I would say that if your garden doesn't show signs of nitrogen deficiency, it's composted well enough. The proof is in the pudding, as they say. I would go on composting it if it was me, just to make sure it's not out of balance one way or the other. If you compost it by itself and it doesn't get hot and stinky but it does break down further, I would say it was pretty well balanced when it went in, but that doesn't mean that it won't temporarily tie up some nitrogen if put directly in the soil.

I used a cedar bedding product when I had my rabbits and put the used bedding - liberally dosed with bunny poop and pee - directly into the garden without composting. I figured the soaked up urine had sufficient nitrogen to offest any any tie up from the cedar chips and certainly the plants never demonstrated any issues.

I will say that the little buggars produced the stuff faster than I could always use it so sometimes it did sit for awhile, especially during the colder months when I wasn't gardening as much. And I fed them alfalfa pellets in addition to their hay and fresh veggies, so the poop was pretty high in N as well.

If you are routinely letting the litter sit or compost for several months, I think you are fine.

Thank you for your responses. I haven't seen nitrogen deficiency before (as far as I know) so I'll have to research a bit to know what to look for. I'll continue to compost everything, although due to limited space, I can't let it all sit for months and months and usually have to start using it after about eight weeks. The used litter does heat up nicely in the composter, though, and after a couple of months looks like a commercial product due to the rabbit pellets breaking down nicely (I don't put large pieces of garden waste in the bin anymore, so it's just rabbit litter and kitchen scraps.)

I would recommend gardengal's advice over mine since I have never had rabbits or actually tried this. I was making educated guesses based on basic composting and nutrient principles.

Rabbits sound like a great addition to the garden! Not to mention having cute booplesnoots.

I have used pine pellets for horse bedding and use the resulting waste in my gardens at various points in the composting process (rarely ever "finished") with no issues. I generally use it as top dressing--a process that has little to no discernible nitrogen tie up anyway--but occasionally will create a new bed by digging in copious amounts of it. Sometimes I plan ahead well enough to let it sit for a few months...and sometimes not. I have never had a situation where I thought I was having issues with nitrogen tie up.

Pine pellets because they break down to such a fine material and provide a tremendous amount of surface area will compost very fast. I would suspect oxygen and moisture being good that 2 months could get you well on your way to finished material.

If you want to play around a bit you might consider trying a pelleted straw (the product I use is Struefex.) Straw has a much lower C:N ratio than pine. It composts even faster and I prefer the resulting compost when mixed with horse manure.

Rabbit stuff is excellent stuff. Two months in the compost should be fine. The pee is ammonia, which is the precursor to nitrogen fertilizer. You have good soil amendment there from your sweet pets. Enjoy!

Thanks again for the great replies, everyone. And yes, toxcrusdr, rabbits do indeed have "cute booplesnoots." They have proven to be excellent companions, because, in addition to a ready supply of garden nutrients (some of which is used to grow organic greens for their breakfast), they provide mental-health benefits far cheaper and more effective than any therapist. :)

Yeah, I miss my bunnies.......Cinders, Domino and Hershey. They were a joy. But I rent now and can't do house rabbits and no outdoor place for them to live safely. Plus I don't have the big garden I used to.

I do have native wild bunnies, though. They have never been an issue with my plants (knock on wood!) but I'll be darned if I can get them to poop in one place that I could access :-)

This was right on time! Someone gifted me about 6 months of wabbit poo and I was wondering whether to run it through my normal compost cycle or if I could put it directly on my raised beds. I am putting lot of leaves in the raised beds, so I will sprinkle some rabbit poo as I build the layers. Thanks,ya'll!

Whether manure, any animal, and a high carbon marterial such as pine pellets will cause a Nitrogen deficiency depends on how that is added to the soil. If it is mixed into the soil that high carbon may cause the soil bacteria to spend most of their time digesting that carbon and use much of the available N in that process. If the manure and pellets mix is applied as a mulch the soil bacteria will work on it at a much slower pace and there will be no chance of an N deficiency.
However, keep in mind that the guidelines for applying manures to food growing areas is based on good science. Do not apply manure to soil sooner then 90 days to harvest. Far better is to properly compost all manure before spreading it on your garden where foods are growing. That is not paranoia, simply common sense.

I think further discussion of booplesnoots is required.

I look forward to your expertise.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Soooo cute! Nancy

The question of using bunny poop, pine litter and sawdust safely in the garden caught my eye for two reasons. First, I have a house bunny who provides enough poop to keep 2 compost bins going at all times (pooping rock star) and it has been a fantastic addition to my garden for the past two years. That said, I use a compressed newspaper litter which also composts beautifully while not posing a health hazard to my rabbit. Pine, cedar and sawdust litters have been shown to cause liver disease.

The question of using bunny poop, pine litter and sawdust safely in the garden caught my eye for two reasons. First, I have a house bunny who provides enough poop to keep 2 compost bins going at all times (pooping rock star) and it has been a fantastic addition to my garden for the past two years. That said, I use a compressed newspaper litter which also composts beautifully while not posing a health hazard to my rabbit. Pine, cedar and sawdust litters have been shown to cause liver disease.