I’m not a scientist, just a dedicated bunny mom! So if you want to test this out for yourself, here’s a link to the strips: amzn.to/3XsGGfz

The ammonia level will presumably be related to the frequency with which you clean the litter box. If you're cleaning it daily, I can't imagine ammonia levels getting anywhere near anything harmful. I'd also be curious to know the result of the test if you were to do the first test again but with the lid closed. Opening the lid before doing the test likely allowed much of the ammonia to escape into the air. Overall, great video!

I've noticed hooded litter boxes are uncomfortable for my bun and I want to share the experience with you, even though it doesn't nesessarily connect to the theme of ammonia. My bunny, Felix, used to suffer from GI stasis twice a year, every big molting season. I couldn't figure out what I did wrong, until I bought a huge (70 cm x 50 cm) litterbox for him on my balcony. Soon, Felix didn't use his hooded litter box anymore at all. I have notised that Felix loves to lie down in his litter box and sometimes eat his hay this way (I place his hay on the bottom of the box, I don't hang them). Now, he only uses this kind of litter box and we haven't had any issues with his stomach ever since. He eats a lot more hay this way and stays healthier. 🥳

Hi Morgan! I’m a scientist (and bun owner) and I loved the way you set up this video! Love using science to learn about our bunnies!

Maybe testing the strips over a bottle of cleaning ammonia, to make sure they work?

Love your vids .My bunnies is so grateful for you ,if your videos were not there she would be in a cage outside with no hay.And now she is inside free roaming living her best life.

With bunnies being so sensitive to smell, I doubt they’d go somewhere smelling too strongly anyway, especially w how ammonia smells 😅 there is higher risk for the bunny to go and pee everywhere in the room rather than him/he getting intoxicated w ammonia 😆

Good experiment. Also, ammonia is lighter than air, so it rises. If someone is very concerned about this, drilling several holes in the top would allow the ammonia to escape the enclosure. 👍

Thank you for taking the time to look into this! I appreciate that you went into the experiment with an open mind, and that you were thoughtful in your approach to variables. Also, your hair looks amazing

Great video, thanks for putting this information together! 😊 I also love the reminder for bun parents to clean out the litter box regularly, just as you would with any other pet 👍💕 Cheers!

This was great to know! I change my bunnies litter other day and has a hooded litter box! He loves it and keeps it cleaner !

Hi Morgan! As a Scientist, I absolutely loved the way you set up your experiments for this video. This was so helpful, I have been wondering this same question for my bunny. Amazing video as always! 💕

You are the best! My rabbit went from a small hutch outside to free roam in my room. Ty!!!!

Thank you for finally testing out these litterbox set ups out if they have ammonia in the litterbox area air. I have heard some rabbits get upper respiratory infections from hay dust or litter dust in a covered litterbox which is of course something to still look out for but I think if there is large opening, you reduce the dust in your hay and litter like Carefresh by shaking out it before putting it in and you clean your litter box regularly then I think it is safe. No door flaps is a good idea so the hay dust or litter dust doesn't get trapped ☺

Loved the bunny myth buster theme. And the use of a little hypothesis testing! Would like to see more myth busters!😮🙂

Thankyou so much for making these videos! You are amazing and you and Cinnabun have inspired me! Just wanted to say thanks :)

As somebody who has owned rabbits for over 14 yrs id say please only get a LARGE hooded litterbox (as big as cinnabuns) with lots of access to outside air and ONLY if you have one bunny. If you have more than one chances of them even wanting to use hooded litter boxes are low. But because of the hay dust and pee and poop it’s just a very small space for all that to be concentrated in. Bunnies have very delicate respiratory systems and over time this can really affect them. But if you’re a single bun or small two bun household this could work. I’d say the risks outweigh the benefits especially if you’re not cleaning litter boxes everyday. You know your bunnies best and I’m sure you have their best interests at heart! ❤

Hi Morgan this is Reagan, and I am a 11 year old girl, and I have a 3 year old albino bunny named Buddy, and I love him so much he free roams in my room when I am not home but when I am home he free roams in the house.

If you open the cover all the ammonia will escape, but that will also happen through the hole but slower. In the trash can there is no hole or something so it will be more yellow

Great video!! It was interesting to see the results of the experiment. I agree, changing the litter box often is important to reduce odor and prevent harmful ammonia levels. Cinnabun was so cute hopping in the different litter boxes.

I loved this so much!! I would love to see a vid on how you can train cinnabun to go to bed. I still put my bun in the play pen cuz I’m worried he will get into the couch

Thank you so much for posting early! I was waiting since 7:30😅

i love the originality of this vid!!

So thorough ! Great job

😊 Great video! It's SOOOO obvious you worship Cinnabun-& even then she makes you work for it!😂🐇🐰 I would LOVE to have ur litter system for my kitties-so gorgeous!❤

Love the info in this video! I've been researching on rabbit care recently for I'm considering getting a pet rabbit, and your videos have been tremendously helpful in showing me how to care for them properly and what amazing things are possible if we do so. Thank you so very much! As a side note, I think technically the best way to measure the ammonia in the litter cover is by reaching in from CB's entrance without lifting the top lid, as opening it can potentially vent off the ammonia. But ammonia does spread through air very quickly, and the openings of the litter cover are already venting it continuously, so I don't think the test result would have been significantly different anyway.

Hey I love your vids, I’m planning to adopt a bunny as soon as I finish bunnyproofing my house and making sure I got everything the bunny will need to free roam and that the house is secure to her. I’ve literally saw almost every video from your channel and geez you got really good types for someone who’s planning to adopt this little cute baby. I got a question: is your litter box “cover” handmade ? If no where’d you bought it ? I really like the style and usefulness seems kinda good too, my bunny is going to have a room just for her (beyond the full house of course) and I’d love to have a similar one for her

My bun starts thumping at me when he wants his litter box to be cleaned (even if it still looks fresh), and he likes nice smells (for example, he loves everything smelling of lavender) so I think that he would throw a tantrum if his litter box would smell 😂 He has open litter box, but I can't imagine him even going close to dirty one 😂

Would you not need to wait until night once there's the maximum amount of ammonia in it, not open the cover, put your hand right in to the back and also right down close to the bottom where your bunny's head would be to get an accurate reading?

Love this test and your hair!!!!

This made me change my rabbit s litterbox..😆

This was a great test but i knew already that buns don’t cause much ammonia, but it is great to know still as I now know that there is almost no difference (also I’m likely getting two beautiful buns from the RSPCA in like two weeks so wish us luck

Ammonia won't build up if you clean it out often, some hooded litterboxes even have holes on top for even more ventilation, my rabbits also throw litter everywhere and the hooded litterbox really helped

For me, I change my litter box for my bunny, Ginger once a week

Would love if you did a video on how you trained Cinnabun to go into the covered space. My rabbit is not very brave in such spaces.

I love your videos so much

The puppy pads take up the urine, thus neutralize ammonia. Of course this would wear off at some point, maybe after a month or two. Yet why would anybody clean up the litter box only once every 4 - 8 weeks? I grew up with lots of bunnies in a safe to all sides bunny garden.i also had many pets throughout my life. I also used to breed American Bulldogs, so here is what I know from all this: I used cotton textiles in the puppy box, where the puppies were born in and lived in the first 6 weeks together with their mom most of the time. After about 4 weeks they had a safe puppy pen in the garden and the whole puppy room, where they would spend their wake times at. I took the cotton fabric, which was unbleached and otherwise comparable to the textiles used for t-shirts, out for washing two to three times a day, in the very beginning up to six times a day. I then put them inside a bin and as soon as I had enough fabric to fill my washing machine, I would wash it. It was a bit smelly when opening the bin, but not extremely. Once my washing machine for dog things died in the middle of a hot summer, and so I used big plastic trash bags for my puppy box fabrics. I then took them with my car once a week to a washing center in the city to wash. When I opened the trash bags there, they really smelled extremely of ammonia. It literally stung my eyes and nose awfully. But I had had these fabrics in the plastic bags for up to one week and on my way to the city, which took about 1.5 hours, these black plastic trash bags had been sitting in my heated up car. I never experienced any of this when I had access to my washing machine, which would run at least once a day and with the dirty fabrics stored in a closed plastic bin in my cool basement where my laundry room was. I guess it's a matter of confined space, together with no oxygen and heat, that results in higher dose of ammonia. My fabrics were just cotton and no chemicals were involved like they are used with diapers or puppy pads. I probably could have prevented ammonia to rise by soaking the dirty fabrics in closed buckets with water and bleach, just like we used to treat cotton fabrics used as diapers for babies. Don't let others with no experience on certain things concern you. It's very good that you didn't rely on such nonsense, but checked yourself by testing with these strips. If you would have had a dog, you could have used the dog for testing too. Dogs have very good noses and if they sniff ammonia, they will wrinkle their nose, pull up their lips in disgust, sneeze and move away from the smell. This is the normal reaction of a dog sniffing ammonia or other toxic gasses. But these strips are very good proof if you don't have a dog for testing. I believe that a bunny wouldn't enter the closed litter box if there would be ammonia. The bunny then would probably not use the litter box at all and do it's potty thing in front of the litter box full of ammonia.

I was wondering something. We all know that bunnies like to do their business while eating, that's why it's mandatory to have hay in or near their litterbox. But Cinnabun always eats her veggies in her little tent and gets her dried herbs/pellets on her forage mat. Doesn't she or any other bunny also poo and pee while eating in those areas? I just found THE cutest forage mat online (in the shape of a carrot!) But was wondering if bunnies will get confused when they are only supposed to go potty on their actual litterbox.

This was so great! I don't have a bunny yet but have been doing my research first and I've seen this SO much but the potty house keeps everything so much cleaner. I just wonder if testing with the lid open could change it by much? But like you said, the bunny isn't living in there.

You are the best

I loveee your bunny its suuu cute

Cool content and unrelated your haircut looks amazing:)

Awesome experiment!

This is helpful!! Thanks for the video My rabbit will tip the open face litter boxes he mad when he can’t lay in the box😮 I don’t get mad he is mad He likes it clean🎉 no worries 😂 Thanks buddy ❤ love you cinnamon bun mommy

This was so great! I would love to know how to get your bunny to stop ripping carpet, this is occasionally a problem with Latte. Also, I was wondering if you were still using the bum box??? We love that litter box!

Where did u get it

Thank you so much for this video. It was so helpful. 😊 by the way my bunnies name is muffin and she looks so similar to cinnabun ❤

I loved this thanks!!❤

I’m in 7th grade and my science teacher don’t even teach science so I’m learning something rn!!

Love this vid ❤ It is truly a myth busted😂🐰

I really want to own a bunny soon and i’ve been doing a ton of research so that I can give it a good life but I really want to make sure I am super ready to own one, does anyone have any tips on owning a bunny? I want a netherland dwarf so if there’s also anything that’s breed-specific about their care, i’d love to know as well.

We have 1 hooded and 1 non-hooded. Noticed that both of our rabbits barely use the hooded one 😂

Hi i am 12 years old and i just got my first rabbit. But she wont play with her toys🤔 what should I do?

maybe the bunny would enjoy munching on hay open air where she can see Eating hay takes up mist of their day, so is she sitting in that cramped dark space all day long ? You seem to be obsessed aesthetics and all things pretty

Btw love your videos

How do I treat a rabbit with weak feet?

Why won't my bun use his hooded litter box only his open high-sided one?

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But Morgan Haley from 101 rabbits says it is a lie now who should I believe comment down below⤵️

I think another takeaway is that rabbits are not cats. Cat urine is way more dangerous than rabbit urine. Another reason rabbits are cooler ;)

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Love your hair!!

why doesnt cinnabun have a friend?? i thought bunnies were supposed to live in pairs

Love your vids so much! could you pin me?

Do you not use the bumbox anymore? I was debating on getting one. Should I not? 🥲