Litter??

[nikkiky]

I am a new bunny owner, she is my daughter’s, but has quickly become all of our pet. She is a sweetheart and we have litter trained her. I am trying to find the best litter to control odor (she is a house bunny). Thanks in advance!

[Thump]

I use pine pellets. It does the best job of controlling odor and I can go a long time without having to change it. I cant believe I didn’t discover it sooner.

Some people say you shouldnt use pine because supposedly it causes respiratory problems but my buns tolerate it great.

[Baxter n Boos Mom]

I also use pined pellets – which is reasonably priced, and have also like using recycled paper litters. I buy the ones marketed for cats – because it’s basically the same thing – but much cheaper!

[Beka27]

Thump, pine pellets are fine for bunnies. Pine shavings are what should be avoided.

I also use pine pellets. Mine are woodstove pellets, but basically the same thing, and usually cheaper than what you buy in the petstore.

[kamdynandsunshinesmom]

I put a few layers of newspaper and in the corner she pees I put a little bit of yesterdays news and top that with handfuls of hay. I personally can’t smell any odor all I smell is hay.

[Cochin]

Diatomaceous earth (DE) is great at containing smell…

[bunnluff]

I switched from newspaper pellets to pine pellets because I honestly could not handle the urine odor every time I changed the box. Pine is super absorbent too and I change the litter box every other day and with the paper it would break down quite a bit like wet paper does and there would be puddles of pee at the bottom, but not with the pine!

[Elrohwen]

I really like Yesterday’s News and felt it did a great job, but it was a bit expensive. Wood stove pellets do just as good of a job and are very cheap, so I’ve used them exclusively for the past few years.

[Rachel Anne]

Where can you get wood stove pellets? And does it matter what type of wood it is?

[tanlover14]

I use CareFresh and LOVE it

[somebunny243]

I use regular pet bedding that I buy from petsmart. I change the box by dumping out the entire tray and putting in new stuff once a week. I only use a couple of handfuls so the jumbo bag lasts me about 3-4 months (it’s a small to mid size litter box). The bedding, I’m not exactly sure if it’s made of a paper type product or not, but it absorbs the urine before it reaches the bottom/plastic of the box. I don’t seem to notice any odors until the day I change it, the bedding itself is also odorless. I also only buy the white bedding so I can see how often he goes to the bathroom and it makes keeping an eye on that sort of stuff extremely easy.

[njbunny]

Those of you using the wood stove pellets/pine pellets, do you fill the bottom of the box with them? I have been using a newspaper lined bottom followed by shredded newspaper and wood stove pellets sprinkled around (a few handfuls). With 1 bun and 2 boxes I have to change them completely every 3rd day. I was thinking of trying to just use the pellets but wondered if I would just go through it faster if I fill the box? I am using the paper just to make the pellets last longer for cost reasons. 1 big bag of pellets is lasting me 1.5 months for the 2 boxes. Just wondering how often you have to change your boxes and how you like using the pellets exclusively?

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