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Forum HABITATS AND TOYS First pet rabbit, how and how much do I need to protect the floor in the pen?

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    • mike003
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        The subject pretty much says it all. I am getting my first pet rabbit and I am preparing a small room in my apartment to become the “bunny room”. The bunny will be about 14 weeks old and not yet neutered (although I will get the procedure done), and I hear it can sometimes take a little while to litter train. Should I try to cover the entire hardwood floor with some sort of protective coating? Or should litter training be a short enough process that I can just spot-clean accidents and not worry about covering the area?

        Thanks for any help,

        Mike


      • manic_muncher
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          A lot of buns don’t like slick surfaces. That coupled with the word “apartment” and I think you will want to put some added protection down. Like a roll of plastic and cover with a piece of indoor/outdoor carpeting. Tough, low to no-pile, and spot cleaning is easy. Litterbox training will seem short, but a month or two passing by and hormonal behavior kicks in and many times they begin marking territory (which usually ends with neutering).

          Also a room, to a new bun, will likely seem really huge and maybe a lil daunting. I was advised that buns like small areas to get used to as they explore. So make sure you have lots of hidey places (cardboard boxes) and plenty to keep him/her busy. You may not have to worry about it, but might want to keep in mind that while not all buns are chewers (mine isnt) a lot of pets somehow manage to know if you are renting or not, so might wanna think about baseboard coverage too.

          I think it’s awesome your bun is getting an entire room! I wish I had more space to do that! Welcome to BB and take a look around. LOTS of habitat ideas (even room ideas) and great information on diet and care AND behavior can be found here!


        • Megabunny
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            It’s been my experience that rabbit urine is really hard on surfaces, so protect that wood. Manic is right. Plastic or Lino are really good, but follow up with carpeting or something with traction. Don’t know that I’d give an entire room to a new bun right away. I think you’ll go nuts trying to clean carpeting. They pee a lot! There is some sort of flooring that I regret not writing down that someone suggested one time that’s kind of like rubber and easy to clean. Probably on this forum somewhere, but idk

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