What is the best bedding?

[Number1Sticky]

Right now I’m using aspen wood chips. I know it isn’t bad for rabbits, but I’m sure other stuff (like care fresh, yesterday's news etc.) would be better.

Here is a list of different kinds of bedding I’ve gotten off of http://www.guinealynx.info/bedding.html and a few other websites:
Aspen shavings
Care fresh
Cell-sorb
Crown animal bedding
Eco Bedding
Megazorb
Soft-Sorbent Bedding
Wood pellets
Yesterday’s news (or any other recycled paper)

I’m looking for bedding for the cage AND the litter pans. From personally experiences what do you think is the best bedding based on price/absorbent/dust etc.? Feel free to suggest other kinds of bedding. I just want the best for my rabbits.

I have two rabbits but they are housed separately.

Thanks!!!

 

[JjGoesBounce]

I've tried Care Fresh but it's a pain to clean. I use it and like it but most of the time I use White Aspen Shavings. It's super absorbent and easy to find where it's been wetted.
Both are super absorbent, both are great choices in my opinion but I'll pick White Aspen with a bit of Care Fresh.
It's all up to how much time you have, how sensitive your rabbits are and what they prefer.

Jj

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

I love wood pellets. They are cheap at around $6 for 40 pounds and very absorbent. There is also very little odour with them and the only really have a woody smell when the bag if first opened. I only use enough to cover the bottom of the litter box and that lasts for a week with my rabbits. I only use wood pellets in the litter boxes.
For the rest of the cage, I use fleece blankets. I get ones that are 50X60 inches and fold them do they fit the cage. If you do use these, then I would recommend having at least 2 so there is one available when the other is being washed. Considering a blanket costs around $3-6 and will last years (I have a few that are now 4.5 years old), they are much cheaper than other beddings in the long run.

 

[LakeCondo]

Yes, I'd use blankets for bedding. Using the same thing for litter & bedding would tend to confuse them, I'd imagine.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

We use the kiln dried pine form walmart. They all have a corner pan and then a piece of carpet to lay on. Our big rabbit hardly gets out of the pan and the rest hang out on their carpet.

 

[Number1Sticky]

I would love to use carpet/blankets etc. outside their cage, but wouldn't they eat it? Or at least chew it? My rabbits eat everything.

Also one of my rabbits isn't litter trained. I got her when she was about two years old (she is about four years old now) and I tried training her, but she will literally only go in her litter pan when the outside of it is full. It's frustrating. At first I did use different bedding for the outside and litter pan, but now I just use the same stuff because it doesn't really make a difference anyways. But I can try to train her again.

One of the problems is she isn't spayed yet. I am going to get her spayed, but I just don't have the money to right now.

Also, my cousin (who had her before me) made her a hutch and put carpet on top of it, but she had to take it off because she was eating it. So I’m worried she would do the same if I put a blanket in her cage.

 

[Number1Sticky]

Thanks every one for your help. I got some wood pellets for their litter pans and I think I'm going to try fleece blankets for the rest of their cages.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Most of ours don't chew it--note, I said most not all.

 

[eclairemom]

I saw the fleece blanket idea on here and picked up a bunch for under $3 at a Black Friday sale. They are the BEST thing ever, they absorb anything even a leaky water bottle and you can just scoop it up with everthing inside and take it outside and do the shake. I consider it recycling too because I'm sure the wild bunnies are happy to have all the left over hay and pellets.