Puppy pads

[Coco]

I use a plastic letter box for my buns litter box. The stackable office type. I chose it because the front is open for easy access. And the size is right.
I see others are using hay or other special bunny litters.
I just put a sheet of newspaper down and cover that with the small puppy pad, cut in half. The paper absorbs any pee that gets under the puppy pad & makes picking the pad up without spilling the poop easier.
I have not seen any site where others are doing it like this. Is there some danger that I haven’t heard of? My bunny doesn’t chew on them and seems fine. Just wondering if anyone else does this?

[Coco]

I put her hay bin above the litter box, so she does eat her hay while doing her biz.

[Coco]

No one else uses puppy pads? Why not?

[Gina.Jenny]

I do and have done for years!

I fold them in half, as this absorbs any pee that goes underneath, line those underbed plastic storage boxes with them, and cover with a couple of inches of hay. All 5 buns happily use these to go in, eating hay often at the same time, and clean up is easy. Any dry hay gets lifted off the top and goes on a clean puppy pad, the wet/soiled hay goes on the compost, and the soiled pad goes in the bin, job done. Fresh hay on top, all hay changed if needed and it takes minutes to do.

[Bam]

I think Q8 does (a lovely member who sadly can’t access the forums very often due to tech issues). I sometimes used puppy pee pads for my bunny Bam. As long as the bunny doesn’t eat the pee pads I don’t see a problem. I’d stay away from the scented ones though because bun’s have sensitive lungs and some buns are inclined to hang out in the litterbox for extended periods of time. I don’t know if the scents are harmful but better safe than sorry etc.

[Muj Mom N Bun]

I myself have a bun who prefers to dig every single time she enters her box… so I have steered clear of them. She also seems to like to clear a spot for herself so, in addition to my worries of her deciding to nibble on them, I can picture coming into the room in the morning and seeing everything pushed out of her litter box because she has dug under it and kicked the pad, plus all on top of it out of the box! Then, peed on it, of course!

[Nattybun]

When he was little he had a cage (he was never locked in it) where he would eat and drink in the morning. I used paper and hay. When he got a bit older I binned the cage and used the puppy pads with a large little box he took to them straight away. He’s never bothered to dig or eat them, but I can see how this could be a problem.
They are much easier to manage and takes away some of the odour.

[bbbunzo]

Hi Coco, I know I just responded to your other post but thought I’d leave it here too Allen used puppy pads for about 3 years and it went really well. Never any issues with him eating them or clawing them up. It’s great that you can use only half of one and save some money! I still use one to line each litter pan and cleanup is a cinch. I only stopped using them because I want him to not have those stains on his butt cheeks from sitting in his pee, and thought it would be nice to have him going to the bathroom in a smaller area (though it is two jumbo pans side by side). I think if it works for you guys and is no harm to bunny, it’s probably ok. I’m not sure how easy it would be to change the routine for your bun anyway. I think the change really worked so well for Allen because I switched his setup when we moved, so he would have had to change his bathroom location anyway.

[kurottabun]

I have a grated litter box which I put in Kurotta’s cage. I use wood pellets for the box, but line the tray underneath the cage with a puppy pad because although he does his pee and poops in the box about 90% of the time, 10% of the time he does them in the cage itself.

I personally find puppy pads less absorbent than wood litter and they are also more expensive, which is why I don’t use it for the litter box itself

[princessbookworm]

We use them under paper pellet bedding mostly bc despite my best efforts, I cannot get Jake and Julie to use separate litter boxes so some areas get very saturated w/ pee very quickly.

We also use them under some hay for car rides. Just recently, I was a very proud bunny mama bc Julie used a puppy pad at the vet! The staff were very impressed she ran over to the pad on the floor and used it.

I would just make sure–like everyone else has said–that your buns dont eat them and that they’re unscented. I think they’re great for travel or to protect the bottom of your litter pan!

[Sirius&Luna]

I also put puppy pads under the litter trays, to catch any spills of pee and hay. As long as the bunny doesn’t obsessively chew them, it’s absolutely fine.

[Bam]

Puppy pad in the carrier, under a fleece blanket, is great.

Princessbookworm, I’d have been crazy proud too! Such a clever girl!

[Coco]

I tried adding a bit of hay to the back of her litter box, first and only time she used the floor in front of it! I dumped the hay & she went back to using the box! I guess she is just used to the old method!

[Bam]

Coco, rabbits are creatures of habit =) They don’t like change much, at least not when change involves their litter box. “My litterbox is my castle”, many buns would say!

[Coco]

Hi Bam! I had a Rex for over 9 years & I recall that he hated me to mess with his potty box! But what a mess had I let him have his way! Lol
This bun Foo Foo, she watches every move I make when I change hers, but she is more patient, she just watches & does not try to bite my bottom when I do! My Rex boy was never fixed as I didn’t even know why back then! I understand now why he tried to nip

[Q8bunny]

Bam is correct. We switched to pee pads from paper litter (followed by wood pellet litter) due to Chewbacca launching himself out of his litterbox with almighty kicks which scatter the mess everywhere. He doesn’t try chewing them unless they’re poorly placed and annoy him. They are a dream to clean up – just roll everything up and discard (at the moment we have access to a garden, so we compost the hay/poops first).

We buy the smallest unscented ones we can find and they usually fit his litterbox (one of those busboy dish boxes).

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