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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Dealing with pee paws

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    • Samsie
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        I have a flemish giant who weighs about 12lb. He has free roam of the house, and so far so good. 

        He has a litterbox and I use carefresh.  I clean his litterbox every two days , three if I throw a fresh coat of carefresh on top. 

        I try to put a rug right by his litterbox so when he jumps out if he has wet paws it will hopefully soak up a little pee, but he feels a rug isn’t needed there and without fail he always moves it. 

        I have noticed that sometimes after going to the bathroom he will leave little pee paw prints on our wood floor. His new name is Mr. PeePaw.  Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this problem? I don’t want my rugs and floor to smell bad. I notice sometimes when going into his room (yes he has his own bedroom) it smells very strongly of bunny. 

        Is there a better absorbing litter than carefresh? And hopefully cheaper!?

        Help!


      • MoxieMeadows
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          Have you ever tried hay?
          I buy a large bale of hay meant for horses/goats or other livestock, but is perfectly safe for buns, mine is grown locally. cost me $7, but it’s her bedding/litterbox, and food, and it lasts about 3 months. My bun has a room to herself (about 180 square foot), I wouldn’t recommend hay as cage bedding, because when there’s a lot of urine, amonia(or whatever it’s called) builds up and causes breathing problems, but for a litter box, they are not spending all their time in it, so I would says it’s perfectly fine, especially when kept clean.
          the urine should run through the hay to the bottom of the pan and absorb into that bottom hay.
          Hope this helped.


        • Sarita
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            Mr. Peepaws LOL.

            There are definitely better and more affordable options than Carefresh out there.

            I use something called Lone Star Bedding which is a horse bedding – it’s basically a pelleted pine that breaks down to sawdust once it gets wet. It’s about $6 for 35 pounds. I think it is only available in Texas though, but if you look at tractor supply if you have one look for equine bedding.

            Here’s a link to Lone Star Bedding so you see what I’m talking about:

            http://www.lonestarbedding.com/

            And a link to something comparable at Tractor Supply:

            http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/tractor-supply-coreg%3B-pine-pellet-stall-bedding-40-lb

            Just to give you some ideas to look for something comparable in your area.


          • LolaBuns
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              I use the equine bedding from tractor supply for Lola. She didn’t have wet paws but her bottom got wet when we used just hay and when we used paper pellets. It is SO SO SO much cheaper than actual litter too. Sarita is right, we spend $6 for a bag and it’s huge (not sure about actual weight since it’s been awhile since we switched and I threw the bag away but when we compared it was like twice the size of a bag of litter). The bag is kind of a pain because it’s so big and kind of heavy but we just used an old dog food container (the plastic kind with a pour spout we got on amazon for cheap) to store it and no more problems. Her feet sometimes turn a bit yellow but no more wet butt. So glad we switched.


            • Samsie
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                Thanks everyone! I will try that out. Hopefully it will be more absorbent, and the price sounds awesome!


              • mocha200
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                  Changing the litter to pelleted pine will help a ton!!! With sme and absorbency. Is your rabbit neutered? That will help with smell too!


                • mocha200
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                    Just saw one of your previous posts where you said he was neutered. :p

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