Newspaper alternative?

countrybumkin

Warren Scout

• Oct 17, 2016

• #1

So I added to my collection this weekend and now have four bunnies, this means I have 6 litter trays. At the moment I am lining them with newspaper and then filling them with hay and this works well. However newspaper is expensive when your using at least 12 a week! Has anyone got any suggestions for a)getting newspaper cheep or b) a paper alternative that's cheeper

Thanks is advance x

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Julia25

Alpha Buck

• Oct 17, 2016

• #2

I know that train stations normally have a lot of newspaper :wave: and its free.

 

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tonibun

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 17, 2016

• #3

Newsagents sometimes can give you paper or go to the local newspaper publisher. Neighbours can be helpful too.

 

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Horace the Bold

Alpha Buck

• Oct 17, 2016

• #4

Work colleagues and neighbours, once a few know you collect papers you will be inundated

 

DemiS

Warren Veteran

• Oct 17, 2016

• #5

Have you tried puppy pads? You can get a pack of 100 for about £13 at B&M. I started using them instead of hemp/hay/wood pellets/wood shavings and i find there's less smell and they're much easier to change and store without bits of bedding going everywhere. I haven't tried newspaper but I'd imagine puppy pads would soak up more urine and not smell as quickly? Money wise I'm not sure which would work out cheaper, I change the pads 2/3 times daily so that's 26-39pence per day, I've never used newspaper in litter trays so I don't know how much you'd use and how much it costs

 

daphnephoebe

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 17, 2016

• #6

Have you looked in Fitch?
It's £20 for approx 20kg from the makers. (Www.fitchrecycling.co.uk)

I clean the girls trays every 3 - 4 days so is quite cost effective. I also use it for the hamsters and gerbils (big cages to fill deep) and a bale lasts around 2 months.

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MightyMax

Banned

• Oct 18, 2016

• #7

countrybumkin said:

So I added to my collection this weekend and now have four bunnies, this means I have 6 litter trays. At the moment I am lining them with newspaper and then filling them with hay and this works well. However newspaper is expensive when your using at least 12 a week! Has anyone got any suggestions for a)getting newspaper cheep or b) a paper alternative that's cheeper

Thanks is advance x

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Your place is now officially Bunnyland :wave:

I get loads of papers in the train station. That or else at the exit of supermarkets. Can you ask your neighbours to save them for you? I used to roam the street picking them out of peoples' recycling boxes :shock:

 

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catherine09

Mama Doe

• Oct 18, 2016

• #8

Do you have a freecycle account? It's free to sign up, I posted a wanted ad years ago and a B and B gave me their old newspapers for years. When I moved house I posted another one and an old gentleman replied and he has been supplying me for years now, I go every 6 months to collect. I've never paid for a newspaper for the rabbits :thumb:

 

Zoobec

Moderator

Staff member

• Oct 18, 2016

• #9

I raid the recycling bins at the supermarket if I need newspapers:thumb:

 

keletkezes

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 18, 2016

• #10

My parents save me theirs: some few-sheet free ones, their weekly local (40ish sheets) and Sunday Express (50-60 sheets). I used to just use a few sheets and cover it with recycled paper pellets (cat litter: about £14 for a bag, lasted me 2-3 months in 2 litter trays), now I've found they prefer less pellets in their big tray so I use more paper and less pellets. I only clear out every 3-4 days as well (mine are outside).

 

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willow and squiggles

Mama Doe

• Oct 18, 2016

• #11

i have 6 litter trays too and used to get people to save them for me. I changed to megazorb though because i needed to be able to put it in my gardening bin to same room in my household waste bin. It depends how deep you want the layer of megazorb really on how long it lasts. It £13 for 80L Which is a huge bag and does last me 3-4 weeks. It would last longer if i just took the soiled bit out but i chuck the lot in the green bin for quickness.

 

tulsi

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 19, 2016

• #12

I have three litter trays between four rabbits and the neighbours give me newspapers. Newspaper, straw and hay work really well for my lot.