We use Yesterday’s News (Kitty litter) and sometimes a little bit of CareFresh and hay. We change the box daily (studio apartment) – just dump out the box into a trash bag, wipe the box clean with diluted vinegar, and refill it with more litter. It’s really easy and keeps any smells at bay. I don’t know about the difference in cost between the aspen chips and the Yesterday’s News, though… But I can imagine that changing the newspaper in addition to the chips is a big pain in the butt. Good luck!

I used to use YN and I loved it. However, I found wood stove pellets, and they’re so much cheaper, so I switched over! You can’t beat $5 for 40lbs. I’m still on the bag I bought last November. You can also purchase pelleted pine horse stall bedding – it’s exactly the same product as wood stove pellets, but can be easier to find if you live in a warmer place where wood stove pellets aren’t common.

I put a paper towel down, then a very very thin layer of wood stove pellets. I have one bun and only change his box twice a week and I don’t notice any odor at all.

Aspen shavings really don’t control odor very well, so I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by either YN or wood stove pellets.

WSP are wonderful, I highly recommend them. And since they are so cheap, it doesn’t matter if you dump the litterbox everyday, you’re still saving money.

The pine pellets are safe because they’re processed differently than shavings. The pellets are kiln dried, so all of the volitile compounds that harm pets are burned away. In the shavings, the pine is just chipped into shavings without any other processing, so those compounds are still present.

Hopefully that makes sense! Glad you were able to find them nearby. They really are great and so cheap!

They are safe because most (if not all) of the toxic phenols are removed when they are processed.

I would still recommend lining with newspaper since the WSP or horse bedding pellets turn mushy when wet- you can they “peel” out the newspaper into the garbage bag- much easier.

We don’t do a major cleaning and rinse everytime we change the boxes- we have a spray bottle of 50/50 vinegar/water- and we just spray it and wipe it out. 

I agree with everything Katnip said. You can also line the box with papertowel if you’re like me and don’t get the newspaper 😉

this has given me some ideas i think i am going to try to line the bottom of my box with news paper.

Do you have any of the old soiled litter you can put in the box? That make spark their memories about where they’re supposed to potty.

Just clean up anywhere they’ve gone with diluted vinegar and put a tissue soaked in their pee in the litter box.

Some bunnies are extremely picky about what litter they’ll use, but most are able to adjust to just about anything pretty quickly.

I’ve used the bedding for Horse stalls with good success. The stuff I got was Compressed Straw and I think it was the same – about 7.50 for 40 pounds. I found that it absorbed a bit differently that Yesterday’s News – Not less, but got mushy faster ( If that makes any sense) Odor control was about the same, overall ( and My buns Litter boxes are in my bedroom, so smell control is also important to us!)

I did a thorough soak of the pans with vinegar and some baking soda yesterday – let them sit in the sun for about an hour. The vinegar really broke up some of the urine buildup that even my regular diluted vinegar spray downs don’t get.

I always threw some of the old litter on top of any new litter – to give the reminder of “hey, I pee here, even if it feels a bit different on my feet”

If they do pee out of the box, put the papertowel with the urine in the box ( I put a little litter on top so it would stay down) to remind them. You may also have to be a bit of a stickler about making sure ALL the stray poos get put back in the box, as a reminder until they “remember”.

Also, I have one who is really picky about her litter and another who is fine with Whatever. She ( La Diva Coco) doesn’t like when her box is TOO clean. When I do a thorough soak like I did yesterday, She often reacts by re-establishing her territory around the box. I expect it now, but it perplexed the heck out of me at first. I assumed you would prefer a nice fresh box – but some buns get a bit funky about exactly how they LIKE their litterbox!

The pine can have a smell, and bunnies sense of smell is pretty keen. Maybe put some of the aspen chips on top so it’s more familiar – then start to reduce that until they are using the pellets.