Runny Babbits

[richatnort]

TheLordJohn said:

We use wood pellet litter, like cat stuff

We use that too, it's great and if anything smells a lot better then the paper stuff!

Charlie has to go for his yearly injections tonight so going to have a nice 20+ minute wait as they as never on time.

[RemyMartin]

richatnort said:

TheLordJohn said:

We use wood pellet litter, like cat stuff

We use that too, it's great and if anything smells a lot better then the paper stuff!

Charlie has to go for his yearly injections tonight so going to have a nice 20+ minute wait as they as never on time.

Another wood pellet user. Love the smell of fresh litter minus the pee.

[Fluffsri]

We use fluffed up paper stuff. Its very wierd. It doesnt stick to anything, is light and fluffy and most of the marbles fall through it so hes not sat on them, the pee soaks in but still stays fluffy so it doesnt stay wet. Its not the cheapest but Pads was suffering from sore feet sitting on sawdust, since we have changed to this stuff he doesnt suffer anymore.

[bazza white]

I'll give the wood pellet litter a try. How often are you changing it for a pair of rabbits. We are on sawdust (I know) but tried cat litter and fetch wouldn't go anywhere near his cage just stomped at us for 2 days.

[richatnort]

bazza white said:

I'll give the wood pellet litter a try. How often are you changing it for a pair of rabbits. We are on sawdust (I know) but tried cat litter and fetch wouldn't go anywhere near his cage just stomped at us for 2 days.

Probably every 3 days! Depends on the smell and how much they wee

[gazapc]

Anyone else chasing up vets for rabbit haemorrhagic disease 2 vaccines? Our rabbit sitter for this weekend has had to pull out as she has had now 3 die of it and doesn't want to risk it spreading. Vets hope to get the first batch of the vaccine in the next week or so but nothing confirmed.

http://www.thebrc.org/RHDV2%20Newsletter.pdf
http://www.thebrc.org/Advice%20Sheet%20for%20Pet%2...

[TheLordJohn]

bazza white said:

I'll give the wood pellet litter a try. How often are you changing it for a pair of rabbits. We are on sawdust (I know) but tried cat litter and fetch wouldn't go anywhere near his cage just stomped at us for 2 days.

We change ours daily Lol. Cat litter, the weird grey stuff, isn't all that, but the wood pellets should be fine for them
We put our feeding hay down one side (front to back, around 1/3 of the tray wide) so when they eat it, they are sat in their tray poo-ing.

[axgizmo]

I will try the wood pellets too, as mine are free range indoor buns they don't have a great deal of litter anyway, they have a silicone washing up bowl as a litter tray but they do spend a fair bit of time sat in it, Red especially.


With sawdust I changed it ever other day and topped up the hay daily. With paper i've had to do it twice a day and its a horrible job!

So we've been on Baytril for 4 days now and already Red's nose has almost dried up, sneezes are still there but we are definitely making progress! Thank God.

Only downside is last night I noticed Cinders sneezing a lot (she's always been a sneezy bunny but last night was off the scale - Nose looks dry though) Back to the vets for another bottle for her I guess!

[TheLordJohn]

axgizmo said:

I will try the wood pellets too, as mine are free range indoor buns they don't have a great deal of litter anyway, they have a silicone washing up bowl as a litter tray but they do spend a fair bit of time sat in it, Red especially.

Yes I should have said. Ours have the run of the house, so their litter tray is literally just a cat litter tray big enough for the two of them.

[THP150]

Going for the camo look.

[axgizmo]

Awww, so cuuuute

[richatnort]

First time we've been properly able to let ours outside as our old rental didn't have any grass or garden so we've bought today and i made a run from the dining room to the cage but Charlie the little sh**t found 2 ways to escape so i put them on the grass and they're having a great time



Holly LOVED going up and down the tunnel


Anti Charlie blocker in place (didn't work)

[THP150]

Lovely last pic.

[Animal]

[quote=richatnort]First time we've been properly able to let ours outside as our old rental didn't have any grass or garden so we've bought today and i made a run from the dining room to the cage but Charlie the little sh**t found 2 ways to escape so i put them on the grass and they're having a great time

I bought mine a kids' play tunnel off eBay for a couple of quid and they loved it for jumping through, onto and just sitting inside. Sadly, they loved eating it too!

[S3_Graham]

Question for you guys and girls.

My Rabbits are indoor buns. They always have been. Lola is 5 1/2 and Reggie is 4. They aren't ones for being handled a lot. I'm not overly bothered about them sitting on my lap and them seem quiet content and don't get any enjoyment out of being handled. This makes vet runs and any transport in the car stressful. Is it better for the carrier to be dark so they can't see what is going on, or open so that they can see things and hopefully not be scared.

ATM they share a large Cat carry cage thingy. Its plastic with a large open grate on one end.

Also, another +1 for wood cat litter here. Smells much nicer.

[richatnort]

S3_Graham said:

Question for you guys and girls.

My Rabbits are indoor buns. They always have been. Lola is 5 1/2 and Reggie is 4. They aren't ones for being handled a lot. I'm not overly bothered about them sitting on my lap and them seem quiet content and don't get any enjoyment out of being handled. This makes vet runs and any transport in the car stressful. Is it better for the carrier to be dark so they can't see what is going on, or open so that they can see things and hopefully not be scared.

ATM they share a large Cat carry cage thingy. Its plastic with a large open grate on one end.

Also, another +1 for wood cat litter here. Smells much nicer.

Not an expert but probably open. Ours are always on my Mrs' lap or on the front seat facing out. So they either get stroked or left alone but can alway see out.

[V40Vinnie]

Does anyone else have an issue with their rabbits being prolific diggers? We have a group of three (2 does 1 buck) and the does well one of them at least is a PITA with her digging.

[TheLordJohn]

V40Vinnie said:

Does anyone else have an issue with their rabbits being prolific diggers? We have a group of three (2 does 1 buck) and the does well one of them at least is a PITA with her digging.

Our old house in N Yorks, I built a full perimeter fence (detached bungalow) so we could let the rabbits and dogs out unsupervised.
Was washing a couple of our cars one Sunday and went into the back garden to see how Roger and Jessica were getting on but could see no sign of them
Fearing the worst, I ran around the back garden. Saw an approx 8" diameter hole in the side of the turf that went down further than my arm could reach.
Out popped Roger and Jessica.
In the space of about an hour, they'd dug a full length bolt hole!!

I'll upload a photo if I get chance later

Roger getting in the way whilst demolishing an inbuilt pantry to make a full size dining room -



Roger (most likely to be guilty) pulled this full bale of hay down on the floor so he and Jessica could enjoy that hay. Presumably the hay in their tray wasn't good enough on that occasion -



The aforementioned bolt hole -



Once I'd found them and moved them on, I found out how they'd dug it so fast -



Clever little bds were working together. Jessica doing the initial dig, then Roger cleared what came out underneath Jessica to make more space for her!!

And a few front garden photos -

Edited by TheLordJohn on Monday 8th August 17:53

[S3_Graham]

do you not worry that they might escape? Or do you live in a suitably rural area that its not a huge deal?

My GF's parents are looking after mine when I go on safari at Christmas and her dad keeps telling me that he will let them in their garden. Whilst I have no issue with that in theory... If I can't handle them easily my worry is that he will let hem out and that's the last i'll ever hear of them!!

[TheLordJohn]

S3_Graham said:

do you not worry that they might escape? Or do you live in a suitably rural area that its not a huge deal?

My GF's parents are looking after mine when I go on safari at Christmas and her dad keeps telling me that he will let them in their garden. Whilst I have no issue with that in theory... If I can't handle them easily my worry is that he will let hem out and that's the last i'll ever hear of them!!

I wouldn't trust any one else at all. Without meaning to, you'd always hold them responsible if anything happened.
They can't get out, there's a perimeter fence. They're only allowed in the front (so the lawn photos, not the bolt hole ones) supervised and the back with sort of regular 15/20 minute checks.
For what it's worth, we don't live there anymore. So they don't have the pleasure of nice grass to chew on for a few months until we come home again.