PalmerBunny
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Hey everyone. I'm entirely new to the bunny world. We rescued Palmer from being someone's soup (literally). No clue how old he is, seems definitely full grown. He is a giant Flemish. I'd say about 15 lbs.
First I noticed he only eats pellets, bananas, and some treats. He will not eat hay in any form (loose, cubed, or compact disks). He will not eat grass either. He seems a good weight and his poo seems regular.
Second he will not chew on anything. Great right? I don't have to worry about him chewing furniture, wires, etc. but I am worried his teeth will over grow.
Third, we got him an automatic litter box since the odor associated with a 15lb rabbit is immense. He was using doggie piddle pads in a box with the newspaper pellets and it was just stinky in less than 2 days, I am 36 weeks pregnant and have a hard time cleaning a litter box daily. We knew not to get clay based litter so we tried wheat clumping kind, he was using his new box just fine but flat out eating the litter. It made me nervous so we went back to the original,piddle pad/newspaper set up. I went to PetSmart and told them my dilemma and they had me use a pine clumping litter. Thinking he won't even chew wood why on earth would he even try eating this? Well he stopped using the litter box so we placed him in it with a few stray poos and he seemed content in there. Then he started eating the pine clumping litter!! I don't know what to do. I need to continue using the auto litter box due to my temp handicap. I could try the corn based clumping litter but I feel he is DEFINITELY going to eat that being food based. Do they just nibble on the litter and I shouldn't worry about it if I go back to wheat or try the corn? It seems like he thought it was a giant bowl and would of eaten the whole box not just nibbling though. Baby is coming soon and I'd like to try everyone's ideas and get into a routine before Zoey joins us in this world. Thanks!
First I noticed he only eats pellets, bananas, and some treats. He will not eat hay in any form (loose, cubed, or compact disks). He will not eat grass either. He seems a good weight and his poo seems regular.
Second he will not chew on anything. Great right? I don't have to worry about him chewing furniture, wires, etc. but I am worried his teeth will over grow.
Third, we got him an automatic litter box since the odor associated with a 15lb rabbit is immense. He was using doggie piddle pads in a box with the newspaper pellets and it was just stinky in less than 2 days, I am 36 weeks pregnant and have a hard time cleaning a litter box daily. We knew not to get clay based litter so we tried wheat clumping kind, he was using his new box just fine but flat out eating the litter. It made me nervous so we went back to the original,piddle pad/newspaper set up. I went to PetSmart and told them my dilemma and they had me use a pine clumping litter. Thinking he won't even chew wood why on earth would he even try eating this? Well he stopped using the litter box so we placed him in it with a few stray poos and he seemed content in there. Then he started eating the pine clumping litter!! I don't know what to do. I need to continue using the auto litter box due to my temp handicap. I could try the corn based clumping litter but I feel he is DEFINITELY going to eat that being food based. Do they just nibble on the litter and I shouldn't worry about it if I go back to wheat or try the corn? It seems like he thought it was a giant bowl and would of eaten the whole box not just nibbling though. Baby is coming soon and I'd like to try everyone's ideas and get into a routine before Zoey joins us in this world. Thanks!