How Often Do You Have To Clean A Bunny Cage

Hello my fellow Bunny friends. Hope you are all well

I have a few questions for you! How often do you clean your bunny's cage? I have a four and a half month old Holland Lop. We adore her. I clean her cage every day and change her litter box every day. I also take her cage apart once a week to clean the crevices and remove the alfalfa hay stuck in between. Is this excessive or do you guys clean your cages as much? We have Bella in our living room and she loves all the action! We take her out of her cage every day and bought her a dog pen and she runs around the pen for hours.... it's so cute. We LOVE having her a part of our family!

I clean Bunster's cage every day to put the poops in his litter box. I used to have to clean his litter box practically every other day because it was small. He's getting better about only peeing in his box ever since we got him a bigger one --> https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pet-Champion-X-Large-Cat-Litter-Box/45743501 and I went almostttt a week before it started to smell! I want to thoroughly clean the pen more but I haven't found a good way to do it... the hay is ridiculously out of control and Bunster is terrified of the vacuum cleaner! What kind of cage do you have and how do you clean it?

I scoop out the wet corner of her litter tray every morning (she only pees right in the corner) and have a quick sweep around her pen before I let her out because she loves to throw hay everywhere in the morning to protest my lie in.. but she only gets a proper full on clean out once a week.

I clean Cas's cage every day as well. He fills his litter pan so i have no choice but to stay on top of it. I clean it at night and by morning it's full enough to change. He gets moved to a play area for the day time and while we are at work and I have a litter pan in there which i clean every evening as well. I don't think your cleaning habit is excessive, you are just being a good bunny mom : )

What a super spoilt bunny!!! You seem to be doing a great job and he's lucky to have you!

Winston I have the same complaint about litter box training and bonding. Bunster has been doing pretty well within the x-pen we've attached to the pen, but we only let him out there when we can watch him cause the bottom is still carpet or a not water proof sheet. Lately he has been only interested in hopping around, I think maybe because we added a lot of cardboard stuff and tunnels and hops away when I try to pet him. ;:sigh:; I also was clicker training a bit so he mainly comes to me to search for pellets now lol. At least he is happy and is doing binkies, even if I miss when he would go into a loaf and "purr".

I have a hutch, 2 cages and a big enclosure for my 2 buns, so it takes a while for it to get dirty enough to clean. Probably every 2 weeks I go threw and clean everything out.

@Winston i just bought an offcut of linoleum to put over the carpet where her pen is; she grips absolutely fine and is great for wiping up accidents - also stays nice and cool to lay on when it's warm.

Wow you guys are all amazing. Thanks so much for your replies. I am so thrilled I'm not the only one that changes the cage every day...lol. You guys are great and I love seeing how much you all love your bunnies. I always laugh as I often find Bella rearranges all her furniture....lol. We bought her a wooden house where she hides and the other night she was moving it with her teeth. She put her litterbox right next to her water bottle and the hay tray. She's a perfectionist....lol. I can't get over how meticulous, intelligent and loving bunnies are. We are smitten with our Bella. Thanks for your responses:
@Joanna , @lavendertealatte , @Blue eyes , @Popsicles , @Orrin , @Janine Barlach , @Winston , @mark , @LionheadRabbitLover and @Nancy McClelland ! (Hope I did not forget someone)... Thanks for all your replies. I appreciate it. I love ALL your setups!!! Great homes and bunnies you all have!

@Winston looks identical to my Bella xo

Bunster rearranges his "furniture" too, it's funny! I put a house/tunnel I made out of a cardboard box in there and at first I had it against the wall.. well he decided it didn't belong there, and pushes it so that there's space between the wall and the house for him to run! Genius.

Winston, what kind of flooring do you have?

Last edited: May 23, 2018