Another thing I should mention, Toby visits the litter box often, but does not leave a lot of poo or urine behind. He never has. He only uses about 1/3 of his litter box, and he rarely sits on the stuff. I mean, when he "spite-pees" around our apartment, he only leaves a puddle the size of a half-dollar. Sometimes, he really has to go and leaves a puddle about the size of the big old "Eisenhower" dollars, for those of you who are a few years older than me, or collect coins, should know what I am talking about. He never has been a messy bunny. I think that's why the vet gave me the OK for the pine.
I am worried about his feet on a grate, though. Somehow, he wears the fur off of his hocks. They have never been full-blown sore hocks, but he loses the fur on his "heel" and I am worried about grating rubbing that more. Does anyone understand what I mean? Anyone have problems with that, too?
On our way home from picking up the other bun (that is, if she comes home with us), I will have to stop and pick up a few rabbit supplies at Wal*Mart. I am going to get a bigger litter box for when they bond. Right now, Toby has the small, $2, plastic cat litter pan from Wal*Mart. I want to pick up the bigger, $5 one. Where can I get grating for this? I don't think I want the florescent-lighting grate for him, because he is a smaller breed and has small (delicate) feet. I have also heard that you can use that plasic mesh for large(r) cross-stitching. Does anyone have an opinion on that?
The other rabbit (that we might get) is also used to aspen shavings. That is what her current owner's vet told her to use, and she has been using that for the better part of three years. Should I just switch her over to other litter now, or let her decompress at our house first, then switch litters?