Maybe try mixing on some paper based litter like Carefresh. It will make the pellets move a little less and the pellets won’t make as much noise either.

I’ve never tried using a litter screen. I have one litterbox digger and I’ve been afraid he’d break a nail (he’s pretty determine) plus my lops poop so much that we’d probably have poop squished all into the screen. We empty and refill all of the litterboxes every night and hubby says we’re not adding anything else that has to be cleaned! You could search the old posts for info on screens and if you don’t find what you’re looking for you could start a thread on screens to get more posts on experiences with them. I know the BB store sells them.

Do you have a feed store local to you? I buy my hay from a local feed store and it is MUCH cheaper than the bags they sell at a pet store. Because it’s cheaper than buying carefresh or other litters I put a thin layer of the hay over the wood stove pellets giving my bunnies something a bit softer to sit on.

Just a spin on JackRabbit’s suggestion.

I just want to say that Kraken is a GREAT name for a bunny.

I’m also in the Cleveland area. Wilson Feed Mill on Canal Rd in Valley View is no more than 20min from downtown Cleveland and you can get a huge block of hay, enough to last probably 6m if your using it in the litter as well as for for food, for about $20. Well worth it. I keep mine in a large plastic bin and only buy it once every 8m or so

I have used litter boxes with and without a grate. When we had a box without a grate, we put a thin layer of hay across as MD suggested, and that worked well at keeping things clean and together. But I have also found a really great system for a box with a grate. A few years ago I bought a “large” rabbit cage (a living room one on wheels) that has a grate in it. We added a hay box at one end and their bowls at the other. The nice thing about this is that it keeps all the mess and accidents inside, so all you have to do is clean up one box and that’s it. To help the pan last longer (this cage isn’t cheap I have to admit) we cut open 13 gallon trash bags to use as a liner. Every other day we pull the pan out, pick up the bag, and drop it in the trash. Occasionally some liquids can get under the liner, but there isn’t any litter to cake the urine onto the pan with, so we are no where near needing to replace it. We also added an exercise pen by clipping it to either side of the cage for when we need to keep them contained.