Cleaning and bathing?

[Aushi]

So my 1 month old buns aren't litter trained yet, and they pee everywhere in their cage, the cage's floor is just my regular tile floor. Since they pee everywhere, they get on it, and sometimes even drink it too. My buns smell, bad. I've read you shouldn't need to bathe rabbits because they are very clean, but my buns are completely the opposite of this definition. Their feet are always wet with pee and they smell.

The cage size isn't a problem either, it's a 5 foot by 4 foot cage. And for bunnies that still fit on my palm, I don't think it's too small. I have a litter box with timothy hay for them, and I've been cleaning up the poop and putting it in there, and soaking the pee with paper, putting the paper at the bottom of the litter and then cleaning the floor with a mix of white vinegar and water.

What can I use to safely bathe my bunnies? And could I clean the floor with something stronger so they don't keep peeing on the floor?

Also if it matters, their pee is white sometimes, and other times very yellow. And I keep a water bowl, always clean water, in the cage.

 

[Devi]

Young bunnies are hard to litter train since they don't have much control, but keep trying they will get better at as they get older. My bun didn't litter train till closer to 5-6 months. And till their litter trained you may want to consider putting towels or something absorbent down to soak up the pee so their not soaking in it.

But as for the bathing I would not recommend it, it can kill your bunnies. For their feet and bellies I would suggest a damp cloth or wet wipes.

 

[Aushi]

Also:

Also, what can I use to protect them from ticks? My neighbors (one in the back, two on each side of the house) are very irresponsible owners of dogs. I've had one tick infestations when I had a dog, I used all the proper products, and even pest control, to keep them away, but eventually the pest control company admitted that unless the neighbors took care of the problem too, the infestation wouldn't go away. My dog was outdoor and this not being my home, I wasn't allowed to have her inside, which would have helped, so for her well being I gave her to my ex (who loves her so everything worked out).

Now the bunnies are inside because the owner of the home allows small animals indoors as long as they can be caged. The owner never gave a cage size restriction, so even if I make a whole room a cage, I can have my buns They are indoors, and such, but I'm terrified that the ticks from the neighbors get inside. Anything I could safely use (other than chickens) to keep them away? No problems YET, but I rather avoid it!

 

[Aushi]

Young bunnies are hard to litter train since they don't have much control, but keep trying they will get better at as they get older. My bun didn't litter train till closer to 5-6 months. And till their litter trained you may want to consider putting towels or something absorbent down to soak up the pee so their not soaking in it.

But as for the bathing I would not recommend it, it can kill your bunnies. For their feet and bellies I would suggest a damp cloth or wet wipes.

I put a blanket with them so they could cuddle down, I guess I'll stretch out so it covers the whole cage. Will baby wipes be bad for them?

 

[ladysown]

leave them in the cage and keep it well beddened down. At this age it is better to keep them confined so they don't learn bad habits of pooping and peeing and walking in it when in their person's space.

Young bunnies have no litter box control.

They try and they get better the older they get... but you can't expect much from 4 week olds... that's like expecting a toddler to be completely potty trained.

 

[Aushi]

leave them in the cage and keep it well beddened down. At this age it is better to keep them confined so they don't learn bad habits of pooping and peeing and walking in it when in their person's space.

Young bunnies have no litter box control.

They try and they get better the older they get... but you can't expect much from 4 week olds... that's like expecting a toddler to be completely potty trained.

I wasn't expecting them to be litter trained, that's why I was asking a way to help them not smell and pointing out what I was doing with the vinegar and the pee and poop in case I was doing something wrong. It's one thing not be litter trained because of age, but doing everything wrong won't help either, that's why I was asking :3

I decided to mop my whole house with water and vinegar because I was letting them out a lot, but perhaps your idea of keeping them confined for a bit will help with their training ^_^ When I notice they are somewhat better but with fewer accidents I'll start letting them out and just clean after them with vinegar, or should I keep them confined until absolutely 100% litter trained?