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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 05/04/2015 at 2:56 AM
  Marjery
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  So, my Harvey who’s been with us for 7 days (a little aniversary, yay!) has a fabric sheet rolled out over the bottom of his cage to make it softer for his paws (he likes to binky in the cage too so I opted for a softer landing material). This has worked great for us and he hasn’t peed on it once and uses his toilet 100% of the time which is great. Now, regardless of whether he does or doesn’t have an accident, I still do need to wash it at some point. First of all, how often do you wash you rabbit’s fabric and how do they respond to the change? I have an identical sheet to use when I need to replace the current one but he’s totally going to know I switched it… And most importantly, what product do you use for washing? Obviously, fabric softener is a nono – they put all sorts of chemicals in it and it also leaves a scent. But what about washing powder? Is that ok, shall I use some natural alternative? Or buy a bunny shampoo and wash the sheet with that?
- 05/04/2015 at 3:12 AM
  Bam
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  I have fleece blankies for my buns. I wash them with normal unscented washing-powder, sometimes at 104 F sometimes at 140 F (40 C and 60 C).
  
  I don’t think my bunnies care. But since your bunny is new in your house, he may be upset by any change in his new home. You could perhaps put the fresh fabric sheet in the cage together with the old one for an hour or so before you take out the old one to wash it. That way some of the scent from the old fabric may transfer to the fresh fabric.
  
  Congratulations btw!
- 05/04/2015 at 4:36 AM
  Roberta
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  I just wash mine with a normal powder and deep rinse, then I hang outside to dry. My buns love new blankie day, they pretty much sit in the hutch rattling the door to come out. Once they are free many hours are spent snuffling and digging about.
- 05/04/2015 at 1:53 PM
  Elliriyanna
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  What’s always worked for me is tide free and clear along with a generic oxy clean. It is amazing at removing urine odor, neither are scented however so while the blanket won’t smell good it won’t have any smell at all which is great if you have a bunny who is sensitive to scents
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