Dragonrain
Well-Known Member
Berry won't stop digging in the litter boxes.
The bunnies have a dig box - I tried filling it with hay and another time with old phone books. Berry enjoyed both of those and used the dig box, but it didn't stop her from also digging in the litter box.
I have 3 litter boxes (I have a bonded trio of rabbits) and Berry just goes nuts all night digging everything she can out of them. She gets hay and dirty litter and poo all over the floor and it's a huge pain to clean up. Not to mention that the sound of her nails against the litter pans is annoying and keeps me up at night.
Two of my litter boxes are grated and that at least keeps her from being able to reach the dirty litter, but the third box is new (it's just a giant storage tote with a hole cut in it) and I haven't gotten around to making a grate for it yet. Last night she drove me crazy digging in it for hours, even after she had already got everything out of the box, then she just dug against the bare plastic. The mess in the bunny room this morning was horrible to clean up, most of the floor was covered in dirty litter and hay.
Is there anyway I can discourage her digging in the litter box until I get around to finding a way to make a grate for the new box? She seems obsessed with digging lately. I don't understand why - she has free range of a room, lots of toys to play with which I rotate weekly, two other bunnies living with her...I don't think she should be bored.
The bunnies have a dig box - I tried filling it with hay and another time with old phone books. Berry enjoyed both of those and used the dig box, but it didn't stop her from also digging in the litter box.
I have 3 litter boxes (I have a bonded trio of rabbits) and Berry just goes nuts all night digging everything she can out of them. She gets hay and dirty litter and poo all over the floor and it's a huge pain to clean up. Not to mention that the sound of her nails against the litter pans is annoying and keeps me up at night.
Two of my litter boxes are grated and that at least keeps her from being able to reach the dirty litter, but the third box is new (it's just a giant storage tote with a hole cut in it) and I haven't gotten around to making a grate for it yet. Last night she drove me crazy digging in it for hours, even after she had already got everything out of the box, then she just dug against the bare plastic. The mess in the bunny room this morning was horrible to clean up, most of the floor was covered in dirty litter and hay.
Is there anyway I can discourage her digging in the litter box until I get around to finding a way to make a grate for the new box? She seems obsessed with digging lately. I don't understand why - she has free range of a room, lots of toys to play with which I rotate weekly, two other bunnies living with her...I don't think she should be bored.