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Using hay as bedding ?

Rabbits need a lot of hay in their diet to stay healthy, they should eat a small amount of pellets each day, a few veggies and a big pile of hay. It can be used as bedding but put something absorbent under it, it won't soak up wee very well
 
We use Fitch bedding https://www.fitchrecycling.co.uk/animal-bedding/fitch-pet-bedding.html (I promise I don't work for them I just recommend it a lot :lol:).

It's good value for a big bale and is very absorbent. It has the potential to be messy, especially for indoor rabbits if it gets kicked around, but I haven't found it a problem. They might use it as a toilet, rather than bedding as such, but ours will normally use the litter tray. You can put as much hay as you want on top / in their litter tray or in a rack.
 
I use a 32litre underbed storage box with newspaper straw and hay, lots of hay. I also put hay into a wooden magazine rack for them to munch on. Their diet needs to be around 80% hay so using at bedding is a good plan.

I have lino on their shed floor and a hutch with no door for them to sit on (they prefer on to in). The only place that I have hay is the litter boxes (three for four rabbits) and the large magazine/hay rack.
 
Also I should mention that if you want to litter train your rabbit then I wouldn't advise covering all of the floor in hay. Rabbits like to pee as they eat, I have hay racks around my indoor rabbits' litter tray and they use it very well, but if I leave hay anywhere else they'll pee there
 
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