My bunnies cage is huge. I want them to keep it but they constantly owe on the floor and it creates heavy stains. I also dont have the energy to clean EVERY day. I dont want to downsize their cage but is there a way to efficiently clean it their stains? Or a type of “carpet” to avoid it to stain.
by ReadPrudent6933
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Get welping mats! They are meant to absorb large quantities of liquid and protect the ground below. There are ones on Amazon that are washing machine safe. I used them when my bunny was a baby and still use them around his water bowl
Yes like above comment welting mats and I would definitely try to litter box train them, put their litter box where they pee and put some absorbing tissue on bottom and hay on top, they usually are very easy to train depending on how many are in the cage together. Keep fresh hay on top of box daily and only needs cleaning every 2 or 3 days. If you have 2 bunnies you could get 1 big box or 2 seperate depending on their bathroom patterns and location. The mats can also helps keep their paws from getting infected from urine.
I had those foam lock together mats for exercising for mine!
Are they fixed yet? They still look pretty little. Once they’re fixed their litter habits should improve.
However, in the meantime, get yourself a spray bottle and fill it 20% with distilled white vinegar and 80% water. Clean the area with paper towels and place that inside of their litter boxes. Then, spray the area with the solution, pressing and dabbing as much of the urine out of the carpet.
Give it a light spritz after you’re finished and rinse and repeat until they begin peeing in their litter.
You may need a second litter box as well if they’re peeing in one spot consistently, also keeping their water above their litter and their hay/treats in a litter box should cut down on any accidents outside of the litter.
Once they’re fixed, continue the vinegar water habit to enforce their training whenever they have a little accident.
Good luck!
Can’t you just take a plastic sheet and put a rug over it?
Are they litter trained ?
I have multiple old towels, rugs, and blankets down in my bunnies cage and so if she uses the bathroom outside her pan, I just wash the blanket. My bunny can be sassy and if I clean her litter pan, she’ll use the bathroom outside of her pan for the first day or two. When she does that i try and pick up any poop or anything and put it in the pan and try and absorb any pee thay is outside the pan. For her, I think she rides that because of the smells so cleaning it thoroughly helps rid the smell and makes her more likely to use the pan!!
There are other much more helpful comments than mine, but OMG! They’re so cute😍
i bought a rug from goodwill and put little pee mats down. mine are litter trained (but not very well) but this helps and is easier to clean
Puppy pads. But I would try getting them to use the puppy pad, or the pad in the litterbix and put the hay in top of the pad. Some rabbits will use a litter box with hay as the litter as their preferable method. If they aren’t these rabbits, switch it back and follow some of the really good suggestions others have given.
Have you tried using an enzyme cleaner? Nature’s Miracle makes a wonderful one. It’s safe to use around animals, and it smells so good. I used vinegar at first but didn’t like the smell.
The enzyme cleaner is supposed to make it where they don’t keep going in the same spot. It’s great for all kinds of odors also. I’ve even used it in my laundry when I washed bunny blankets. Comes in handy w/ cats and dogs, as it’s great for vomit, pee, poop, etc.
Just my opinion. I’ve used it for over 20 yrs or so. I just love the smell so much lol.
I had a bun that was litter trained, but for some reason, he always wanted to back up into me to pee on me. He wasn’t neutered though. I used to be quick with my pile of folded paper towels, I always knew when he was going to do it. Thankfully, he moved on to his litterbox for pee too. I always used Critter Care bedding, then a good amount of hay on top. I could just clean out the soiled Critter Care & add fresh, plus lots of fresh hay.
I miss that little guy. My Loki bunny. He was with me for 8 years. I’ve had other buns also. I guess since Loki was w/ me the longest it hurts so much. I used to call him my little pie guy, my Loki Pokey Pudding Pie. He was special. He was always w/ me. He never tried chewing wires even once. He was free roam, but he stayed close to me.
Good luck w/ your bun. Enjoy every moment. Even cleaning up after them, I even miss that. It gave me a reason to get up in the morning.
Love & Light
Lucky me. My fluffball learned from an early age, by himself… To do “his things” at the floor drain in the bathroom.
He taught me very quickly that I was wrong believing that they were “dumb animals”.
I still wonder… “How in hell did he know?”
Are they not litter box trained, at least for peeing? If not, read up about how to do that. It’s obviously easier when they’re young, but the one in the pic looks pretty young. For the occasional accident or territorial piss, I have a Bissell Pet Stain Eraser for that. It’s amazing. People also swear by the Bissell “little green machine”.
Cat litter box. Line it with that blue sheet in the picture so it has the smell of it then put some wood litter granules on one side of it and the other side add hay. Also put the litter box wherever you see your bun peeing the most so if it’s just outside litter box, maybe move it a little bit over. Or rotate the litter box. Sometimes they’re quite picky with their cage layout lol. But yeah definitely don’t give up on litter training .:)
i used a rug a bought from home depot. the kind that has rubber underneath but cushion on top
My rabbits wouldn’t go in the box if it got too dirty. Not accusing, just how they function. They also wouldn’t use a perfectly clean litter box. Always had to start them out with some poop and stinky wood pellets.
I bought a whelping pad from Amazon. Its for bottom of dog cages and such. It’s got like a rubber bottom or something and fabric top. It holds in their little messes if they don’t go in their box. Which the box training is ideal. Also you can put down towels with a shower curtain under it.
Litter box train them. Mine might leave his pellets around here and there but he always goes pee in his litter box. And that was the more important one for me.
I use coroplast sheets for my rabbits flooring. They come in different colors and are soft. Then I throw some mats down for them to lay down on.
Yes….. you do need to spot clean everyday, did you not research this before getting a rabbit ..? No offence OP, but they aren’t known to be the cleanest little guys, especially before being fixed, and spot cleaning is not that much work to do everyday either.. Even with heavy depression, I still manage with 3. Work on litter training, be consistent with it, and you’ll notice your life will get much easier, but it won’t go anywhere if you just spent a measly 5 minutes working with them, and cleaning up. Downsizing their cage is not the answer, rabbits ideally should have one full room to roam in, it’s not their fault, nor should they have to live in a smaller space than they already are simply because their owner doesn’t wanna lay down plastic mats, and spend energy on cleanup.. I have plastic mats for my two buns that aren’t litter trained yet, and the most I have to do is sweep once/twice a day, and give the plastic mat a disinfecting/wipe down every couple days. Also please get rid of the water bottles, and replace them with bowls.. seems like you have a lot of research to do on owning buns in general OP :/ sorry if this came off as harsh, but all of this can be avoided if people just simply do their research prior to bringing these animals home..