I use a shop vac…stuff does get stuck in the tubes occasionally, but it’s a quick fix to working order again.

I have two vaccuum cleaners; one for my rabbits and one for my house. I too have a Bissel bagless. I brought it for $44.00 and it’s been doing a great job. It’s the hair that clogs the vaccuum. What I do regularly is wash the filters, container, etc. to get out as much of the hair, let the filter air dry then put back together. If you do that, the vaccuum will last a long, long time. Some owners use a dustbuster for small jobs. Also, try to get up as much hay as you can before you vaccumm helps also.

I have a Shark cordless sweeper that I use to pick up the hay scraps and poops and any other larger bits around then follow up with my regular vacuum to pick up the small bits like fur and crumbs. I absolutely LOVE my cordless sweeper. It’s so darn handy and a good choice if you don’t want to invest in a whole new vacuum. They sell them in most large retailers like Target or Walmart or home stores

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I have stopped vaccuuming. We just live among the hay and fur… ;o)

But seriously, I have had my own issues with vaccuums. The best thing I have found is to pick up stray poop, hay, fur with my shark hand vac first. It’s small and comes apart easily so I can unclog it as necessary. I then vaccuum with my inexpensive Bissell Bagless. It is lightweight. I can take all the filters and cups out to wash. A big benefit to this vaccuum and the main thing I was looking for when I purchased it… the entire hose can come off. With my old vac, the hose stayed connected to the body of the vaccuum. You could remove it, but it had to be unscrewed in several places to get it off, and that was always where the clogs happened. My new vac, I can remove the entire hose with just a twist of my wrist. I make sure it is free from debris after every use.

You can get 6 gallon wet/dry vacs for under $40.00. Easy to clean, can handle the hay and as a bonus, litter.
But even better would be to get an electric lawn vacuum. I saw one at Lowes under $70.00.
The great thing about a lawn vac is it will mulch. Suck up the poop, hay and litter, then dump it right into the garden or put into the compost pile for next year if it’s to late to be mixing your garden soil.

I have a little handheld broom and dustpan that I use to clean up teh majority of the loose hay and poo- then I vacuum the rest with a Dyson Animal vacuum- works great.

My bunnies pens are on top off a vinyl/plastic sheet- carpet underneath- so the vinyl protects the carpet, and over the the vinyl/plastic sheet I use fleece blankets.

When it is time to clean- I let that bunny out- shake the blanket over their litterbox.  Sweep up that major part of the mess.  Dump the litterbox into the trash, wipe out, refill.  Wipe up any part of the vinyl that needs it- put a clean fleece blanket down.  Refill the hay bin once the litterbox is in place (it catches a lot of the hay mess that does not stay in the bin).  Put their toys and hidey house back and then I am ready to move onto the next cage.  I clean their cages about every 3 days.

I have a little hand held Dyson called the “Dyson DC16 Root 6 Handheld Vacuum Cleaner” – my husband got it cheap on one of those sites that does daily deals on certain items (woot or slickdeals or something like that) – and I use that a lot. We use a shop vac to do the cages, because its the only thing we can clean up all the hay and poops with, and then we have the Dyson Animal vacuum as well, and we love it too. THEN I dump all those things into the compost – its supposed to be really good for compost piles because of all the dust mites and organisms in it – gross