Rabbit dooings for compost.

larmy16

Hi

Can anyone advise me which bedding would be most suitable for composting?

We are currently using straw but I wondered if this is harder to breakdown?

Any advice gratefully received.

Linda32

I'm sure straw would be fine to compost. I'm not up on rabbit bedding so not sure of the choices, (never had them as pets, only cats and dogs),

But I do know that whatever bedding you use for rabbits would be suitable for composting. Its due to the fact that they only eat veggies, rather than meat

redsam

Hi we use straw for out chickens and it all goes in the compost and is just fine - hope that helps.

tessasmum

We use shavings from the planer in the wood workshop and they compost just fine. The rabbits occasionally get straw too, especially in the winter, and that goes in the compost, too.

cjb02

straw is fine to compost. it will break down very quickly in a composter.

dell12

We use sawdust but I would have thought straw would be fine.

Trick is to ensure it's all mixed up in the compost bin with other stuff.

nodwah

Our Guinea pigs are on layers of newspaper, wood shavings, straw and hay - it all goes in the compost bin and it's the wood shavings that take longest to break down

larmy16

Hope someone sees this. One more question.

Would it be ok to add directly to my garden. I have terrible clay soil, and as they recommend breaking it up with horse manure (which has straw), do you think it would be the same with rabbit droppings or would the ratio be wrong?