Getting a better setup for Weefles. Which litter box is better? The bottom looks better to me but I swear I heard somewhere hay feeders aren't that great and to just let them eat from the box…?
I used to have top one. It’s a hassle. I think they’re better for older bunnies. Mine used to pee outside it if he stuck his bum at the front. Plus I ended up putting the charcoal liner on the top bit because I was constantly cleaning his pee
mir_a98
They honestly both look a little small, and the water and food bowls wouldn’t be enough unless you’re reliably refilling the water twice a day. I do agree that it’s better to just have the hay in the litter box and one where poo doesn’t fall through the grates. My girl loves digging around and organizing the litter box, plus I put her pellets in there for her to forage. I’d recommend the purina tidycats litter box which has a little drain for pee to go through but the poo and hay stay on top. My bunny is white and her feet no longer get stained, plus I only clean the litter box twice a week now compared to every day when she had one where you had to put litter in to absorb the pee. They’re expensive but you can find them used on Facebook marketplace easily in my experience.
Silver-Secret-5418
100% please not one with grates, they are not kind to rabbits feet. The bottom one looks nice but the tray again is really too samll as are the feeding bowls
I have a large cat litterbox, its also hooded so less likely to smell and nicer to look at. She has hay in there to eat and it is cleaned out every day a 2 minute job. This helps to avoid sorehocks etc. As the bottom one is wood, it may be chewes to death in a week or too also. You ideally want a few bowls too so you have one to use, one for the dishwasher. My litter box was only about £10 they are nice and cheap.
twistyfizzypop
I have loads of the hay feeders and trays, but they were made locally as the ones you get from China are pretty rubbish and tiny. My buns love them and they get some exercise/enrichment digging at the hay . The top one is going to be a pain to clean as that grid will just get covered in urine and urine soaked hay dust.
The wood one is awful lol there are better litter boxes. Keep searching.
Salt-Significance593
I bought the wooden one and it sucks! The bowls don’t make sense, she would eat the hay but not even use the box. I went old school and cut a whole in a storage tub and she loves that.
ZeeziltheSloth
Please don’t waste your money on the first one, it’s such a pain to clean. The poos get stuck in the holes and the drawer gets stuck when you need to clean
Overall-Ad-8918
I had the bottom one and would not recommend. My guy was always peeing outside so it was a hassle having to clean it everything everyday
MoeGreenVegas
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buttertartpoetry
I had a very large open cat box for my holland lop that worked great . He’d just kinda chill and graze in it.
The one up top is a very small version to what I have, but as I have an angora he needs a grate as everything turns into a mat that touches him lol. If you look up litter buns on Instagram they designed a much better grated design they’re flat and curved so it doesn’t impact bunnies feet. I will say poo and stuff will get stuck in but it’s minimized the matting issues we had with my angora. (The guy still Matt’s like crazy but at least it’s hay and just fur vs poos and paper litter)
Basically a big box is better since bunnies like to sit and eat and poo simultaneously lol….Hope this helps OP!
Sovmasu
We just use a big low sided plastic box for our buns. I think the type of boxes we use are supposed to be for under bed storage, and is typically cheaper than the crappy small litter trays you get in pet shops. Also, that bun needs more space than that pen, so if you can free roam a few times a day that’s better than the bun just being stuck in this enclosure xo
Ryujij
I just use a litter tray for a cat. I use puppy pads at the bottom (dont use them if you think yours might chew on it, instead replace them with newspaper, litter box liners as long as they dont chew them, or nothing at all and just clean real well), then pine pellets for horses or pine pellet litter, aspen shaving for softness on their feet, then hay on top and top off often since they will eat hay as they use the litterbox.
PajamaStripes
Neither. Personally, I use a deep boot tray and hung the hay from the ceiling in an egg basket. Total cost me less than $50, easy to clean, and no poo in the fresh hay. For my multi-bunny set-up I use a dog crate pan and a fishing basket.
Comrad_Zombie
We have two rabbits and set up two of the bottom ones side by side. It’s small and you’ll be emptying it a lot but our two seem happy.
Thumper-King-Rabbit
Second.
Drinksandtapas
We’ve tried both of those and the answer is neither. They are both way too small (and we have very small rabbits) and the grate causes issues. Honestly, a good old sterilite plastic bin is the way to go. When we got a second rabbit, we upgraded to one of the underbed storage bins and it’s perf
Ok-Fortune-1169
Neither, take $20 or so and go go the hardware store. Get yourself a cement mixing tub for a litterbox and a bag of stove pellets for litter. Best set up I’ve ever had.
BunzoBlep
Neither
Particular-Aside-956
Neither get a stainless steel litter box
societiesoddball
I had the top one and it gets filled up so fast. I like grate ones as long as it is thick like the top one. Rooly and the bun box are higher quality versions. I have a small bun so I wish I went with rooly since they have ones with smaller holes. Ive had her for a year and shes never had sore hocks and shes gotten her feet checked once by her vet because I thought she did but she never did. Roolys and bun boxes have a different system where the top grate is removal so clean up is less difficult. The grates really become a problem when its chicken wire or they are spending a lot of time in the liter box because they dont have enough space. I got a liner bag the bun box has them but they dont fit super well then paper pellet liter on top. There are very rare times she doesn’t have very clean unstained feet and I believe its because the grate liter box. Also the bottom isnt a bad idea but if theres any over spraying their pee will soak in and reek and it doesnt clean well. Hay feeders can be okay but that one ends up getting pulled up. A regular liter box is also perfectly fine.
stardustgirll
honestly… the wooden one looks kinda nicer?? but does the blue one have an easy way to clean the bottom tray? thats important lol ^^
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I used to have top one. It’s a hassle. I think they’re better for older bunnies. Mine used to pee outside it if he stuck his bum at the front. Plus I ended up putting the charcoal liner on the top bit because I was constantly cleaning his pee
They honestly both look a little small, and the water and food bowls wouldn’t be enough unless you’re reliably refilling the water twice a day. I do agree that it’s better to just have the hay in the litter box and one where poo doesn’t fall through the grates. My girl loves digging around and organizing the litter box, plus I put her pellets in there for her to forage.
I’d recommend the purina tidycats litter box which has a little drain for pee to go through but the poo and hay stay on top. My bunny is white and her feet no longer get stained, plus I only clean the litter box twice a week now compared to every day when she had one where you had to put litter in to absorb the pee. They’re expensive but you can find them used on Facebook marketplace easily in my experience.
100% please not one with grates, they are not kind to rabbits feet. The bottom one looks nice but the tray again is really too samll as are the feeding bowls
I have a large cat litterbox, its also hooded so less likely to smell and nicer to look at. She has hay in there to eat and it is cleaned out every day a 2 minute job. This helps to avoid sorehocks etc. As the bottom one is wood, it may be chewes to death in a week or too also. You ideally want a few bowls too so you have one to use, one for the dishwasher. My litter box was only about £10 they are nice and cheap.
I have loads of the hay feeders and trays, but they were made locally as the ones you get from China are pretty rubbish and tiny. My buns love them and they get some exercise/enrichment digging at the hay . The top one is going to be a pain to clean as that grid will just get covered in urine and urine soaked hay dust.
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The wood one is awful lol there are better litter boxes. Keep searching.
I bought the wooden one and it sucks! The bowls don’t make sense, she would eat the hay but not even use the box. I went old school and cut a whole in a storage tub and she loves that.
Please don’t waste your money on the first one, it’s such a pain to clean. The poos get stuck in the holes and the drawer gets stuck when you need to clean
I had the bottom one and would not recommend. My guy was always peeing outside so it was a hassle having to clean it everything everyday
#1
I had a very large open cat box for my holland lop that worked great . He’d just kinda chill and graze in it.
The one up top is a very small version to what I have, but as I have an angora he needs a grate as everything turns into a mat that touches him lol. If you look up litter buns on Instagram they designed a much better grated design they’re flat and curved so it doesn’t impact bunnies feet. I will say poo and stuff will get stuck in but it’s minimized the matting issues we had with my angora. (The guy still Matt’s like crazy but at least it’s hay and just fur vs poos and paper litter)
Basically a big box is better since bunnies like to sit and eat and poo simultaneously lol….Hope this helps OP!
We just use a big low sided plastic box for our buns. I think the type of boxes we use are supposed to be for under bed storage, and is typically cheaper than the crappy small litter trays you get in pet shops. Also, that bun needs more space than that pen, so if you can free roam a few times a day that’s better than the bun just being stuck in this enclosure xo
I just use a litter tray for a cat. I use puppy pads at the bottom (dont use them if you think yours might chew on it, instead replace them with newspaper, litter box liners as long as they dont chew them, or nothing at all and just clean real well), then pine pellets for horses or pine pellet litter, aspen shaving for softness on their feet, then hay on top and top off often since they will eat hay as they use the litterbox.
Neither. Personally, I use a deep boot tray and hung the hay from the ceiling in an egg basket. Total cost me less than $50, easy to clean, and no poo in the fresh hay. For my multi-bunny set-up I use a dog crate pan and a fishing basket.
We have two rabbits and set up two of the bottom ones side by side. It’s small and you’ll be emptying it a lot but our two seem happy.
Second.
We’ve tried both of those and the answer is neither. They are both way too small (and we have very small rabbits) and the grate causes issues. Honestly, a good old sterilite plastic bin is the way to go. When we got a second rabbit, we upgraded to one of the underbed storage bins and it’s perf
Neither, take $20 or so and go go the hardware store. Get yourself a cement mixing tub for a litterbox and a bag of stove pellets for litter. Best set up I’ve ever had.
Neither
Neither get a stainless steel litter box
I had the top one and it gets filled up so fast. I like grate ones as long as it is thick like the top one. Rooly and the bun box are higher quality versions. I have a small bun so I wish I went with rooly since they have ones with smaller holes. Ive had her for a year and shes never had sore hocks and shes gotten her feet checked once by her vet because I thought she did but she never did. Roolys and bun boxes have a different system where the top grate is removal so clean up is less difficult. The grates really become a problem when its chicken wire or they are spending a lot of time in the liter box because they dont have enough space.
I got a liner bag the bun box has them but they dont fit super well then paper pellet liter on top.
There are very rare times she doesn’t have very clean unstained feet and I believe its because the grate liter box.
Also the bottom isnt a bad idea but if theres any over spraying their pee will soak in and reek and it doesnt clean well. Hay feeders can be okay but that one ends up getting pulled up.
A regular liter box is also perfectly fine.
honestly… the wooden one looks kinda nicer?? but does the blue one have an easy way to clean the bottom tray? thats important lol ^^