Happy the bunny was very determined to have free run of the house. She has a spacious cage for night time, and I bought her a play pen, but I feel bad putting her in it during the day, because I just don’t think she has enough room to run and play. I tried using the play pen as a gate to keep her in the living room, but she kept escaping. I plugged up every escape route, and thought she wouldn’t get out, but eventually, she became so determined, she ran in circles to gain speed, and made a mighty leap right over the couch. I knew then, it wasn’t worth trying to block her in. I had to either leave her in the pen, or let her roam free. Since she is pretty well behaved, I decided to give her a shot at free roaming. I used pieces of the gate to block off areas with cords, and let her out to roam. She has done pretty well, except that now she has decided to get into the cat’s litter boxes. She does dig in them a little, but she doesn’t kick the litter out. She also does her bunny business in there. She doesn’t lay in the cat boxes, as she sometimes will in her own box, and she does still go in her own boxes, although she doesn’t dig in them. I know you aren’t supposed to use cat litter for bunnies, and I am sure there must be a reason for that. I can’t block off the litter boxes. We have 3 kitties, and one of them was having some trouble with using the litter boxes. We finally got him comfortable with using the boxes, and if we block them off, we will have trouble again. I also don’t want to confuse Happy. She has done so well with litter training, and now she never goes outside of the litter box. I’m so proud of her. She is such a good girl. Is it dangerous for her to be using the cat boxes? I don’t want her to get hurt or have any health issues. She is so happy to be able to run around. She does the cutest little bunny laps all through the house, hopping, and binkying, and tearing up and down the hall. When she isn’t running, she has a few favorite spots she loves to lounge and do her little “bunny meatloaf,” thing. When the mood strikes her, she will run up to me, jump into my lap, and push her nose up to my nose, doing the little tricks I taught her, in hopes of getting a few pets and treats. She likes to follow the cats around, and groom their tails, and sometimes chase them around. I really don’t want to have to put her back into the play pen. Any ideas on what I should do? What is the deal with cat litter and bunnies? We use a dust free clumping litter, because one of our kitties is slightly allergic to the dust, and will sneeze and get runny eyes if we use a dusty litter. We also use scent free litter, in case the scented kind is bad for his allergies. I’m not sure if that would make it safe for a bunny, though. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am thinking I might try making Happy a box with care fresh litter to dig in, and see if it helps for her to have her own “digging box.” We use wood pellets in her litter boxes because it’s a lot cheaper than the other litters. If anyone has any other ideas or suggestions, please let me know. I want to keep Happy free. I love having her out and about with me during the day. She’s such a cute little thing!
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