Chewing litter box

[wicked witch]

Max just turned a year old a couple weeks ago. The past week he has been chewing his litter box. So much that the whole top is chewed off. He has lots of stuff in his cage to chew and play with but he likes chewing on the plastic. Is this normal and will he stop soon?

[Jessie1990]

I would look for a litter box with a larger rim or thicker plastic. This could be very dangerous, because if he ingests the pieces he could create a blockage in the digestive system. I went through 5 litter boxes before we found that perfect box for both rabbits. Sadly, it’s not the same box type LOL, so when we bond them that is a whole new problem we will have to solve.

[LongEaredLions]

I have seen thick cardboard litter boxes that apparently work quite well and would be safe for him to chew.

[MK]

Does Max have chew toys? I agree with Jessie1990, this could be bad if he was eating the pieces. Toys or even a wood “house” for ferrets and hamsters can redirect his attention.

[wicked witch]

He has different chew toys. I had another plastic litter box that I put in his cage and he doesn’t chew this one, yet. I will look and see if I can find a cardboard one for him. I work in a retail store so I could make him one out of a box. Thanks for all your suggestions.

[unknownphoenix]

It sucks when your rabbit isn’t interested in wood toys. My rabbit Bleu is like this as well. Prefer to chew on plastic over the 100 wood toys in her cage.

What I would do but actually didn’t work very long with my rabbit Bleu is I would take Ivory bar soap and rub it on the box and it would deter her from chewing on it for quite a while until it wore off then I would have to do it again. I am pretty sure this is safe, I read it was on a couple sites but if you were to do this, make sure your rabbit doesn’t actually ingest any and if he seems to enjoy licking it then an alternative may be needed. The goal is to eventually make the rabbit forget that it enjoyed chewing on plastic. I got lazy and sick of doing this every week though

Another option, is to get a metal casserole dish or lasagna pan and place it in a deep cardboard box that your bunny can jump into easily. The cardboard prevents your bunny from smacking his legs on the metal and I also use it as a container for hay. Keeps poops very well contained as well as the hay. But buying cardboard boxes every couple weeks depending on if they get soiled can be expensive. Also you have to watch to make sure that he doesn’t ingest to much cardboard if he decides he loves to chew on that as well

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