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- 12/01/2011 at 2:22 PM
  Number1Sticky
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  Right now I’m using aspen wood chips. I know it isn’t bad for rabbits, but I’m sure other stuff (like care fresh, yesterday’s news etc.) would be better.
  
  Here is a list of different kinds of bedding I’ve gotten off of http://www.guinealynx.info/bedding.html and a few other websites:
  
  Aspen shavings
  
  Care fresh
  
  Cell-sorb
  
  Crown animal bedding
  
  Eco Bedding
  
  Megazorb
  
  Soft-Sorbent Bedding
  
  Wood pellets
  
  Yesterday’s news (or any other recycled paper)
  
  I’m looking for bedding for the cage AND the litter pans. From personally experiences what do you think is the best bedding based on price/absorbent/dust etc.? Feel free to suggest other kinds of bedding. I just want the best for my rabbits.
  
  I have two rabbits but they are housed separately.
  
  Thanks!!!
- 12/01/2011 at 2:26 PM
  Monkeybun
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  Personally, I wouldn’t sue bedding anywhere but the litter box. Why? because it makes it easier to litter train, and for hem to stay trained. It confuses them if bedding is everywhere.
  
  I use carefresh, and its been good to me so far
- 12/01/2011 at 2:43 PM
  kinggoblin
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  I use cozy n fresh pellets a lot, I can’t smell his litter at all now and it turns to dirt when he pees on it and it is easy to dump
- 12/01/2011 at 2:46 PM
  Mandyyy
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  Yeah, I don’t use bedding anywhere but Nava’s box.
  The bedding I use is Eco Bedding. Most paper bedding’s aren’t too absorbent but having one bun on this litter it works pretty well for her. I haven’t had an issue with it so far, and it’s good for the environment and my bunny.
  
  And carefresh works great. Haven’t used it since I had a hamster though, but I liked it when I used it.
- 12/01/2011 at 2:57 PM
  Rabbit lover
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  I use kaytee soft granulated bedding.
- 12/01/2011 at 3:43 PM
  Stickerbunny
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  Agree with not using it anywhere but the box – you will just encourage accidents iwth it all over. If you want a soft covering for the bun in the cage floor, use a fleece blanket or something if they won’t pee on it. I use yesterdays news litter.
- 12/01/2011 at 7:51 PM
  Number1Sticky
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  I would love to use carpet/blankets etc. outside their cage, but wouldn’t they eat it? Or at least chew it? My rabbits eat everything.
  
  Also one of my rabbits isn’t litter trained. I got her when she was about two years old (she is about four years old now) and I tried training her, but she will literally only go in her litter pan when the outside of it is full. It’s frustrating. At first I did use different bedding for the outside and litter pan, but now I just use the same stuff because it doesn’t really make a difference anyways. But I can try to train her again.
  
  One of the problems is she isn’t spayed yet. I am going to get her spayed, but I just don’t have the money to right now.
  
  Also, my cousin (who had her before me) made her a hutch and put carpet on top of it, but she had to take it off because she was eating it. So I’m worried she would do the same if I put a blanket in her cage.
- 12/01/2011 at 8:09 PM
  Stickerbunny
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  No, you don’t just want to use a different bedding if you are going to try to train her – you want to remove ALL BEDDING while training and just put litter in the pan. My unspayed female learned pretty fast as long as the only absorbent area was her litter box. The outside the litter pan should just be empty plastic or whatever the bottom of her cage is made of. Bunnies don’t like stepping in their own urine.
  
  And depends. Some will chew certain materials, some won’t. Fleece is safe if they nibble it a bit, so you could try and see what they do. If she tries to eat it you can take it out. Stickers loves to destroy carpet, but her blankets are safe.
- 12/01/2011 at 8:10 PM
  Mandyyy
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  It’s harder to train unspayed females. Domino just learned the litterbox the last year ol her life (she was about 7), but Nava learned almost instantly.
  
  Nava isn’t much pf a chewer, but I never really had an issue with bunnies ruining the blankets from chewing. I also get cheep blankets that if she decides to chew them up, I wouldn’t miss them much.
- 12/04/2011 at 9:10 PM
  Lazee
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  I can’t make up my mind so I mix Cell Sorb and CareFresh and a little Cozy-n-fresh.
- 12/05/2011 at 10:13 AM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  I use cell sorb or wood chips for litter, I don’t have a bedding.
- 12/05/2011 at 11:14 AM
  Lazee
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  yeah, I guess technically I don’t have bedding either.
- 12/05/2011 at 3:03 PM
  Pandorachik
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  I se yesterdays news & Equine pine (Sometimes)
  
  {Edit: Also, ever use wood chippings & shavings!}
- 12/05/2011 at 3:04 PM
  Pandorachik
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  ^^ I mean like cedar & pine!
- 12/13/2011 at 8:31 PM
  Number1Sticky
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  Thanks every one for your help. I got some wood pellets for their litter pans and I think I’m going to try fleece blankets for the rest of their cages.
- 12/14/2011 at 6:17 PM
  BuggzzBunniee
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  in the litter box i use clay litter bedding and it works great because it clumps up when wet and is easy to remove. and for bedding i use hay and i find that works great too
- 12/14/2011 at 6:23 PM
  Monkeybun
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  Clay clumping litter is VERY bad for bunnies. If they ingest it, which they tend to do, it can cause a major blockage, and death. DO NOT USE.
- 12/14/2011 at 6:23 PM
  CocoVermont802
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  For my buns cage i bought three bath towwels at walmart and juust fold them to fit the floor. it keeps it kind of cozy, then in the litter pan i use yesterdays news it seems to be the best at absorbing it and it does run about 7$ a bag… but it lasts like 3 weeks. I put about a cup in the pan and change it every day.
- 12/14/2011 at 6:29 PM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  Posted By CocoVermont802 on 12/14/2011 06:23 PM
  
  For my buns cage i bought three bath towwels at walmart and juust fold them to fit the floor. it keeps it kind of cozy, then in the litter pan i use yesterdays news it seems to be the best at absorbing it and it does run about 7$ a bag… but it lasts like 3 weeks. I put about a cup in the pan and change it every day.
  
  Towels are good, just make sure they don’t eat it since it unravels and can make them sick if they do
- 12/16/2011 at 7:22 AM
  kamdynandsunshinesmom
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  I use yesterdays new unscented pelleted litter I absolutely love it. I don’t have bedding in her cage. I have a removable plastic tray from a dog crate and I put straw mats over top of that. Think of straw mats I get a bunch of them the extra large ones from busy bunny I buy the value pack. Try the straw mats!
- 11/23/2015 at 1:42 AM
  Crashley
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  The bottom of my buns cage has a piece of card board on the bottom for easy cleaning because i made my buns home out of a hutch. I felt like the cardboard was to hard for her feet. So i bought cafefresh pet bedding but i do not want to take the chance with her gettings mites, even though mites can travel on any thing(hay, food, bedding) but i am over protective with my bun and its to messy. I bought her an oxbow timothy hay matt(which is pretty nifty) but i still feel like its to hard on her feed considering its wound tight and weaved really tight as well. She doesnt like to lay in her hut as much now. What is a safe alternative that protects their feet and is easy to clean up? Btw my baby bun is litter trained and does not use the bathroom anywhere besides her litter box.
- 11/23/2015 at 3:44 AM
  Bam
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  I use fleece blankies and vet beds. Vet beds are good because they’ve anti-slide on the under-side. They are machine-washable. I buy big pieces and cut them to the size I want. The fleece blankies I use are the cheapest kind. I cut them in two or four pieces, my buns like to dig in them. They also bite holes in them, so you shouldn’t get anything pricey or “too nice”.
- 01/31/2017 at 7:59 AM
  Shannon Marie
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  What about what bedding to use in bunny’s cage? I read that you wrote you don’t use bedding anywhere but the liter box…
- 01/31/2017 at 6:32 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Hi Shannon and welcome to BB. We ask that members please not respond to old threads (this one is from 2015) as it causes confusion. Please feel free to start a new thread or post an introduction.
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