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To anyone with either rabbits/guinea pigs/both ....

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earlgrey · 07/07/2007 06:27

How on earth do you manage those fortnightly bin collections. I was told to clean them out every day and it takes a whole flippin' bin liner to get rid of all that sawdust/hay/straw/poo.

How do you manage it? We can't put it in the green garden bags because as we live next to allotments we have problems with rats.

And how, when you're cleaning them out and get covered in sawdust, do you stop your living room looking like a hutch?

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justgivemeoneminute · 07/07/2007 21:43

Our lovely binmen don't actually look in our recycling bin ..... so I get away with it!!! ....

Sawdust is ok and very good at soaking up but not good at cleaning hutches out (outside) on a windy day!!

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gordieracer · 07/07/2007 21:46

Why not just have it as a house rabbit, they are easy to train, and really sweet when they run up and down the stairs.

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justgivemeoneminute · 07/07/2007 21:50

House rabbits are lovely and very easy to tame. We had one once - he was a lovely big black and white one and so incredibly friendly.....he particularly enjoyed chewing and I can remember seeing a big blue flash in the hallway once - he'd chewed through the phone cable! Our fault for leaving it hanging down and he was ok although a bit stunned!

I personally find rabbits are much friendlier than guinea pigs but then guinea pigs are also fun to have because they make such a noise at feeding time etc!

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MamaMaiasaura · 07/07/2007 21:52

OUr bunny has a litter tray in his hutch. Clean that out everyday and the whole hutch once a week. Will clear anything from main cage daily if needed but he always wees in his tray. He also has free run in the garden (and plays football )

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mytwopenceworth · 07/07/2007 21:53

Don't use sawdust it irritates their eyes. It's really painful.

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MamaMaiasaura · 07/07/2007 22:05

my rabbits eyes are fine

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jaynehater · 07/07/2007 22:37

Cautionary note on house rabbits : we had one (Bosco, RIP) and the little ..... lovechild .... had so many bolt holes and routes that no-one could handle him. He ended up living feral IN the house, and I remember a particularly bad period when anyone using the upstairs loo had to check behind the wash-hand basin or he nipped their ankles in passing. HANDLE YOUR HOUSE RABBIT REGULARLY - the little bleeders have capacity for psychosis.

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earlgrey · 08/07/2007 08:01

God, this thread has been a real eye-opener, thank you all so much.

Would love to have a house rabbit, but we also have a Springer spaniel that has already halfway bitten through the new hutch, despite us putting chairs there to make it more difficult for him.

Off to WHS then, for a shredder (in fact, that's what dd2 has named one of them). And, of course to tell our delivery man that we may also need to subscribe to the Daily Mail

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Bouquetsofdynomite · 08/07/2007 09:59

I've chickened out of getting a rabbit, they are too nuts. Guinea pigs are so placid and it's so relaxing watching them potter about like little sheep. Plus my cat is a big wuss and can only just handle a GP chasing him, a large rabbit would have him rocking back and forth in a cupboard for the rest of his days .

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cornsilk · 08/07/2007 10:06

House rabbits are cool! Everyone that sees ours wants one. Ours is really nosey and always has to come and have a look at anyone who comes round.He even puts up with being put in ds2's bed with his cuddly toy line up.

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justgivemeoneminute · 08/07/2007 12:07

Daily Mail eh???!!! Mine much prefer The Sun - they enjoy the crosswords...the cryptic version of course.

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earlgrey · 08/07/2007 18:54

LOL I did ask Anna if she thought Floppsy would prefer the travel or the home page!

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justgivemeoneminute · 08/07/2007 19:06

....needless to say I do remove page 3!

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WestCountryLass · 08/07/2007 20:33

I only clean my rabbit out every two weeks but he lives out doors and poos on a patch up the top of the garden so his hutch is clean. I do put sawdust in his hutch but if you are cleaning out every day I wouldn't think you would need to. He will probably start pooing in one area, usually the other side to where you put the food, so you will be able to jsut do that side more often and then the other side every week or so.

My rabbit gets runny poo if he has too much veg. Husband was giving him all the veg peelings and we had a bit of a problem then but we rarely give him veg now as he is in the garden all day so eats plenty of grass and dandelions etc as well as rabbit food.