My bunny is chewing her litter box

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My bunny has a sqaure litter box and in thefront it's got a little "entrance" where it's cut lower. All aroundthat part she's chewed and chewed so that there's almost no side on thefront at all. She only does this when I'm not home, and she probablytries flipping the tray at the same time because I can see it's beenmoved, even though I have a clip holding it to the side. I'm worriedthat she'll hurt herself on it, obviously, since she's known to chew oneverything, and eat everything she chews.

I tried giving her a storage box inside of a cardboard box so that shecould chew the cardboard sides. But she didn't chew it at all and thebox was too small for her to reach the hay and she refused to use a haymanger so I had to give her the old box back. I'd try it with a biggerbox, but I don't have a cardboard box of the right size (the other oneI got new ones regularly).

What can I do?? Please help *beg*

 

[JimD]

Most of my buns chew on their litter pans...... at least a bit.

MooShu has something against the fronts of the pans, though.
She likes to lay half-in half-out of her pan so she chews away thefront. She doen't ingest it, as I find a pile of little tiny plasticpieces in her drop pan on a regular basis.
She on her third one now.

~Jim

 

[Shawn]

Hi, My rabbit almost eat her litter box!!! lol

I put it in her cage and she seemed fine with it. The next morning iwent out to her and probably about1/4, if not more, of herlitter box had gone. Just a good thing it didn't hurt her. I cantimagine it was any good for her diet. :S

 

[candy07]

Relax, It's normal for a rabbit to chew some. It helps their teeth is what i've been told.

 

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candy07 wrote:

Relax, It's normal for a rabbit to chew some. It helps theirteeth is what i've been told.

Of course rabbits chew. But she needs to chew on safe materials likewood (and she has plenty of chew toys), plastic can be harmful,especially because she probably ingests it. Plus it's destroying herbox so the hay falls out and makes a mess.

 

[aurora369]

Maybe put the litter box inside a cardboardbox? So they can chew on the edges on the cardboard box andyou can just replace the cardboard when it gets chewed down.

--Dawn

 

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aurora369 wrote:

Maybe put the litter box inside a cardboard box?So they can chew on the edges on the cardboard box and you can justreplace the cardboard when it gets chewed down.

--Dawn

That's what I thought of, but I don't have a box that's a good sizethat I can replace often The only one I had was too small, bummer.

 

[Bunman]

You can use a suitable size teflon or enamel (toprevent rust) baking pan. If it's not heavy enough add some heavyrocks. A large size pan will spread the urine around.

 

[HoneyPot]

I was thinking the same thing as Bunman... maybebuying one of those cheap pyrex baking dishes from like Walmart orsomething - so it's like her littler is a heavy glass croc she can'tmove or chew... or a baking pan like he suggested.

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Nadia

 

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Ohh that's a good idea Bunman, thanks! I'll see if I can buy one this weekend.

 

[JadeIcing]

I folded cardboard over the edge and taped it. He stopped chewing.:X

 

[HoneyPot]

JadeIcing wrote:

I folded cardboard over the edge and taped it. He stopped chewing.:X

LOL! Typical..

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Nadia

 

[Bunman]

HoneyPot wrote:

I was thinking the same thing as Bunman... maybe buying oneof those cheap pyrex baking dishes from like Walmart or something - soit's like her littler is a heavy glass croc she can't move or chew...or a baking pan like he suggested.

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Nadia


i would NOT recommended Pyrex. In case of an accident youcould get shattered glass all over. A heavy coated steel pan will lasta lifetime & be safe. The ones that cost a bit more are thicker& better quality & worth the money.

 

[HoneyPot]

Bunman wrote:

HoneyPot wrote:

I wasthinking the same thing as Bunman... maybe buying one of those cheappyrex baking dishes from like Walmart or something - so it's like herlittler is a heavy glass croc she can't move or chew... or a baking panlike he suggested.

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Nadia


i would NOT recommended Pyrex. In case of an accident youcould get shattered glass all over. A heavy coated steel pan will lasta lifetime & be safe. The ones that cost a bit more are thicker& better quality & worth the money.

Good point Bunman, I did not consider what would happen if theyactually broke the dish - I guess I assumed it was the same as having aheavy croc for water and food.

 

[Shawn]

Food bowls are designed so that they chipinstead of smash. So this means they do not become sharp. So Pyrexdishes may be a danger, i think my rabbits would manage to break them.So i would say also that the best and safe option is a heavy duty pan.

Another point to think about is It shouldn't be so heavy that yourrabbit can flip it over, onto itself and get hurt. But i think the panswe are talking about are suitable.


Hope i Helped
Shawn

 

[gwhoosh]

JadeIcing, same thing happen to me! Haha.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to what stores might have a goodchance of having a suitable pan? I'm having trouble finding one that'sdeep enough that she won't pee over. She doesn't typically pee high,but the pans I found were pretty darn shallow :?

 

[Bunman]

Generally you can find different heights in the supermarket.