Hi. My daughter, after being good for several months and not swaying in her desire for them and promises to look after them, has just got two bunnies. They're a male and female from the same family and they get on together. We have a hutch (actually two 4'x2'x2' hutches joined together) and a run, and I'm planning on making a rather long run myself in the summer (the garden is about half an acre). They need to go off to the vets soon for immunisations and they will both get "done" when they are a little older.
The hutches are very well made (in my opinion) with pull out plastic floors for easy cleaning - which brings me onto my question: In the "bedroom", there is a wicker bed which I have filled with hay and they seem to like to sleep on it - great! I am planning on getting a litter tray for the corner, which I will fill with megazorb (if i can find it) and will put hay on top. So what do I cover the rest of the hutch floor in?
Nothing?
Woodchip?
Paper?
More hay?
I currently line the whole cage with hay, but is this right and will they know where to litter if the whole hutch appears the same? Should I use a different type of hay? Should I just forget the litter tray idea?
The hutches are very well made (in my opinion) with pull out plastic floors for easy cleaning - which brings me onto my question: In the "bedroom", there is a wicker bed which I have filled with hay and they seem to like to sleep on it - great! I am planning on getting a litter tray for the corner, which I will fill with megazorb (if i can find it) and will put hay on top. So what do I cover the rest of the hutch floor in?
Nothing?
Woodchip?
Paper?
More hay?
I currently line the whole cage with hay, but is this right and will they know where to litter if the whole hutch appears the same? Should I use a different type of hay? Should I just forget the litter tray idea?