Throwing litter out of his box!??

[Florida_Bunnies]

ARRGGGH. So I have two male buns who haven’t been neutered yet. (Monday is their appointment for their pre-op examinations, I will be SO HAPPY when they get neutered!) ANYWAY.

So I haven’t identified the culprit yet, but ONE OF THEM is using the litter box as a dig box! THey are jumping into the litter box and digging and therefore throwing all of the litter out of the box and into their cage. What the heck is this about? Should I provide them with a dig box of some sort? If so what type of filling should I use in the dig box that the buns will like? I’m wondering if I should change litters. Right now we are using something that is similar to Carefresh and the buns do not seem to like it at all. I mean I know their litter box habits will greatly improve after they are fixed, but in the meantime they have been *trying* to use the litter box until this littler behavior started.

 

ANy advice? What is a good size for a dig box and what is a great filling to put in it?

 

Also I know this debate has come up before, but what is your favorite litter? I’ve heard a lot of good things about wood stove pellets. Where would I find such a thing? I’d never heard of them until recently. We do have a horse and feed store here in our town, would I be able to find something decent there? Thanks a lot! 

[Monkeybun]

If you have a horse feed store, you can probably find some horse stall bedding there. It’s similar to woodstove pellets, but you don’t have to worry about added accelerants. Make sure to get pellets, and not shavings. It’s cheap too!

My buns are spoiled, they get carefresh. Monkey doesn’t like anything else

A grid over top the litter may be an option to stop the digging.

[Michelle&Lolli]

Shredded paper in a box is a great dig box.

Eddie kicked his litter out of his box too. Never really stopped. But he was a weirdo and had to make a potty spot before he’d go. Like a cat does. Dig dig dig, pat pat pat, dig, pat, turn around and go. Seriously took him like 10 minutes to go because of this. Meanwhile, Lolli just hops in and goes.

[Monkeybun]

Moose has a box with shredded paper for digging. He doesn’t hop in it much, but when he does, he’s at it for hours.

[Jenna, Chubs & Comet]

My bunnies only dig in their litter box when they are mad at me or want my attention! Haha no joke. Smart little boogers

[Bumblebunny]

Mine did not start digging until after he was neutered. He had two areas with phone books or paper to dig in, but every so often he wanted to dig in the litterbox. I got very tired of vacuuming up the litter from his home, so I switched to a litterbox with screens from BB. It works. I just keep a thin layer of hay over the screen to be sure his feet are protected

[Elrohwen]

Hannah did this for a while and I had to get screens for both of the boxes. She doesn’t have a dedicated diggy box, but she has a phone box and some boxes she can destroy. If I gave her anything else to dig in she’d probably mistake it for a litter box

[baxterbun]

Baxter has always done it. He has a big hay box he digs in but will still kick up his litter. I use litter like the wood stove pellets. I’ve tried them all & these are the best for my bun.

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