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I have put Bella back in her cage now...
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Mama Doe
Okay
Which litter though, ordinary cat litter or special rabbit litter?? I heard wood chips can hurt their feet?!Okay
PAH sells a bag of Rabbit Litter, that is good, but if it is left with wee in it, it will get bigger, untill it spills out.
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x-baby-bella-x
Mama Doe
I've never been to PAH before :shock: Is it far from me then as I cannot travel far...
Lauralou
Warren Veteran
I use a Tesco litter, a paper based cat litter. you can have a bunch of old towels that you circulate and wash, also newspaper with hay on top..
That's what I thought at first, that I wouldn't be able to get her out from under my bed. But I just let her come out in her own time, she spends a lot of the time under the bed. But always comes out when I sit down on the floor.No, she could get under my bed and trust me, we WOULDN'T be able to get her out again
You can get a paper litter for cats that will be fine topped up with hay.
It's not really fair she has nowhere to run. Buster goes under my bed and I manage to get him. To be honest if she has nowhere in the house she can exercise she won't be come back to you because she will be enjoying her freedom too much. It takes time to get them to a stage where they will come back too you on command (11 months on Buster still has deaf moments:lol Surely if you sit in the bathroom for 30 minutes you can check she isn't chewing?????
It's not really fair she has nowhere to run. Buster goes under my bed and I manage to get him. To be honest if she has nowhere in the house she can exercise she won't be come back to you because she will be enjoying her freedom too much. It takes time to get them to a stage where they will come back too you on command (11 months on Buster still has deaf moments:lol
Surely if you sit in the bathroom for 30 minutes you can check she isn't chewing?????Does Bella have an area in her cage where she usually goes to the toilet? Rabbits are very clean animals so they usually pee in the same area so you can put the litter tray in that area for her. If you don't have any litter you put some newspaper in the bottom and cover it with a layer of hay - not ideal but better than nothing. Once she is used to this tray you can then take it out of the cage when she has a run around and she will naturally go there when she needs to pee.
x-baby-bella-x
Mama Doe
Okay, I'll see what I can do as mum is going shopping tomorrow. Are there any specific brands of cat little that are suitable for Bella??
She pees in 2, sometimes 3 different parts of her cage (half the time next to her hay :roll:
I could sit in the bathroom with her, yes but she'll always look and try to get behind the sink!
She pees in 2, sometimes 3 different parts of her cage (half the time next to her hay :roll:
I could sit in the bathroom with her, yes but she'll always look and try to get behind the sink!
Hunnybunny2007
Warren Veteran
How big is her cage, I know you were looking for a dog crate, did you get one? Would she have more room in her hutch outside?
Thea & Bobbin
Warren Veteran
No specific *brand* of litter is needed, but it must only be wood or paper based as this is the only type that is safe for them.
Is there something you could cover the cables with? Either some cardboard or if you cut a slit down a few toilet roll inners you can wrap them around the wires
She may try and chew the cardboard but it will give you time to see what she's up to x-baby-bella-x
Mama Doe
I didn't manage to get one unfoutunatly, the shop in Bulwell didn't have any in at the time
I think she has more room in her indoor cage tbh.
I think she has more room in her indoor cage tbh.
Crystal butterfly
Warren Veteran
when litter training Misty i found i had to place litter boxes in most of the corners lol he got it eventually though... bless him hes just a tad slow :roll: Lilli on the other hand just uses the litter boxes as toys so im kinda giving up on her.
is the weeing your only worry hun? if so have you thought about placing something water proof across a large space and create a pen kind of thing for her to exercise in this way if she pees outside her litterbox it wont be on the carpet and she'll be getting the exercise she needs. when catchin a rabbit its normally easier to 'trick' them say a cat carrier with veg in but rabbits can learn from this and will soon associate that 'carrier' with going back into their cage so its a case of trying diffrent things all the time so they dont become to intellegant and outsmart you! :? Crystal is teh queen when it comes to outsmarting me :roll:
is the weeing your only worry hun? if so have you thought about placing something water proof across a large space and create a pen kind of thing for her to exercise in this way if she pees outside her litterbox it wont be on the carpet and she'll be getting the exercise she needs. when catchin a rabbit its normally easier to 'trick' them say a cat carrier with veg in but rabbits can learn from this and will soon associate that 'carrier' with going back into their cage so its a case of trying diffrent things all the time so they dont become to intellegant and outsmart you! :? Crystal is teh queen when it comes to outsmarting me :roll:
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Mama Doe
Oh right okay :?
Weeing is my worry and the fact I cannot get a play pen for her as of yet
FudgesMummy
Warren Scout
I dare say a smll local newsagents would save you two if you asked them nicely....
good luck with it babes x
good luck with it babes x
x-baby-bella-x
Mama Doe
Have boxes?? Okay, I'll ask them tomorrow but what did I say??
x-baby-bella-x
Mama Doe
I think I could but she's one to dig at things so what if she digs at my duvet and makes holes :shock:
ETA: Smudge goes on the table, too
