Originally posted by lute
thanks for all the info!

i will most definatly adopt one from a shelter.

i do have a couple questions about litter training. what kind of litter should i use? how do you litter train a rabbit?!

thanks lots!
Just a thought. If you are going to be leaving your bun bun alone for long periods of time (school, work, vacation, etc.). What about adopting a bonded pair? They get into less trouble. To me it's like only having one. They share one litter pan, one cage etc. The only thing that is diffrent is the food intake, but I've found 2 isn't much more, food wise, to one. Although, this also means double the vet bills, I think in the long run your bun would be happier.

What I did for litter training is, Walmart has these little cat pans. They are fairly in-expensive. I bought 4 of them and one the first day placed them in every corner. Then, I would look to see what litter pan the bunny used the most. I would then remove one litter pan (this could be the same day, days later or whatever, just when you see most of the bunnies poops in one pan). Then I leave 3 litter pans in his cage for a day or two. And then I would remove one. If he is going in another corner, I would put another back in and leave it till he started useing only the one litter pan again, or at least 2 to 3 days. Then I would take out the litter pan again. If you keep doing this, eventually he will only use the one. A thing to remember though, if your rabbit if already full grown he may be to big for the little litter pans and if you notice he is peeing just on the edge of his box, it might be because the pan isn't big enough, so you would need to buy him a bigger pan. Julian litter trainined in One Day useing this method (but he is freakishly smart). Jacom litter trained in *about* a week.

I personally use Kay Kob, but bunnies can eat it and choke on it. I've been looking and trying diffrent things and havn't found one that even compairs to it. I find yesterday news doesn't obsorb the odor enough, but diffrent things work for diffrent people. Alot of people like Woody Pet, but I also don't like this because of the way it breakes down when it gets wet. If, however, you do like it, and you want something really cheap, buy a product called AMB at your local feed store (our tractor supply carries it here). it is acctaully Horse Bedding, but is just like woody pet. My friend uses it, but first asked her vet about it and he said it was a wonderful bargain and completly safe. (Here is a product like AMB and Woody pet. http://www.guardianhorsebedding.com/pinepellets.htm ) You cna buy 40 pounds of AMB for $4.00, if you live in Ohio. The price may vary where you live though, but it's a really nice saving!

Ashley