best litter for heavy wetting bunny?

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- 12/11/2015 at 5:57 PM
  sorathebunny
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  My new lop is a big drinker! His litterbox is constantly getting completely saturated. My little rex girl only ever wets a small portion of her litter at once. I have to fill my lot’s water bottle three times before I fill hers once… that is how much he drinks. So i am looking for a really absorbent litter. currently using a combination of yesterday news and a paper litter (care fresh? ) on top. then I have some hay on top. Any tips?
- 12/11/2015 at 6:08 PM
  Moothebun
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  I use blue buffalo non clumping walnut pellets
- 12/11/2015 at 8:59 PM
  LBJ10
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  You could try wood stove pellets. They absorb pretty well and they’re really cheap. Just make sure not to get the kind with accelerant added.
  
  Moothbun – Walnut-based litter isn’t recommended for bunnies because walnuts (including shells) are on the toxic list.
- 12/11/2015 at 9:38 PM
  vanessa
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  I also have heavy peeing buns, my lob being the biggest pee’er. Wood pellets do work really well. I decided to try aspen wood shavings. They do well for odor control, but they dont’ absorb like the wood pellets do. The shavings are lighter in weight which is easy to deal with, but the wood pellets definitely absorb the best.
- 12/11/2015 at 10:01 PM
  sorathebunny
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  Awesome! Thanks! I will look for some wood pellets. I may have to put puppy training pads under them as well. When I took the litter out today, the bottom of the box was slick still even with the litter all soaked. Although, I don’t have any grate in there so I worry about him digging it up ans tearing it to pieces.
- 12/11/2015 at 10:56 PM
  vanessa
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  I use a puppy pee pad, then wood pellets/wood shavings, then a plastic grate (flourescent light difuser from home depot), then hay. One pair leaves the pee pad alone. The other pair tries to consume it. The grante prevents that, (I cut it to fit), and keeps the bunnies from sitting in icky.
- 12/11/2015 at 11:23 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  I use wood stove pellets in the box, but puppy pee pads all around as my guys are old and pee where they please. The pads are super absorbent and keep their feet dry-so their whole run is covered in pee pads.
- 12/12/2015 at 7:55 AM
  StachesMommy
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  I pretty much do what Vanessa does. I place a puppy wee wee pad down first, aspen supreme pellets, carefresh on top, scatterless grate, and then hay. I probably don’t really need the carefresh on top but I don’t know I feel like it absorbs superb together because sometimes the aspen pellets turn into mush….
- 12/12/2015 at 10:04 PM
  vanessa
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  @ stachesMommy – it all helps. I’ve had pee soak through the pee pads if I dont’ have enough absorbent material on the pee pad.
- 12/13/2015 at 2:57 AM
  Eepster
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  If the drinking and wetting are really heavy, you should make an appointment with the vet to get his blood sugar checked.
- 12/13/2015 at 2:54 PM
  sorathebunny
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  We jus went to the vet and he looked great! I don’t know if his wetting is that heavy compared to most bunnies, but it is very heavy compared to my rex who is half his size. I am thinking bigger bunny, more wetting. And he eats more, so he drinks more. Are there signs to look for that would indicate blood sugar problems? He has a great energy level and seems very healthy and happy.
- 12/13/2015 at 7:57 PM
  Eepster
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  Other than the thirst and peeing thing, most symptoms of diabetes don’t show up till it’s pretty advanced. That’s why it’s good to get the vague symptoms of drinking and peeing a lot checked out even though it is quiet often nothing. When caught early, diabetes is much less damaging.
  
  If the vet ran blood work when you saw him/her, then you can just call and ask if that included blood sugar, it often does.
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