BunnyLove06
Well-Known Member
My little girl, Daisy went into the vet today. Her eating (and therefore pooping) has gone way down all of a sudden. I think it has something to do with the HUGE shed she has begun. Anyway, we went to one of my rabbit savvy vets this morning with a bunch of questions that even she was stumped on.
Daisy has started eating her carefresh potty litter. Not the soiled stuff. Once I clean the potty she hops over to it and eats out of it like a dish. Nevermind the bunny food and hay and veggies I have out for her. This has only really just become an issue. It's like once she stopped really eating, she picked up the carefresh habit.
(We have been syringe feeding her critical care & she recieved some fluids today)
My other issue is that she chews on her potty. It's one of those plastic ones you find in the rabbit and rodent isle at the pet store. "Long John" or whatever you want to call it. My other rabbit sometimes chews on his, but never actually breaks anything off. Now, Daisy on the other hand not just chews on hers, but DOES get pieces off. All of the pieces I see are smaller than a grain of rice, but that doesn't mean there aren't bigger pieces (look at me, paranoid rabbit momma). We tried getting her a new potty because after a while they are useless as all of the litter just falls out with her getting in and out of it.
Sigh
So in short, my questions are (1) What other alternatives to litter would you recommend? (I think newspaper is out of the question because she LOVES paper products and would just shred/tear/eat/run around with it) & (2), Any recommendations for the potty? I have asked that in here before and someone said to put lemon juice on it- problem with that is that I still want her to actually use it. Are there other potties (maybe made for other animals) that are made of something more durable??
Thanks!!
Daisy has started eating her carefresh potty litter. Not the soiled stuff. Once I clean the potty she hops over to it and eats out of it like a dish. Nevermind the bunny food and hay and veggies I have out for her. This has only really just become an issue. It's like once she stopped really eating, she picked up the carefresh habit.
(We have been syringe feeding her critical care & she recieved some fluids today)
My other issue is that she chews on her potty. It's one of those plastic ones you find in the rabbit and rodent isle at the pet store. "Long John" or whatever you want to call it. My other rabbit sometimes chews on his, but never actually breaks anything off. Now, Daisy on the other hand not just chews on hers, but DOES get pieces off. All of the pieces I see are smaller than a grain of rice, but that doesn't mean there aren't bigger pieces (look at me, paranoid rabbit momma). We tried getting her a new potty because after a while they are useless as all of the litter just falls out with her getting in and out of it.
Sigh
So in short, my questions are (1) What other alternatives to litter would you recommend? (I think newspaper is out of the question because she LOVES paper products and would just shred/tear/eat/run around with it) & (2), Any recommendations for the potty? I have asked that in here before and someone said to put lemon juice on it- problem with that is that I still want her to actually use it. Are there other potties (maybe made for other animals) that are made of something more durable??
Thanks!!