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I got my x-pen on ebay, they can be expensive in pet stores. I haven't had any issues with mine chewing on the rug, but they have cardboard, sticks and hay to chew on in their pen. One thing that has helped me with litter training is feeding their pellets in a bowl in the litter box. I also started out feeding hay in there. I bought the biggest (cheapest) cat litter box at walmart. They got used to jumping in and eating and "going." For litter I use wood stove pellets that I bought at Orchelin's and Westlake, I think that's about the cheapest option. When I first started training mine they lived in a large pet carrier. I put in the huge litter box so they spent a lot of time in it anyway. I didn't want them to have a lot of freedom to just pee wherever they wanted. I wasn't totally sold on the idea of getting mine spayed, especially when I found out I had two females, but I finally gave in when they wouldn't stop marking (leaving little pee spots) in their pen and on their stuff. Oh and when I let them out it was like a poo sprinkler went off.
Have you let them out at all? How are their litter habits when you do? They may view their whole cage as the litter box, but not have any accidents outside of it.
Good luck to you, I'm happy that you are trying the house rabbit thing. I had them outside as a 4-H project when I was little, but they are so fun in the house I'd never go back! Once they are able to have more freedom you get to see their personality come out and all this will be worth it.