cage floors

Canada
July 13, 2008 11:17pm CST
I just saw a picture of a small bunny in a cage. The bottom was bare and his toes were poking through. Please put a blanket or small rug in the cage so their feet wouldn't hurt. Your bynny will be much happier ! Happy Hopping !
3 responses
lilybug
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
14 Jul 08
The reason that there is no padding in a bunny cage is because the bunny will poop everywhere in the cage. With the bottom of the cage being open like that the bunny poop will fall down into the tray below. I think that if a bunny had a choice between standing on the bottom of the cage or standing in poop it would pick the bare bottom cage.
Pigglies
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
14 Jul 08
That's not true at all. Rabbits will poop in their litterbox and the rest of the area will be fine. My younger rabbit has at least 25 square feet of area, and she has a tiny litterbox which is where she does her business. If she was peeing and pooping all over my room, she would not be allowed to have so much room. Even my 13 year old rabbit still uses his litterbox as long as he doesn't have more than about 10 square feet of space, which is over twice the amount of space that most pet store cages give a rabbit. Obviously someone who knew nothing about rabbits designed wire floored cages.
lilybug
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
14 Jul 08
My mom had lots of rabbits for awhile. They were not in a cage though. They had a whole shed just for them. She put a litter box in there and some of them would use it, but most of them just went wherever they wanted to.
Pigglies
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
17 Jul 08
If the rabbits are spayed/neutered, it would greatly help their litterbox habits as well as their health.
evillure
@evillure (147)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Not only is it bad for bunnys but it's bad for rats as well. The bunny could get their toes/nails stuck or get sores just for starters
Pigglies
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Yes, wire floors are a horrible thing for bunnies and guinea pigs. If possible, it's better to just have a solid floor rather than having to put things down on top of the wire. With shelter rabbits where they must go in whatever cages/hutches are donated, we try to put plastic cutting boards down for all of them to have a spot to rest their feet. My own two rabbits have solid floor. My younger rabbit has a gated off area of my room with linoleum flooring underneath so that she won't dig up the carpet. And my 13 year old rabbit now has a C&C cage that I built using the guidelines from this website: www.guineapigcages.com and that is also solid floor and works really well for him since he is not as litterbox trained as he used to be.