Hay for bedding and toilet?

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- 04/20/2015 at 5:57 AM
  Krissy
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  Is it okay to use hay as the flooring in the enclosure and for the toilet? Or will this confuse the rabbit?
- 04/20/2015 at 10:01 AM
  Sarita
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  I would not use anything for the flooring – you don’t need any “bedding” or hay. Just use hay in the litter box.
- 04/21/2015 at 12:22 AM
  Krissy
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  Posted By Sarita on 4/20/2015 10:01 AM
  
  I would not use anything for the flooring – you don’t need any “bedding” or hay. Just use hay in the litter box.
  
  Really??
  
  I’ve pretty much got a hutch like the below but higher from the ground and it has a metal tray as the bottom which comes in and out..
  
  Because I dont want her just on the metal tray, what can I line the cage with then?
  
  Where should I use the hay/straw? In her little and bedding only or ?
- 04/21/2015 at 12:29 AM
  LBJ10
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  It is best to not have anything on the “floor” while litter training because it causes confusion about where the toilet is. That is why litter and hay should only be in the litter box. You could line the cage with fleece if you wanted to give some traction. Once litter trained, most rabbits do fine on a “soft” surface like fleece or short pile carpet.
- 04/21/2015 at 12:31 AM
  LBJ10
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  If you want something edible, you can also try a tightly woven grass mat. They feel more like textured flooring than bedding/litter.
- 05/24/2015 at 10:38 AM
  Winstons-mum!
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  It sounds like we have the same rabbit house. I have a litter box “downstairs” and in his bedroom (the upstairs part with the sliding drawer) I put a cushion and a small fleece dog blanket. Winston seems to like it and doesn’t use his bedroom as a toilet (there has been the odd occasion but no wee!)
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