cinderelly

i guess my bunny does fall into deep sleep sometimes
his eyes are closed and when we call him from far away he doesn't realize it until we're really close to him then he kind of gets startled a little and wakes up

bunnies need to be neutered/sprayed in order to be properly litter trained i think?

cinderelly

yeah i use wood pellets that are meant to be for fireplaces as well~
pine and cedar shavings are really harmful because of their fumes

cinderelly

14# cinderelly

我用少少pine shavings + 兔兔唔想食o既草放o係厠所
佢個厠所有塊o野隔住,所以佢個pat pat 唔會接觸到shavings 同佢自己o既屎尿...
auyatyat 發表於 2009-5-22 05:58 PM

i don't think the issue is about TOUCHING the shavings ar
it's the fumes of the shavings itself, plus the fumes it gives out when pee (ammonia) gets in contact with the shavings ah..
try not to use it la..?
we put the wood pellets in his pee box, and then put a layer of hay on top~

cinderelly

my bunny (and i think most bunnies) won't eat the hay if it's been peed/pooed on =p (thank goodness~)
some bunny supplies store sell hay racks~ but i dun think my bunny'd like it as much cuz he likes to pick out his fave hay first..~ if he's eating from a hay rack i think he eats less..
i just put the eating hay next to his pee box ja..~

i think you should put a little bit of hay in the litter box. cuz the wood pellets itself have an odor (not toxic). so the hay will make the litter box smell "friendlier" to the bunny~ and also when the wood pellets soak up the pee. it kinda degenerates into a powder form~ which is really messy when the bunny steps on it! so the hay makes it alot better cuz the pellets are underneath!
to train him leh.. spend a few days with him for the entire day.. or as long as you can~ push him and make him go into the litter box every now and then~ after he pees in there a few times.. he should be able to get used to it. OR if he pees anywhere else, soak up the pee with a paper towel and  leave it in the litter box. when the bunny smells his pee he's more likely to go in there to pee again~

cinderelly

here's a pic of the cage and the bunny =D
i put his hay on the paper towel .. (i usually put more than what i had in the picture)
and his litter box is actually super full in the picture as well~

cinderelly

it is cleaner but he drinks a lot more water when we use a bowl..~
i gotta change it about twice a day..~ =p

cinderelly

mine eats romaine lettuce, shanghai bok choy, cilantro, and parsley sometimes
apples and bananas as treats. he prefers apples though

cinderelly

my bunny goes crazy over his pellets as well!
do yours do that too??
whenever it's around meal time he'll hop around and circle around your feet until you feed him ^^"

cinderelly

hey how many times did your buns have tummy problems?
mine had it 3 times out of the 5+ years that we had him.
1 time we brought him to anderson, the other 2 times to west blvd. (only the last time was seen by dr potter though)

cinderelly

diarrhea? my bunny has never had diarrhea
all 3 times when he was sick he just stopped eating. the first 2 times were more severe. this last time he recovered a lot faster =) and each time the vets didn't really know what caused the problem =\