn from these vidoeos and yeah jsut becuase i donot really commet on here dosen't mean i donot pat attention to it THIS HELPS!! ^^J
I’ve got carpet all over my floor and my rabbit have got his own beds (yes there are 2 beds) one right beside mine he likes to lay down there during day time and one is under my bed which he loves to sleep during night time. I used blankets and a cotton sheet. He loves sleeping on both beds and likes to nap sometimes on my bed as well.
I have a question so in my rabbits cage I can just place a towel on the flooring and could she pee on that poo on it as well and then i just wash it so basically what you are saying that instead of shavings i could just place a towel in her cage?
Do you have any carpet recommendations? I’m moving rooms with my rabbit and I’m trying to find a large carpet that isn’t too hard to clean but also doesn’t slide around too much.
Question...... My rabbit has access to an outdoor hutch. He does his poops in that particular enclosure....which is fine during the day and when I'm at work. However, now its getting chilly in Oz, I have to close an adjoining balcony door (for access to that area) so he remains indoors and enclosed in his cage (during 9pm to 6 pm). How to I retrain him to understand 'now that you're indoors, you use this litter tray for your poops' ? . The only reason I ask, is that i find he holds in his poops till i open the balcony door again.
Okay I have 2 rabbits well you can get a decent size ex pen that is for dogs in Amazon where you can decorate the space and let your bunny to roam in that space, also get a Cat litter box where you can put in pee padsalso adding Timothy hay and pellet bedding from Small Pet Select they're really good and healthy for your bun, they also sell chew toys or you can make DIY chew toys for your bun to play.
Hi I just came across your channel I bought a bunny for my daughter it came with a cage and it also came with bedding but do we need to have a litter box and a cage or can she also do her business in her cage
i use a paper based bedding for my bunnys litterbox but only a mat for any type of bedding that he lays on. cant imagine the money id have to spend if i was wasting the paper bedding on his enclosure!
I'm guessing those of you who have buns who like the hard, cold floor aren't living in Scotland lol. It's been really cold this month and my Buns have been choosing to sleep in the spare room because it's the only one with wall to wall carpet.
Thank you, how do I get my Bunny to eat pellets without pooping please? I resorted to putting her bowl of pellets in her litter box which worked great but I want to eventually use a forage mat but can't cuz she poops and pees all over it
Did you ever find a way to stop your bunny from pooping when he eats pellets? I'm finding the same thing. I'm a new bunny owner. I thought about putting the pellets in the litter. Box too pretty soon. The litter box will be full! The greens might have to go in there as well!let me know if you found an answer if you ever get this
I do use the bedding that is shown in the video. However, I put pine pellets in the box first and then some paper bedding on top of the pellets in hopes that the bedding will make it more comfortable for the rabbit when they are standing on the pellets. Also, I change out the litter and hay twice a day.
Wow, thanks!! I’ve always used white paper bedding and my bun always launched it everywhere. And he always cleared the space he would lay down in! Now it makes sense!! He’s free roaming when I’m home but has to be in his house when I’m not. This will save money and he’ll be happier!
@@Yeewen88 It’s like 5ft long by 4ft deep and 3ft high. He’s out when I’m home but only in the living room, I wish I could let him free roam all the time but there’s too much I can’t rabbit proof that he’d get into and get hurt.
I use a pee pad In my rabbit litter box and put some paper bedding on top and the pee pad just makes it easier to role up and throw away so is it not okay to us or should I try pellets
Hey I need a little help. My father impulse bought me a bunny and I hadn’t known much about them. I know my care probably hasn’t been good. I want to give my bunny the best life but my bunny has long hair and since I’ve been using paper bedding her fur has begun to have Matt’s where the paper bedding knotted in her long fur. I want to give her the best life possible but I’m concerned about what to do in this situation . I’ve found that brushing her fur doesn’t work so I’ve tried cutting her fur in places where it Matts up. I don’t know how to get the Matt’s out of her fur and I’m really worried about what to. At this point I think shaving her fur would be the best option so it can grow back healthy and I can prevent more Matt’s by getting rid of the paper bedding, but since she won’t stay still and I don’t know if doing that will threaten her life I feel like I shouldn’t do it. But I’m really concerned and want to know if you have any good advice to help her.also I know going to the vet would be best but none of the vets near me specialize in bunny care. Please help I’m worried.
My rabbit has long fur and had the same problem. His fur was matted on the left and right side of his butt I tried cutting it off with scissors but I only got a little of because I was scared to nip him. A week later I took him to the vet they advised that I brush him everyday if he would let me and if he gets matted fur again to shave it off with a razor with a guard so that I don't nick him because rabbits skin is very thin
I know there's a slim chance you will answer this but we will be moving to Seattle in a little while and it will be 42 hours driving time total (we will be stopping at pet-friendly hotels at night) and I was wondering if you have any tips for that long of a drive :(
I actually wrote an article about this just recently and put together some tips for long car rides. Check it out to see if there's anything that will be useful for your trip: bunnylady.com/traveling-in-the-car/ Good luck and safe travels!
I have abosoutly no hay in my country..nd im getting a rabbit and for the life of me...im stressed about not getting what it needs and im getting my bunny weekend....i have paper..shreds...but im scared cus damn EVERYONE uses hay...any tips?
A sheet towel just traps moisture and stink smells of the rabbit, grass bedding brings bugs ad mice. I use soft insulation foam roll and foam puzzle mats. I had a domestic rabbit dumped on property. Made it a shelter out of old foam cooler and scrap ply wood wrap coveing. Then put old foam puzzle mat and soft insulation foam roll crumpled up on inside. This insulates it and is soft. And to clean just spray wipe it. These materials don't trap moisture, stink smells, and won't bring bugs, mice. This cheap shelter of foam cooler and foam mats, foam roll insulation work for cats , other animals and is super cheap
Our rabbit has always slept on the floor either laid out on his belly or flopped on his side like a dog and it's really cute. He doesn't go near anything like pillows or blankets when he wants to sleep and we don't need to buy any bedding materials. For his litter I bought a bin from Walmart and some metal cooling trays that fit nicely over the top of the bin. Then I drilled 6 holes around the outside of the bin and zip tie the cooling racks over the top. Fill that with litter material and put their food on it until they learn to pee in the bin. Worked for me and our bunny is free roam and doesn't pee on the floors at all.
I used to use bedding in Pebbles' litter tray, but I had a hard time keeping my cats from trying to use it. I don't have to tell you how dangerous that is to a rabbit. I bought some chenille bath mats. She loves those, they don't attract my cats, and I can wash them. It saves money, and she loves pretending to dig on them.
i get confused about putting hay in the litter box. would they not just pee on it? i put my hack on a rack in front of his litter box but not inside. do they know better not to eat the pee pee covered stuff? i totally agree with the no bedding tho. i tend to use a fleece towel. i bought a tone of them from the dollar store and swap them out. if they get really covered i just throw them out. could even go buy fabric and have an endless supply.
Hey bunny lady, I was just wondering how do I get my bunnies more comfortable with petting? When I try they just run away. Also one of them used to be so bonded to me that she would always want to be picked up, and now scratches and bites me when I try, is there any way I can make her feel more comfortable with picking her up
am i understanding correctly? a bunny who used to want to be picked up doesn't let you pet her? what happened to her? also take it slow. if she doesn't want you to carry her, don't. she needs to trust you so start by doing simple things like laying on the floor and letting her come and sniff you then maybe try hand feeding and petting her. maybe give her treats when you try carrying her(later i mean) so she gets a positive association with being carried.
@@bellathefrog2265 yes u r right dear laying on floor besiy rabbits.its very effective idea to bond with ur bunnies.when I am sit on floor or laying down on floor bunnies come and playing on above me and licking my hand nd an sniffing.nd always try this idea for bonding bcz it's works
Thanks. Just got a rabbit and as I was listening to the hard surface part I looked over and rabbit was laying on the hard surface not the bedding. Just like you said.
I can’t believe you used towels and rugs for the bunny enclosure because they chew on everything and it can both have a blockage in their stomachs and intestines if they eat the towel or the rug
I bought my rabbits a memory foam flat dog bed to lay down on, and instead they lay next to it on the hardwood floor... They tend to prefer carpeted floor but they definitely don't care to have anything "cushiony".
You are so sweet. From the day I brought my bunny home, he has ben roam free, never had a cage and determined his own spaces. I tried hideouts etc...no go.... He figured out where to do his business in his litter boxes filled with litter called Yesterdays News....very easily, like a cat! Thankfully, I work from home and my bun is by my side constantly (ues even when I go to bathroom)...my sleeptime, brings extreme love bombing...lol. I am groomed every night. Soo sweet. My bun is only 7 months old. He adores flat surfaces, comfy blankets etc is great but only on my bed. You are sweet and smart :). Ohhh I am 51 years old!! You are an inleeigent wonder. Keep these educational videos coming :)
