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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 07/09/2014 at 4:12 PM
  hiskatey93
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  Cash and I have been in a contest of wills when it comes to the bedding in his cage.
  
  I gave him Aspen bedding. He tried to eat it. What he didn’t attempt to eat was shoved out of his cage. (At that time I had no idea it was not good for him! I’ve learned my lesson!)
  
  Next was CareFresh Natural reclaimed Pulp bedding. He shoved all of it out of the bars on his cage, so he had none of it left inside.
  
  Next I tried Kaytee Wood Pulp Pellet bedding. He varied between eating it and shoving it all out of his cage.
  
  I tried a fleece blanket. He destroyed it beyond any kind of use.
  
  A towel. Destroyed that beyond any kind of use.
  
  Paper towels. Shredded and threw out of the cage.
  
  Newspaper. Shredded into thousands of piece and threw out of his cage.
  
  Carpet square. Utterly destroyed. And guess what? Thrown out of the cage.
  
  WHAT DO I USE AS BEDDING?! He just pushes everything I put in it out of the cage and wants nothing to do with it. I think he jsut prefers to aly on the hard plastic bottom.
  
  But I need some ideas. We are in the process of building him the equivalent of a bunny castle cage, with multi-levels, ramps (he enjoys climbing. I think he might have a touch of mountain goat in him. He will just haul himself ontop of his hutch and climb over anything he can.) so I want to get some ideas of bedding to use in his soon to be completed kingdom.
- 07/09/2014 at 4:35 PM
  Pipje
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  He sounds exactly like my Pippin! I found that once his housing was upgraded to a 6x3x3 cube condo then all this behaviour stopped and he no longer shreds and pushes things out his cage now he has more room. I think it was because he felt he didn’t have enough space so was always trying to take things out his cage/pen.
  
  I’d probably just leave him on the plastic bottom, bunnies don’t seem to care for lying on comfy things, at least mine don’t! They flop on the hard laminate floor and won’t sit on any kind of cushion or blanket :/
  
  I’m assuming he has a litter tray with litter in it? If so then there’s no reason for bedding anywhere else anyway. Once you have your condo built then you can choose a new floor that feels nicer than plastic, some people use linoleum on wood, I have used a rubber stable mat (indestructible and my favourite option! but expensive sadly), waterproof foam puzzle floor tiles plus short fibre cheap carpet. Basically anything easy to clean that the bunnies can’t get a grip on with their teeth. Have a look in the habitat section of the site for some ideas!
- 07/09/2014 at 7:32 PM
  Beka27
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  Yup! Bedding isn’t necessary if a litter box is provided. It just makes a bigger mess. I would just remove it altogether.
- 07/09/2014 at 9:54 PM
  MoveDiagonally
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  I agree with others. Bedding isn’t necessary and can actually hinder litter box training. I would just keep some in his litter box.
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