Why do I have to use litter in my buns litter box?

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- 11/28/2012 at 9:47 PM
  CaroDeK
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  Sounds like a dumb question I know, but I was unable to find proper litter at first and wanted Scottie to get use to having it so I thought it would be ok if I temporarily just lined the litter box with a paper towel and filled it with hay (I was told you are suppose to put a little hay in as well as the litter).
  
  So I just put in extra hay and thought I would try that while I continued to look for litter that is rabbit friendly. Well its been a few weeks now and I still am not sure what litter to use but am now wondering why I have to use any at all? She is using the litter box fine with just the hay and it hasn’t been difficult to clean, I just dump it out completely every other day and start fresh.
  
  Do have to use litter? Why? What kind and where can I find some..
- 11/28/2012 at 10:26 PM
  Monkeybun
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  Just hay with a paper towel is fine, its what the shelter here does. Very economical
- 11/28/2012 at 10:27 PM
  CaroDeK
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  Oh, good! This works well for us, thanks(:
- 11/29/2012 at 8:34 AM
  Elrohwen
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  My shelter uses newspaper with hay, so similar. The problem I find with it is that it doesn’t absorb smell much. The shelter cleans them every day, so that’s not much of a problem, but I’m too lazy to clean my own buns’ boxes every day, so use litter 😉 It’s a very economical option though.
- 11/29/2012 at 3:22 PM
  zoologist
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  I use news paper or papertowels or pelleted paper or nothing… I haven’t found a perfect litter yet.
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