CloudsTheLimit
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So my newest addition (Cloud) will be arriving this Friday so I'm in the process of setting up his cage. He's going to be my first inside/free range bunny so I'm not 100% sure on if what I'm doing is right or wrong.
Cloud is a minilop buck, born on the 3rd of October (making him 6 weeks old when I get him). The cage I have set up currently is only temporary, I thought it would be better to limit the amount of space he is allowed in in the beginning while he settles but also until he gets the hang of using a litter box. I have read that sometimes young bunnies forget to go back to the litter box if given a large area to roam around.
So cage information :
Its a puppy pen, set up in a rectangle which measures 1.2m by 0.7m (of course he will get time out of the cage when I'm in the room). The pen is held in place by a wooden frame around the base which has a sheet of black tarp (its not an actual tarpaulin, but very similar, more water proof) which will protect the floor while he is still learning.
The bedding for the first few days is newspaper and a puppy training pad under the litter box - the bedding while change once he settles and everything is ok.
In the litter box is some breeders celect cat litter (its recycled paper pellets) with straw on top - his breeder had said they tend to use the area where she has straw as their, (his siblings/mum and himself) bathroom.
Pictured is the cage currently, I've still got a few things to add like the water bottle, a box and some willow branches for him to chew on
Cloud is a minilop buck, born on the 3rd of October (making him 6 weeks old when I get him). The cage I have set up currently is only temporary, I thought it would be better to limit the amount of space he is allowed in in the beginning while he settles but also until he gets the hang of using a litter box. I have read that sometimes young bunnies forget to go back to the litter box if given a large area to roam around.
So cage information :
Its a puppy pen, set up in a rectangle which measures 1.2m by 0.7m (of course he will get time out of the cage when I'm in the room). The pen is held in place by a wooden frame around the base which has a sheet of black tarp (its not an actual tarpaulin, but very similar, more water proof) which will protect the floor while he is still learning.
The bedding for the first few days is newspaper and a puppy training pad under the litter box - the bedding while change once he settles and everything is ok.
In the litter box is some breeders celect cat litter (its recycled paper pellets) with straw on top - his breeder had said they tend to use the area where she has straw as their, (his siblings/mum and himself) bathroom.
Pictured is the cage currently, I've still got a few things to add like the water bottle, a box and some willow branches for him to chew on