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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Painting

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    • FrankieFlash
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        So I’ve lived in the house for almost a year but still have not painted

        It was supposed to get painted before we moved in but we had issues with the painter we hired. So now, I think I might just take it upon myself to find time to paint.

        My questions is, what paints are not safe for bunnies and what are the best ways to protect their sensitive noses? I’ll have to paint their room and last time I kicked them out of their room for 24 hours to shampoo the carpet, they through a huge protest and did not use one of the 5 litter boxes I gave them in the living room.


      • RabbitPam
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          There really isn’t a paint that won’t have some fumes detectible by sensitive bunny noses. I would do the move to the livingroom again, but be prepared for protests. Provide the litter pans, of course. But consider laying down a temporary protective cover. Are they being confined to an xpen in there? If so, you can get a cheap (ie. $20ish) low pile area rug from Target or Walmart that could go under it as a layer between them and the livingroom floor/rug. Or, lay out a shower curtain liner, lay a flat sheet over that (so no nibbling on plastic is possible) and then set up their pans and habitat stuff. The liner will be moisture proof, and the sheet will be soft on their feet and safe if nibbled a little.

          But I wouldn’t try to keep them in a painted room. Acrylic, or quick drying, or low fume paint might be available at your local paint store. They would be the experts to ask.


        • FrankieFlash
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            Thanks RP!

            I had planned to lock them out again. But I had not thought about penning them though. I let them have free roam last time since it’s part of their normal free roam area. The foster bunny is on a tablecloth covered by a sheet on a pen so I probably could work out something like that for them. Or possibly give them limited space with a pen.


          • Sarita
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              Recently had my guest room painted with Low VOC from Sherwin Williams with the rabbits in the next room – smell dissipated very quickly and no problems with the rabbits. Can’t smell it at all now. This paint is very pricey though, but it was worth it.


            • LBJ10
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                Yes, go for a low VOC paint. Definitely not something that has a warning on it. We learned the hard way with that adhesive even though the rabbits were upstairs and the adhesive was in the basement. Poor Wooly was high as a kite. =( I like the idea of moving the buns to the living room. However you think it will work for them.


              • FrankieFlash
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                  Okay I will look for low VOC. I played with the idea of during a couple murals and for that I mix house paint with acrylics so I know the acrylic part won’t smell or bother them. It’s the house paint part. I would put them on the whole other side of the house but I don’t want to start wars with the foster bunny and screw up all of their litter habits

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