So I'm a big dork, but
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dancerjodiI've been pondering what to do about a few issues we have with our den. One, we can't fit as many people in there as we'd like to. A large chunk of the room is taken up by our bunny cage.
Two, our bunny house smells. Our last one in Framingham had a similar problem - they would pee by accident outside of their litter box (spray over the edge) and the wood would get soaked. The smell would never go away. We replaced the wood floor a few times, but we couldn't do that every time it happened (it was a 4x6 foot sheet of plywood - awkward and pricy to replace all the time). When Brian built our bunny condo here we tried something different - the floors are plywood BUT its covered by carpet that's backed by rubber (it was a runner you'd use in an office building or something). Of course, they peed on it. The wood underneath is probably OK (i.e. that's why we got that kind of carpet) but now the carpet is smelly. Its going to be a pain to replace it too.
So I was thinking on the way home in the car - what if we sucked up the cost and bought one of those fancy bunny condos? We looked at this before, but you can't find them retail (and most rabbit cages have a wire bottom and/or are pretty small - that's the reason why I wouldn't go with a multi-level ferret cage). If we took out the bun house that's there we could move the couch back a few feet. We could put a purchased bun condo on the large wall that doesn't have anything against it now (assuming pushing the couch back would allow the space for this). Then we'd have more room in front of the couch for peeps, and we'd have a cage with a plastic bottom that would be easy to clean if they had an accident.
I start googling - drool http://www.leithpetwerks.com/ . I think one of the 2 level condos would serve our needs. We could also finally pet-proof the room and let them run around in it when we are around to supervise (utilizing the dutch door as we plannned to - closing the bottom to keep out the cat but having the top open to still be social if one of us was elsewhere in the house. These condos are expensive though - they also need to be shipped (and the thing weighs around 70 lbs). I'm wondering, for our noses (and my allergies) and for our movie night sake, should we just suck it up?
I need to discuss with Brian of course, but it gives something to research at least!
Two, our bunny house smells. Our last one in Framingham had a similar problem - they would pee by accident outside of their litter box (spray over the edge) and the wood would get soaked. The smell would never go away. We replaced the wood floor a few times, but we couldn't do that every time it happened (it was a 4x6 foot sheet of plywood - awkward and pricy to replace all the time). When Brian built our bunny condo here we tried something different - the floors are plywood BUT its covered by carpet that's backed by rubber (it was a runner you'd use in an office building or something). Of course, they peed on it. The wood underneath is probably OK (i.e. that's why we got that kind of carpet) but now the carpet is smelly. Its going to be a pain to replace it too.
So I was thinking on the way home in the car - what if we sucked up the cost and bought one of those fancy bunny condos? We looked at this before, but you can't find them retail (and most rabbit cages have a wire bottom and/or are pretty small - that's the reason why I wouldn't go with a multi-level ferret cage). If we took out the bun house that's there we could move the couch back a few feet. We could put a purchased bun condo on the large wall that doesn't have anything against it now (assuming pushing the couch back would allow the space for this). Then we'd have more room in front of the couch for peeps, and we'd have a cage with a plastic bottom that would be easy to clean if they had an accident.
I start googling - drool http://www.leithpetwerks.com/ . I think one of the 2 level condos would serve our needs. We could also finally pet-proof the room and let them run around in it when we are around to supervise (utilizing the dutch door as we plannned to - closing the bottom to keep out the cat but having the top open to still be social if one of us was elsewhere in the house. These condos are expensive though - they also need to be shipped (and the thing weighs around 70 lbs). I'm wondering, for our noses (and my allergies) and for our movie night sake, should we just suck it up?
I need to discuss with Brian of course, but it gives something to research at least!
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Date: 2004-09-22 05:45 pm (UTC)how do you litter train a bunny??
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Date: 2004-09-23 06:20 am (UTC)It only works with a carpet cleaner (and ours is broken - we've yet to return it). MOst of those products don't work too much with urine (believe me I know, havign a cat that likes to pee on things) :)
"how do you litter train a bunny??"
Ours just trained themselves a lot like cats. They only pee in the box . . . they'll leave little pellet poops all over the place (marking territory) but those are easy to clean and don't smell. Now rabbits that aren't fixed on the other hand - they spray all over like cats (and that's a smell that never comes out).