What bedding should I get my rabbit He has a very delicate lungs and I’m

[Lucas the Bun]

Any recommendations with help

[Lucas the Bun]

Thank you

[Lucas the Bun]

The type please of bedding because I know they don’t allow Advertising

[Lucas the Bun]

….Worried for him we currently have paper bedding but it’s very expensive.

[Lucas the Bun]

Trying to find a type of bedding that soaks up pee and odor just the type not the brand thank you we have the paper type but it’s WAY to expensive.

[Bam]

Straw pellets for horses can be used as bedding. They are sold for horses, so you wont find them in pet shops.

Most of us here dont really use bedding in our rabbits’ cages/condos/enclosures. I use bedding only in the litter boxes. This makes it a bit easier for the rabbit to distinguish between toilet-area and living-area.

Fleece can be used in the living area. I buy cheap fleece blankets that can be washed frequently and discarded when they’ve become too holey.

[DanaNM]

Many people (myself included) use pine pellet litter, sold either as feline pine, horse stall pellets, or wood stove pellets. They work well and are very cheap and safe (if you can get them as horse stall bedding or stove pellets without any additives).

If you have a cheap source of hay you can also just use a very thick fluffy layer of hay. Not as good at absorbing smells though, so you would want to dump it daily.

. . . The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.  

[Wick & Fable]

What makes you say your rabbit has delicate lungs?

As Bam mentions, people don’t usually cover the entire area of a rabbit’s home base with bedding. Bedding is usually used as litter, and placed in the litterbox. A lot of rabbit-safe litters have very little dust, such as the wood-stove pellets that are mentioned above. Other animal litters, like cat litter, are not rabbit-safe and are also very dusty.

The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.

[Happyjeans]

My rabbit had repeated problems with respiratory infections when he was a baby, the only thing that solved it was a newspaper based pellet that had no additional chemicals in it – literally just 100% compressed newspaper. It’s probably the most expensive litter but it traps smells well so you don’t need a very deep layer in the bottom of the litterbox if you’re changing regularly.

In addition to that, my rabbit still gets sneezy sometimes and I’ve found the best way to deal with that is to make sure the hay isn’t dusty but then give it a light mist of water with a spray bottle. This stops a lot of the dust getting in to the air and up their noses/in to their lungs.

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