My bunny’s litter trays honestly don’t smell. I use a paper based litter, and change them every 2-3 days.

I have one bunny in my bedroom, and two in the living room.

Best advice for bedroom bunnies is ear plugs! I get woken up by 3am crazy binkies if I don’t!

The closet sounds like it could work – I would just give him a cardboard box to sleep in, and a blanket, plus litter tray etc.

High walled litter boxes and litter screens will cut down on the mess a lot. Wick used to track litter and hay all over the place.

I share an efficiency apartment, basically one big room for living/sleeping/cooking/eating plus bathroom and walk-in closet, with two small (3 lbs. or so each) rabbits. It’s a fairly tight fit and I do intend to find a larger place once I can afford it, but I manage pretty well at this time by having the largest bunny condo I can fit into my apartment (2 levels with some 17 square feet total space) to house the buns in, plus an X-pen attached to the condo with up to 24 square feet additional space for a total of over 40 square feet in which I let them have at least 9 hours’ time, up to 12 hours or more on weekends, out to run and play every evening with cardboard tunnels, hidey boxes and such. Their litterbox is located on the lower deck of their condo in a well-shaded spot, with Carefresh paper litter as the substrate, which is changed every 2 to 3 days and cleaned out every week. I’ve never had an odor problem; usually, the strongest smell is the buns’ hay.

Become one with the hay and fluff…..

Just kiddin…. sorta. I share a studio with my two fluffs. I actually think most of the mess is from me refilling their hay rack.

I use pine pellets with a screen over them to prevent digging, and it works well.

Also stock up on vacuum bags.

When I first got Jake (pre-Yulie ), we lived in a studio apartment. Since he is a pretty chill, tidy bun we had few problems. I used a small store bought cage as a litter box and has him free range 24/7.

I just made sure all cords were tucked away before I left each morning (which wasnt hard because the apartment was so small, lol).

A few times a week, we would go early morning to a local park with an enclosed dog park. If there were no dogs or kids, he would be allowed to run around. But he is pretty lazy (especially before Yulie lol) so often he just sat.

He was happy even though our living space was small by human standards. He ate good, littered good, binkied often, and woke me up every morning for pellets ?

As long as the area is safe and your bun gets plenty of exercise time and love, I’m sure he will be happy.

Also, maybe try offering a square of tile for him to sleep on (super cheap at dept stores) as well as something a bit more “cozy” as long as he isnt a chewer.

I previously shared a very small room with my rabbits in college because I had roommates. I gave them free range of my room and kept their litter box in my bathroom. However, they are pretty messy buns when it comes to their droppings, and so I just had to deal with little poops all over my room. 

I read a lot about people with free range rabbits still giving the bunnies their “own” space and it has been a lifesaver for me. I now live in a tiny studio apartment and while they still have free range, I also gave them a pen. It is pretty much open all day except for when I leave the apt for long periods of time. They love having their own space and when they are tired or are sick of me walking around they will go and hang out in their “room.”

So just a thought if you find out Merlin is not the cleanest roommate!

I attached a picture of their “room” within my room. It is just two expandable dog fences with organizer squares in the middle for more space. 

Wow, that looks so nice! What cool looking fencing! 

Love the shoe door-stop too!