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Many on here use wood pellets for litter, as do I. I have zero problem with dust or with it ever getting out of the litter box. Not sure what could be happening with your set up.

The pellets breakdown when wet with pee, but then they are wet and never ever dusty. Are you using too much at one time? The pellets are so absorbent that a thin layer on the bottom of the litter pan is all that is needed. They expand greatly.

Is your litter box large enough? Small boxes or those corner boxes typically don't work well with any litter.

I also put hay on top of my pellets. It works great that way -- definitely no litter coming out of the box.

Here is a visual of how I set it all up. Maybe you'll notice something different than you are currently doing?

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Blue eyes said:
Many on here use wood pellets for litter, as do I. I have zero problem with dust or with it ever getting out of the litter box. Not sure what could be happening with your set up.

The pellets breakdown when wet with pee, but then they are wet and never ever dusty. Are you using too much at one time? The pellets are so absorbent that a thin layer on the bottom of the litter pan is all that is needed. They expand greatly.

Is your litter box large enough? Small boxes or those corner boxes typically don't work well with any litter.

I also put hay on top of my pellets. It works great that way -- definitely no litter coming out of the box.

Here is a visual of how I set it all up. Maybe you'll notice something different than you are currently doing?
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Thank you for your help, we use storage boxes too for litter trays, but we put hay in a hay rack and tosser so it doesn't get dirty, but I'll try that :))

I think I'm definitely putting too much litter in so I'll give that a go since I've just bought a 30L bag and want it to last as well. I think dust still is a problem however, maybe I should try a different brand?
 
No need to worry about soiled hay -- the bunnies will only eat clean, choice pieces. :) But they do love jumping on top of it. The hay also really helps keep their feet clean since they will be on the hay rather than having direct contact with soiled litter. It also help hold down the odor.

With regular refreshing of hay, the litter box can be changed twice per week with no odor (-- no odor until you are actually dumping it, of course).

I can't imagine dust being a problem still if you do the hay thing and put fresh hay on top of the old hay twice per day.
 
thanks. I rushed to the rabbits and replaced litter with wood pellets at 1.30 in the morning (luckily, I had some left from long ago). I don't like wood pellets but safety is more important.
I must of been overwhelmed having so many pets (10 birds in addition to 3 rabbits) that I started confusing who can't have what.
Are pine shavings better than cedar or should be avoided as well? Has damaged been done to my buns by using cedar? Of course, all cedar shavings say it's best litter for small pets
On the bright side, they were only exposed to cedar during night hours. During the day they are staying in the yard in the fresh air and don't use litter boxes.
 
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Interesting. I haven't been to this site for a long time (just have a lot of other things going on right now). Can't even say why I stopped by today, and can't say why I clicked this thread. But it turned out really really useful thing for us! Thanks, Watermelons!
 
If youre going to use shavings use aspen. (I buy aspen shavings from petsmart in the US).
Pine i would personally never use in shaving form (some people will say its okay as long as its kiln dried) but i will only ever recommend using pine when it is in pellet form (Wood stove pellets or horse stall pellets) and says kiln dried.
Cedar is the biggest no no for any critter.

I will personally NEVER even use pine wood stove pellets for my animals. I dont trust it. You have all ready pointed out im in Canada in another thread and i actually make a point of going down to the US just to buy bags of aspen shavings. (So much cheaper)

http://www.rabbit.org/care/shavings.html
 
I have kind of a problem with litter now.
I personally don't like wood pellets. I put shredded newspapers over the pellets and it's making a mess all around the boxes.
I buy expensive hay that I feed that I would hate to use in the litterbox. Other than this, hay I can get in local feed stores is of an awful quality. I stopped buying it.
I will need to find aspen shaving that are not expensive
 
Thumperina said:
I remember it attracted my attention because pack said protection from fleas or something like this. There was a picture of a rabbit on the pack.
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Yeah. Thats just how toxic cedar is ;)

Aspen is definitely more expensive but is worth it IMO. Its not crazy but sure costs more then pine and cedar.
 
Blue eyes said:
No need to worry about soiled hay -- the bunnies will only eat clean, choice pieces. :) But they do love jumping on top of it. The hay also really helps keep their feet clean since they will be on the hay rather than having direct contact with soiled litter. It also help hold down the odor.

With regular refreshing of hay, the litter box can be changed twice per week with no odor (-- no odor until you are actually dumping it, of course).

I can't imagine dust being a problem still if you do the hay thing and put fresh hay on top of the old hay twice per day.
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Thank you, I'll put their hay in the litter trays and in a hay rack so they can choose, thanks for the advice :)
 
I line my litter box with puppy pads! Super absorbent, but they do require changing twice a day. I change in the morning and at night and dump a huge pile of hay on top. Clean up is really easy as I just fold the pad up and dump into a bag. I probably waste a very small amount of hay in the process, but I'm not too worried about that. Gnocci usually eats all the clean stuff by the time it's time to change anyway.
 
Well changing this often isn't for me :)
I went to Tractor Supplies and got there a large bag of Aspen Shavings for $9 + tax. haven't use it yet.
 
Our four litter boxes, for our house baby bunnies are lined with newspaper and covered with a thick cover of oat hay. They are changed daily. They just love to munch on the oat hay.
 
I have used the back 2 nature paper litter, it's fine, it can stay a little soggier than the wood pellets, and I found it can get caught on bunny feet when they jump out the tray. But otherwise it's alright. I switched to woodpellets from a litter like that because I like the odour control better and it just seems to work better. I've not really had any issues with dust either. Sometimes there's a bit of dust at the bottom of the bag, but I use a litter scoop to add fresh litter to the tray so that sieves any dust out anyway.
 
flemishwhite said:
Our four litter boxes, for our house baby bunnies are lined with newspaper and covered with a thick cover of oat hay. They are changed daily. They just love to munch on the oat hay.
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About the oat hay. Where we live is relatively near a community that allows horses. BTW, it's an expensive area to live in and the houses have small barns in the back for a horse. I buy a "flake" or oat hay for $5. I think there are 5 flakes in a "bale" of hay. With two baby Flemmish rabbits, now slightly larger than normal rabbits, and three to four litter boxes, we go through a lot of oat hay. The rabbits just love to set in their litter boxes and eat it at one end and expel it at the other end!!

BTW: Oat hay: the dried oat stalks, leaves, and oat kernals.
Oat straw: the dried oat stalks, leaves. NO oat kernals.
The bunnies need the oat hay. Oat hay is abrasive, it contains silicates, so it helps keep the rabbits teeth from getting too long...remember rabbits teeth are constantly growing and they need things to chew to grind down their teeth.
 
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